Mk6 GTI sticker shock

[nyc863]

presented without comment except for .. thanks for the floor mats and fuel guys ..

[Mr Messy]

Wooooooah!

You could have his and hers matching MK5 GTIs for that. And they're not very different to the VI!

That's bonkers money, considering people were getting MK5GTIs run out (non 'relli) for well under 50k.

[mikinoz]

mmm. Sometimes I wonder why people buy a 40K car and add 12-15K of options. There are better specc'd cars out there for 65K from the other manufacturers if you want to have those features.

No, they won't add to your resale either. I would suggest you re-evaluate what you are really wanting, as you can probably get a low spec S3 for that money.

Good luck with your decision making. Try to get it through a broker that can get you fleet price and that will bring it under the LCT price.

[gtimk5]

Thats not a lot dearer than the Mk5 was. I paid around $41500 on the road for mine. I didnt go with all the extra accesories though the person that I was with ordered her GTI at the same time as me with DSG and sunroof and cost her approx $48500.
All depends on if you want to pay premium prices for the factory items.
Andrew

[limmy]

personally, for that $$$ i would wait for the R. even if i had to wait 18 mths before getting it.

[MACCAA]

I bought a brand new,limited edition Audi S3 with Recaros,sunroof etc etc for $65k on the road.....

[nyc863]

I didn't pick all options
eg tps and metallic paint

but I am getting a stripper quote now didn't want satnav, but do want aux in and nice sound, and can do without park assist and 18 inch rims and reluctantly, sunroof..

winter pack is hard to lose love heated seats and use them 33pc of the year even in Sydney!

USA market offers almost no options except sunroof and satnav all this stuff is in there..

I assume demanding a cut in dealer delivery fee is hopeless?

[Mr Messy]

$65K and the car doesn't have leather or DSG (not essentials, but they could add another $5k to the price)
That's very expensive. You could get a BMW 135i for the proce of a fulli specced GTI.

However, if I were speccing a MKVI GTI, I'd want most of those things too.

[STV4SYT]

Wow, thats crazy money.

Still a few Pirelli's floating around that are good value, cant customize them apart from satnav and most have parking sensors.

[Tim]

the ex GST prices on the car and some of the options seem to be similar to the inc GST prices on the MKV model. Has everything gone up by almost 10% ?

Id be interested to see the onroad cost of a base model.

[gtimk5]

I noticed that there is a luxury car tax on it as well...

[nyc863]

$65K and the car doesn't have leather or DSG (not essentials, but they could add another $5k to the price) \.

I did specify DSG, hope they got that part right! but yeah, no leather..

My stripper model quote came in & came under LCT .. and total was $51,216 and a cent.

Nothing except park assist and ACT: no nice audio, no nav, no winter pack (headlight washers, bi-xenons, heated seats etc), no sunroof,

And by the way the aussie brochure sucks. Totally confusing random display of non optional and optional features.

[Pharkus]

Wow...seems very expensive, why don't you just go the S3 limited edition as suggested (bout the same as what you are looking at here and a much better car imho).

If you can cut the price back on options by about $5k, you will save on the $1.1k luxury car tax (LCT) you are currently having the privilige of paying at the moment. The LCT adds nothing to the resale value of your car.

You can look at it like, for every one of those options that puts the GST inclusive price of your car over $57,180 it will cost you an additional 33% (excl GST).

[team_v]

Jesus christ, i almost had a coronary when i saw the final price.

I would seriously reconsider what you want for that price.
You could get 2 XR6 falcons, drive away for less.

Best bet is to wait, either pick one up after they have sold a few or get a mkV GTI/R32 or A3/S3 as they are older and more available.

[windyzz]

Phewww lucky I did not take the Mk6 GTI 5 door + DSG + some of the option.

You will be better off waiting for 6-12 month time (you can bargain your ass off), or get MK V GTI with a bit lesser power but MUCH Cheaper, or you can even get R32 (Slightly faster, almost as well equiped, or Audi S3 3 door).