I have ordered/received my New Tiguan

[smurf]

Sigh.... Just checked the contract.

"If the manufacturer increases the cost of the new vehicle to to the Dealer, the Dealer is only entitled to pass on to the Purchaser ,an increase of up to and including 5%, of the Total Factory Price of the Vehicle"

I know there are others on here who have implied their dealers weren't going to pass this extra cost on. I guess it's an argument when/if the car actually turns up. No doubt VW will increase the price again between now and the car arriving.

I just cancelled my order yesterday because I managed to pick-up a t-rock R, but my dealer had put in writing that the contract price would hold.

[jasiano]

Sigh.... Just checked the contract.

"If the manufacturer increases the cost of the new vehicle to to the Dealer, the Dealer is only entitled to pass on to the Purchaser ,an increase of up to and including 5%, of the Total Factory Price of the Vehicle"

I know there are others on here who have implied their dealers weren't going to pass this extra cost on. I guess it's an argument when/if the car actually turns up. No doubt VW will increase the price again between now and the car arriving.

the dealer we originally ordered our R-Line from (in December 2021) said that if we waited to get either (a) what we ordered but missing features/options that we wanted in March 2023 or (b) exactly what we wanted with all the options probably in Sept 2023 they would have honoured the contract price... and minus a piddly amount if we took the March 2023 de-specc'd option.
If we switched to any other car that they had in stock then it would have been at 2022/23 prices (i.e. a few K more)... but they didn't have anything remotely what we wanted anyway and really didn't put any effort into working it out with the wider VW network to see if there were alternative options.

So we went to another dealer that had brand new stock of what we wanted but as it was a new contract with them we just had to wear the price increase. They literally had a new R-Line arrive the morning I called them but the original purchaser had previously cancelled their order.


In short - if you are absolutely set on getting what you want and will wait the indefinite amount of time for it you definitely should argue to your dealer they should guarantee (in writing) your original price.
If you can't wait.... my advice is call around to other dealers and see what they have in stock or on the way and if it's quick enough just pay the extra few K... I know it means more money and it's probably a bit first world problem etc but sometimes the extra cost is worth the reduction in stress and anxiety.

[nermal]

It seems the general attitude is that it's a sellers market and they have more customers than stock, so can "screw the customer" (actually inside term from the Real Estate industry).

Problem is that buyers have long memories and brand damage is slow to emerge but can last a generation...

[Paul_B]

I'm excited to say that after a 17 month wait I finally received my 2022 Tiguan R-Line on Monday and very happy with it.

[Dave124]

I’ve just ordered an Allspace Adventure due Nov. Pretty much paid RRP 55900.

There’s seemingly plenty of stock.

[C4L4M1TY]

Thought I'd add some recent news on Tiguan R's. Being told 12 months to West Melbourne. Anyone getting similar ETAs or am I being taken for a ride?

[curtrambis]

I spoke to a couple of dealers about 3 weeks ago to see about changing my order from the Elegance we originally ordered to the adventure. One dealer said they were discouraging people from ordering the R and Elegance because of wait tines.

I think we were lucky though, the dealer we originally ordered with found an Elegance coming in (picking up Friday), so we have only ended up waiting 4 and a half months. Definitely someones cancelled order as we were originally told 8 months.

[Tiguan_owner]

Hello all, I just booked an allspace 132TSI in Sydney. Driveaway at 58K with luxury and Electric tail gate package. I'm looking for aftermarket Digital rear view mirror, ceramic coating and tints. Please share recommendations for the aftermarket fittings. Thanks.

[VR28LT]

Hello all, I just booked an allspace 132TSI in Sydney. Driveaway at 58K with luxury and Electric tail gate package. I'm looking for aftermarket Digital rear view mirror, ceramic coating and tints. Please share recommendations for the aftermarket fittings. Thanks.

not sure about the rear view camera but I can't speak highly enough of the work done on my Tiguan R by ZENAUTO , NXTZEN Elite was used for the coating and the car looks amazing. They also do tints and PPF

[Tiguan_owner]

not sure about the rear view camera but I can't speak highly enough of the work done on my Tiguan R by ZENAUTO , NXTZEN Elite was used for the coating and the car looks amazing. They also do tints and PPF

Thanks, I will check them out.. I spoke to Tint-a-car for PPF and Tints, and creative installations for digital rear mirror.. Any reviews/feedback on them would help me decide..