Golf Mk6 - Prices and Dealer Negotiations

[Skoda Convert]

Hey yeah I managed a $5200ish discount (around 10%) off my red 5 dr GTI they gave me the Corp discount and waived the dealer delivery so there are discounts to be had. Good luck

Nath, thats really good going!! I have made a few posts saying that we shouldn't actively trying to get every last drop out of a new car sale so even asking the question seems fairly hypocritical but i also do not condone being taken advantage of.

drive a Skoda at the mo but the GTi interior has come along way, mark 5 was a bit tacky.

I'll go on the hunt Nath, worst case scenario i will end up in an RS Octavia which in itself is not so bad as they are a really good GTi alternative. It would be good though to see this on the spreadsheet and to see whether yours is a one off or whether it can be reality for more of us.

Thanks for the info

[Nath]

I've added my purchase to the sheet, wasn't sure how to load it directly to the site so I used the file sharing site Chylld used originally.

http://www.4shared.com/file/15197667...lf_mk6_1_.html

Hope you don't mind Chylld.

I also added the Golf GTI in a 3 and 5 door column and changed the DD charges as mine were $2995.

Skoda, hopefully this will help.

[PassatB6]

New buyers may not be aware of this very useful spreadsheet. Are buyers still entering their deals?

[chylld]

I've added my purchase to the sheet, wasn't sure how to load it directly to the site so I used the file sharing site Chylld used originally. ... Hope you don't mind Chylld.

Not at all! I don't have much time to update the spreadsheet these days so any help is appreciated. Thank you for helping continue what I started, I've updated the original post to link to your file

New buyers may not be aware of this very useful spreadsheet. Are buyers still entering their deals?

I think we have quite a lot of deals in there already, my guess is the best deals have already come out and as people have trouble beating them, they don't feel the urge to share their info with the world (totally understandable.)

Just these few posts to bump the thread will help plenty!

[sideshow]

Hello

Thanks for all the great info in this thread and sharing your deals with everyone, I am having a hard time working out the spreadsheet and if the prices are 'drive away'.

Can someone who understands it better help me work out a RRP and ballpark figure for drive away on the following:

118TSI
Metallic paint
DSG
Sports pack (leather)
Sat Nav
Parking sensors

I am in Sydney, I really appreciate any help.

[Nath]

Hello

Thanks for all the great info in this thread and sharing your deals with everyone, I am having a hard time working out the spreadsheet and if the prices are 'drive away'.

Can someone who understands it better help me work out a RRP and ballpark figure for drive away on the following:

118TSI
Metallic paint
DSG
Sports pack (leather)
Sat Nav
Parking sensors

I am in Sydney, I really appreciate any help.

Sideshow, so according to the spreadsheet and assuming that parking sensors just means the reverse sensors and that Sat Nav doesnt include the Dynaudio, then the RRP of the above specs is $46,219 on the road in Sydney. Looking at other 118 purchases in the sheet the average discount has been around the 11% mark with varying specs, so if I were you I'd be aiming for a min discount of around 10%, but that all depends on your eligability for the corporate discount etc.

Good luck and let us know how you fare.

Nath

[sideshow]

Thanks for that.

I have a car I would like to trade in, its 1999 VTII Commodore and using the online calculators I should be happy with ~$4000 trade-in.

What is the sequence of events you would normally use?

1. Find out how much for the Trade-in
2. Go through what you want
3. Haggle / corp. discount eligibility (aiming for 10% off).
4. Free floor mats, tank of fuel, premium plates (what do people mean by premium plates?).

Probably obvious but this would be my first new car purchase and obviously I want the best deal possible.

[Nath]

Thanks for that.

I have a car I would like to trade in, its 1999 VTII Commodore and using the online calculators I should be happy with ~$4000 trade-in.

What is the sequence of events you would normally use?

1. Find out how much for the Trade-in
2. Go through what you want
3. Haggle / corp. discount eligibility (aiming for 10% off).
4. Free floor mats, tank of fuel, premium plates (what do people mean by premium plates?).

Probably obvious but this would be my first new car purchase and obviously I want the best deal possible.

Been a while since I traded a car in, but personally I'd ask for a trade in price after I'd done some haggling.

Best thing to do I think is to get in there go for a test drive and sit down with the salesman go over what you're after and then talk discounts, when I bought mine the dealer basically offered my $4.5K straight off the bat, and I haggles for another grand.

Premium plates are the black on white ones, there usually $80 once off payment, the Euro, which look heaps better, are around $400 from memory, have a look at the RTA site and theres a link to the plate site for more info.

If they dont give you a free tank of fuel then their not serious IMO, and as for mats, well they dont really cost the dealer anything so that shouldnt be a problem.

Price will also depend on if you go for something in stock, ie MY09, or order from build MY10. Long term you'll prob get a better resale on the MY10, but you should be able to negotiate more off a MY09.

I know the dealer where I bought my GTI had knocked $5K off all Golfs (except the GTI) for the advertised price as they are MY09, and you should be able to haggle that down some too.

[Flipper Dog]

Thanks for that.

I have a car I would like to trade in, its 1999 VTII Commodore and using the online calculators I should be happy with ~$4000 trade-in.

What is the sequence of events you would normally use?

1. Find out how much for the Trade-in
2. Go through what you want
3. Haggle / corp. discount eligibility (aiming for 10% off).
4. Free floor mats, tank of fuel, premium plates (what do people mean by premium plates?).

Probably obvious but this would be my first new car purchase and obviously I want the best deal possible.

You should be more than happy to get $4000 trade in on that vehicle...but don't like your changes.....see what the dealers say but you may be better getting rid of it elsewhere.

Follow steps 1, 2 and 3 and depending on what is in stock in the country you should have no problems aiming for 10% reduction in retail pricing.

Any dealer worth your sale will fill your tank and mats would cost them about $50 (dealer price). Premium plates can be found here:http://www.myplates.com.au/design_a_..._products.html

[Redman]

I have a car I would like to trade in, its 1999 VTII Commodore and using the online calculators I should be happy with ~$4000 trade-in.

Wow. I have a 2005 Commodore Lumina Wagon with 86k on the clock and was only offered $7k as a trade. This was from a VW ONLY dealer.
I ended up going to a dealer that has multiple franchises and was able to get double that