Golf R Specifications and Prices

[SilvrFoxX]

too many kays

[bcm]

Dermot appears to have put the price of his manual R up 5k. Was listed at 54k and now it's 59k.

[bcm]

Just an observation. Thought it was a strange move for a car you've had on your floorplan for 2 months, but as you say you have your reasons. Bit hard to put the genie back in the bottle for anyone who's been watching the listing on carsales.

I won't be in the market till just before June next year when my second is born so it's purely of academic interest to me. The tone of your response is most enlightening as a Perth buyer though.

[Man Utd FC]

Based on my experience of finding one, from cars which had no options to my car atm with all the good fruit. You'll find that you won't save much percentage wise going for a base car. mainly has to do with stamp duty/LCT and the fact that their is margin in options :p

I was quoted new base car with 5dr/dsg/mdi/bluetooth for 54K approx 9%
then I was given one with a couple of options 5dr/dsg/acc/19's/dynaudio for a little less than 57K, approx 10% off
and also a 5dr/dsg/acc/sunroof/leather with elecseat/rvc/mdi/bluetooth for 61K, approx 12.5%

I then settled on an order of 3dr/dsg/recaros/acc/roof/rvc/mdi for a little less than 60K. I found compared to the base model offered that i'd be paying an extra 5K for recaros/acc/sunroof which i think is good value over the base model even though it's a 3door. I could justify it cause I would hardly take passengers in the back and the fact that it's not any smaller than the 5door.

Seik

From all the people I've heard who have had experience buying new cars, they tell me normally the more the car is worth and the more options you have, the more negotiating power you have. If a higher discount is given on a more expensive car, most likely it is the same percentage of discount you'll receive on the cheaper car. From what I've heard, dealers usually mark up their cars around the same percentage within a 5% range so I believe it is possible to get a good deal if I shop around and also have luck on my side if I get a sales rep. who needs to sell just one more car to reach their quota for a bonus.

Now that the Australian dollar is up, I believe a good price is achievable now that car dealers who sell imports, buy their cars from the manufacturers at at even lower invoice prices and also they'll receive a higher holdback price (amount or percentage the car dealer receives from the manufacturer for actually selling the car, it is usually taken off the invoice\cost price of the vehicle so they actually pay less for it).

[SilvrFoxX]

Sounds like a plan.. look forward to seeing how you fare

[Serge]

Now that the Australian dollar is up, I believe a good price is achievable now that car dealers who sell imports, buy their cars from the manufacturers at at even lower invoice prices and also they'll receive a higher holdback price (amount or percentage the car dealer receives from the manufacturer for actually selling the car, it is usually taken off the invoice\cost price of the vehicle so they actually pay less for it).

I must disagree with this. And i have seen so many people talk about it. Fine, aus dollar is up, but if aus dollar is down should we charge you more?

[Corey_R]

I must disagree with this. And i have seen so many people talk about it. Fine, aus dollar is up, but if aus dollar is down should we charge you more?

Yeah, lets not even mention that prices are negotiated between Volkswagen Group Australia and *someone in Germany* and locked in on a 1 or more year price so that they're not at the mercy of constant currency flucuations. Or the fact that we've no idea of the currency that the cars are even purchased in.

Nor that this is unique to Volkswagen. All major car companies operate like this so that they can set a "sticker price" and not have to change it constantly.

[Man Utd FC]

I must disagree with this. And i have seen so many people talk about it. Fine, aus dollar is up, but if aus dollar is down should we charge you more?

If ever a car is not profitable to dealerships, the car will be taken off the market or not be sold at all eg. the Scirroco. Also if the Australian dollar does go down, it doesn't effect the cost of the car by much because most companies that deal with foreign currency have hedging policies in place with bank. Plus if there ever is a loss on profit, companies just claim tax losses and spread them out over 5 years.

