Mk7 Golf R Discussion Thread

[Mikey1]

Who is eligible for the corporate discount?

The corporate program is available to eligible employees of the top 200 ASX listed companies by way of market capitalisation. However, the Volkswagen fleet manager who looks after the company I work for advised the new Golf R will be excluded from the corporate program. I suspect this might not have been communicated to the dealers or their sales staff yet. However, don’t let this exclusion put you off from asking for a discount of at least 5% straight off the dealer’s on-road price. As is always the message in this game, shop around.

[Dutch77]

The corporate program is available to eligible employees of the top 200 ASX listed companies by way of market capitalisation. However, the Volkswagen fleet manager who looks after the company I work for advised the new Golf R will be excluded from the corporate program. I suspect this might not have been communicated to the dealers or their sales staff yet. However, don’t let this exclusion put you off from asking for a discount of at least 5% straight off the dealer’s on-road price. As is always the message in this game, shop around.

The corporate discount is open to more than just the top ASX200 companies, I had it on my previous order that fell through and enquiry this time around as well and I never have or will work for one of those companies. Can't comment on the lack of an R benefit, but the discount I negotiated on my GTI turned out to be a lot more than my initial enquiry under the corporate discount - although this time around it was definitely well under 10% so there may be varied levels.

[Mikey1]

The corporate discount is open to more than just the top ASX200 companies, I had it on my previous order that fell through and enquiry this time around as well and I never have or will work for one of those companies. Can't comment on the lack of an R benefit, but the discount I negotiated on my GTI turned out to be a lot more than my initial enquiry under the corporate discount - although this time around it was definitely well under 10% so there may be varied levels.

Well that's a revelation! Every corporate customer has a Volkswagen fleet manager, even if the one fleet manager looks after multiple clients. Just out of interest, do you work for a publicly listed company?

Given forum members thrive on feedback from others about pricing, can you share with us what actual percentage discount did you actually receive on your new GTI? Was this amount off the on-road price or the list price? Did you also receive a discount on the dealer delivery fee?

[Dutch77]

Well that's a revelation! Every corporate customer has a Volkswagen fleet manager, even if the one fleet manager looks after multiple clients. Just out of interest, do you work for a publicly listed company?

Given forum members thrive on feedback from others about pricing, can you share with us what actual percentage discount did you actually receive on your new GTI? Was this amount off the on-road price or the list price? Did you also receive a discount on the dealer delivery fee?

No I am employed privately. Perhaps the system has changed and they haven't worked that out yet - on my mk6 order I did need to provide proof of membership to a qualifying professional organisation so maybe that's enough to keep me on the books now as corporate eligible.

In any case on the mk7 I was only offered a flat $2k regardless of options (on a GTI mind you). The final discount was around 10%. This was on the final price and not allocated on the order, just a one line deduction.

Given the pent up demand for the R and the general wind down of the anti-VW sentiment in the market then finding discounts might become harder for the first few months of release, and as you said they may not permit the corp discount either.