Golf R 3 door/5 door speculation/information thread

[JPwest]

I was talking to dealer the other day. Already has pre-sold 3-4 R's. Indicated driveaway price on all of them would be well above 60k.
No idea on whether they were optioned etc. He said RRP was "around 57k" but the official pricing from VWA still TBA.

[G-rig]

Highway have already taken deposits for about 20 and indicated there wouldn't be any initial discounting.

Anyway everyone should atop hyping it up..

[Pauly]

Here are some more pictures of the 5 door model. But I cant tell if they are the standard 18" Rims or the optional 19" ones?

[dave_r]

I was talking to dealer the other day. Already has pre-sold 3-4 R's. Indicated driveaway price on all of them would be well above 60k.

They don't know anything about base pricing so what he said didn't mean much at all.

What they do know?
- Base specification for 5dr in manual or DSG
- Available options and prices
- Available colours

Anything they talk about regarding a 3 door or base pricing is either assumptions or they know something that hasn't been communicated to all VW dealers as yet.

Here are some more pictures of the 5 door model. But I cant tell if they are the standard 18" Rims or the optional 19" ones?

The owners of the white and blue ones are on the UK forums as I've seen posts with those photos with reviews from the owners before. Pretty sure it was this one I saw them on. www.rforum.co.uk/index.php

[Corey_R]

He said RRP was "around 57k" but the official pricing from VWA still TBA.

As Dave- and many others have said - the dealers haven't had the base price communicated to them yet. Around $57k is not very likely considering the 'Australia perception' of the 'downgrade' from a 3.2L v6 to a 2L 4 cylinder, and the fact that at least $4380 of value has been removed from the car due to the removal of leather (ok, so leather is only $3300, but it will COST YOU $4380 to put it back due to LCT).

[gtimal]

Highway have already taken deposits for about 20 and indicated there wouldn't be any initial discounting.

Anyway everyone should atop hyping it up..

I spoke with a dealer today he said no corporate discounting in the first 12 month's .He also said be prepaired to pay 60K + for a 5 door with DGS on road without options .

Cheers

[elisiX]

The dealers are hardly going to be suggesting that discounts can be had before we even have retail pricing.

I believe it happened with the GTI also and look at the 8-14% discounts all over the place.

[Pauly]

I think they are saying 'No Discounts' to the people that call up now, because the dealer knows right away that the people that are putting down deposits and calling up making enquiries are keen and want the car A.S.A.P.

Thus the reason why they are saying no discounts.

If you rock up to a dealer once its been released, im sure discounts can be had.

[dave_r]

I think they are saying 'No Discounts' to the people that call up now, because the dealer knows right away that the people that are putting down deposits and calling up making enquiries are keen and want the car A.S.A.P.

Not true, you could still do a pre-order with a corporate discount given the pre-order is based on a contract for an R32 since they don't have an R in their systems.

[Lima]

Weren't dealers saying no discounts on the GTI as well?

That said, I've always been pretty adamant that the R would be much closer to 60K than 50K and if the Golf R does list for low 50s I would say the car would be on a tighter margin than other cars. If so that would reduce the capacity of dealers to offer discounts.

Perhaps some of our dealer friends might like to educate us a little bit. We won't share your secrets with anyone. Promise!