For the past few years, the local automotive industry has been experiencing poor sales and usually at this time of year not as many cars are sold than at the beginning of the year. When people buy new cars towards the end of the year, car dealers are even more than happy to even get sales. People usually wait until the beginning of the year to purchase next year's plate and not the current year's. Even though all Golf R models produced now will have MY11 plates, people don't know that therefore wait until next year to even walk into dealerships. The majority of the population don't even buy cars that expenive, they'll rather invest the money towards something that would profit them not buy a brand new car and soon as you drive out of the dealership lose atleast 1/4 of it's value. In the next 2 months some car dealers would even be willing to sell cars at invoice(cost) price just to keep sales up, especially the ones located further away from the CBD.

A question I would like to ask, what is the difference between 'corporate' discount and 'corporate plus'?

[SilvrFoxX]

ummm I am pretty good on the uptake but you lost me at "If ever..." the only thing that I got was "A question I would like to ask, what is the difference between 'corporate' discount and 'corporate plus'? " which I dont know the answer but I suspect it is a different rate

[Serge]

If ever a car is not profitable to dealerships, the car will be taken off the market or not be sold at all eg. the Scirroco. Also if the Australian dollar does go down, it doesn't effect the cost of the car by much because most companies that deal with foreign currency have hedging policies in place with bank. Plus if there ever is a loss on profit, companies just claim tax losses and spread them out over 5 years.

For the past few years, the local automotive industry has been experiencing poor sales and usually at this time of year not as many cars are sold than at the beginning of the year. When people buy new cars towards the end of the year, car dealers are even more than happy to even get sales. People usually wait until the beginning of the year to purchase next year's plate and not the current year's. Even though all Golf R models produced now will have MY11 plates, people don't know that therefore wait until next year to even walk into dealerships. The majority of the population don't even buy cars that expenive, they'll rather invest the money towards something that would profit them not buy a brand new car and soon as you drive out of the dealership lose atleast 1/4 of it's value. In the next 2 months some car dealers would even be willing to sell cars at invoice(cost) price just to keep sales up, especially the ones located further away from the CBD.

A question I would like to ask, what is the difference between 'corporate' discount and 'corporate plus'?

dealership always have been selling more cars at the end of the year rather then beginning of the year. its a fact.
And i will not be going into arguing when is the best time to buy a car. Any time is the best time to buy a car if you are ready to do it!
Corporate and corporate plus- different level of discount.

[changas]

evening all!

just put my order in today (or yesterday) and i'm quite excited

5 door white golf R + dsg and just your standard trimmings (ACC, bluetooth, MDI, leather, sunroof, black 19's, satnav, tints) for under 65k

hopefully it comes soon, had a blast testing the brakes on the sucker out, i was hesitant on how it would stop after driving around with brembo's for so long and alas, i was surprised

look forward to meeting a couple of you!

[Fab_R]

Great stuff!
Congratulations.

What made you make the change from the Evo MR?

[ethosguy]

evening all!

just put my order in today (or yesterday) and i'm quite excited

5 door white golf R + dsg and just your standard trimmings (ACC, bluetooth, MDI, leather, sunroof, black 19's, satnav, tints) for under 65k

hopefully it comes soon, had a blast testing the brakes on the sucker out, i was hesitant on how it would stop after driving around with brembo's for so long and alas, i was surprised

look forward to meeting a couple of you!

I's your price on the road, all costs?

2010 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R DSG 4-MOTION VI MY10 Cars For Sale in ACT - carsales.com.au - carsales.com.au 1246 1247 1252 1282 4294962677 4294962746 4294729342&silo=1011

simmilar spec, not so similar price $1000/mth for early ownership? ouch

[simonm]

I am pretty sure that that's the demonstrator I drove at Lennock. I was out at Gerald Slaven in Belco yesterday and saw there was a CW 5dr DSG with nav and silver 19s on the lot.

[changas]

fab_r, i've still got my evo for the weekend/track. it's simply too rough now to drive as a daily due to the modifications - i.e. being stuck in traffic is an absolute workout for my legs - haha.

ethosguy, yes, that is my price on the road, all costs! i had been ringing around quite a bit for the last couple of weeks and my understanding is that there is currently one at mascot which they are pretty much selling for RRP, $74,500 which is almost fully optioned (minus the RVC) but don't quote me on that!