Mk7 Golf R Discussion Thread

[tigger73]

I have been advised by the sales manager of a Melbourne dealership that after the initial launch shipment of DSG Golf R's have been sold, there will be no more stock until September. This shortage of supply is forcing dealers to not offer any discounting on retail sales and corporate pricing concession only equivalent to the Volkswagen Australia dealer rebate for corporate program customers. A cynic might suggest this strategy alienates potential Golf R customers from the brand, by sending them to its nearest competitor Audi, who apparently are offering generous discounts. Given they're both part of the Volkswagen Audi Group, VAG head office probably don't see this as a bad outcome. Well done to those who have secured an initial launch allocation and received a good deal. They will definitely be in the minority.

Well at least the Audi guys are discounting to get the sale even if the cars are having to be ordered from the factory.

Maybe they just want to get more Audis on the road so they can knock off BMW in sales numbers....


2013's Top 20 Best-selling Brands
1.Toyota - 214,630
2.Holden - 112,059
3.Mazda - 103,144
4.Hyundai - 97,006
5.Ford - 87,236
6.Nissan - 76,733
7.Mitsubishi - 71,528
8.Volkswagen - 54,892
9.Subaru - 40,200
10.Honda - 39,258
11.Kia - 29,778
12.Mercedes-Benz - 27,547
13.Jeep - 22,170
14.Suzuki - 22,075
15.BMW - 20,522
16.Audi - 16,009
17.Isuzu Ute - 10,209
18.Land Rover - 8350
19.Renault - 7016
20.Lexus - 6920

[Dutch77]

Maybe they just want to get more Audis on the road so they can knock off BMW in sales numbers....

2013's Top 20 Best-selling Brands
1.Toyota - 214,630
2.Holden - 112,059
3.Mazda - 103,144
4.Hyundai - 97,006
5.Ford - 87,236
6.Nissan - 76,733
7.Mitsubishi - 71,528
8.Volkswagen - 54,892
9.Subaru - 40,200
10.Honda - 39,258
11.Kia - 29,778
12.Mercedes-Benz - 27,547
13.Jeep - 22,170
14.Suzuki - 22,075
15.BMW - 20,522
16.Audi - 16,009
17.Isuzu Ute - 10,209
18.Land Rover - 8350
19.Renault - 7016
20.Lexus - 6920

You'd think that is very do-able given their volume sellers (A1, A3, A4, Q3) are more consumer friendly than what BMW is offering (1/3 series, X1, X3 - ok the BMW 3 series is nice).

Interesting to see those numbers though and how the mighty have fallen - 94,000 Commodore were sold in 1998 and it sold in the 80s into the early 2000s. Falcon peaked in the mid 90s with just over 81,000 sales. Conversely last year just 10,610 Falcons found homes - while 8,177 people parked the Toybaru twins in their garages.

[tigger73]

You'd think that is very do-able given their volume sellers (A1, A3, A4, Q3) are more consumer friendly than what BMW is offering (1/3 series, X1, X3 - ok the BMW 3 series is nice).

Interesting to see those numbers though and how the mighty have fallen - 94,000 Commodore were sold in 1998 and it sold in the 80s into the early 2000s. Falcon peaked in the mid 90s with just over 81,000 sales. Conversely last year just 10,610 Falcons found homes - while 8,177 people parked the Toybaru twins in their garages.

Yeah it's all important to some senior executive somewhere that they beat the other brands sales numbers and are 15 vs 16 on the list.

That way they can justify paying themselves a big fat bonus.

Well if it means offering us consumers fantastic deals on an S3 then I'm all for it!!!

Pity that VW is so far away from the next spot on the list there's probably more likelihood of dropping a place than picking one up with all the bad press around VW last year.


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[Dutch77]

Pity that VW is so far away from the next spot on the list there's probably more likelihood of dropping a place than picking one up with all the bad press around VW last year.

According to an article I read yesterday supply should improve in the near future and sales are up 60% this year on the Golfs (albeit against poor supply/run-out on Golf 6 same time last year).

VW plotting Golf sales surge – Car Reviews, News & Advice - carsales.com.au

Obviously the improved supply is yet to extend to the R folk.