Golf GTI Mark VI Specifications and Prices

[Christopher]

hey guys can anyone recomend a good dealership prepared to deal on a new/demo gti? i hate driving all over town playing them off against each other would prefer to just get a reasonable price upfront without the hassels and games....

Have a read of this thread, might be of some use.

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f112...ney-41076.html

[kane]

thanks guys

[kane]

Indeed, i am Indian. Good observation...
I actually only went to one dealer and got the stock standard price with probably a $1K discount.

Then....here's the trick
I called up Barloworld (wont disclose which one). Told them i wanted a fleet price and asked the poor dealer on the phone that i would give him my credit card number if he could do it fully optioned (minus the rear camera - waste of money in my opinion), with euro plates, tints & factory bluetooth for $54K (I just took off a nice round figure from the first dealer - $12K) and gave him my phone number, told him to talk to his boss and call me back if he could do it. I knew he would be able to do it, but I told him either way i was going to buy a car today.

He came back to me an hour later with $56,550 drive away. I gave him a $500 deposit (yep $500 - the other $500 is better staying in my account to earn interest in my opinion) over the phone, went in that arvo and signed the paper and the rest was history.

Its true that people make a judgement on you the second they see you. Thats why its better to do things by the phone. I literally was on the phone to him for 10 minutes total. Using Corying's GTI calculator its a 16.55% saving from retail price (or in $ terms >$11K). If I can do it anyone can!

REXman - I can feel your pain. The waiting game is hard. Mine arrives on the 6th Sept and should be ready for collection the week after

Not singling you out specifically, but i am curious as to whether the % discount increases with options ie. they have a much higher buffer in each option than the car itself?
meaning they don't have as much room on the RRP: for a stock manual gti, but can afford to on a fully optioned DSG etc

[jezzaj88]

Hi Guys,

New to this forum - looking at buying a new CW GTI 5 door DSG at the moment, tossing up between taking one a of number of ones in stock around Melbourne (that have leather which i really don't want) as i don't like the idea of waiting 4 - 6 months BUT

the question is - are dealers generally going to give a better deal on a fresh custom order? Theoretically they have no stock holding costs etc AND with cars in stock i suppose they are aware people will pay a premium not to wait...

At the moment an offer i have from a dealer is:

CW GTI 5 door DSG
- Detroits
- Sunroof
- Leather
- MDI & Bluetooth(dealer fitted they are claiming has same functionality as factory?)
- Dynaudio

For 51.5k driveaway which represents 8.19% on the spreadsheet. I'm adamant on paying 50k round for that setup(10%)

BUT

at the end of the day i don't want leather, and figured that if i delete leather i can add Xenons, RVC and ACC for roughly the same price (but have to wait!) in which case the price for the above $51,500 would represent around 10%

Secondly with MY11.5 xenons having LED front lights if i ordered one now would that theoretically be included in my order, or does MY11.5 only start getting built from July 2011? If i could get the new LEDs i would definitely wait!!

Lastly another dealer has the following in stock:

CW GTI 5 door DSG
- Detroits
- Sunroof
- MDI & Bluetooth

for $47.5k - although i really love my music so the question is, how much do you have to spend aftermarket to get it up to similar/better quality than dynaudio?

Thanks

[markwid]

If you can wait, go for factory order as you can get specific options you need only. Otherwise, compromise on your options and get one in stock.

Yes, you are likely to be able to negotiate a better discount for factory order. Long wait, low stock -> laws of supply and demand applies.

FYI, the MY11.5 specs with LEDs integrated Xenons are effective starting week 45 2010.

[jezzaj88]

Mark that is great news .. sounds like your order is almost exactly what i'm after although i'm going for Sunroof and Dynaudio too.

Did your dealer confirm that your xenons would have the LEDs at the front?

Can i ask what price you got?

[markwid]

Did your dealer confirm that your xenons would have the LEDs at the front?
Can i ask what price you got?

Yes, definitely Xenons with integrated LEDs. As for price, see my PM to you.

[jezzaj88]

actually i recently helped my mate and sister buy Honda CRV's today and we got a substantial discount approaching dealers with wanting 2..

so if anyone in Victoria is looking at buying a VW anytime soon PM me!

[Corey_R]

Not singling you out specifically, but i am curious as to whether the % discount increases with options ie. they have a much higher buffer in each option than the car itself?
meaning they don't have as much room on the RRP: for a stock manual gti, but can afford to on a fully optioned DSG etc

What you need to look at is the price he ended up with. $56,550
This means that basically ALL of the "discount" comes within the LCT threshold. That means that 33% of the discount is immediately just a reduction in tax. Then another 5% of that is a reduction in stamp duty (including from the 33%). So discounts on "LCT" cars look way bigger than the equiv diso**** on non-LCT cars.

[AdamD]

...i really love my music so the question is, how much do you have to spend aftermarket to get it up to similar/better quality than dynaudio?

Not everyone sees the value in the Dynaudio setup, but I certainly do, as do some other audiophiles on this forum. I wouldn't be without it!

General consensus seems to be you'd need to spend a whole lot more than the Dynaudio premium ($2k+ I'm guessing) to match the setup for quality.