I scored a Tiquan deal thread

[idaho]

holy ****! $13,000 loss on a 147 as soon as you drive it off the lot! And I thought Alfa's were bad!

And that isn't including the loss of Dealer Delivery and On-Road costs. What also staggers me is how the big $ options absolutely blow the price sky high. I think you would be lucky to get half the cost of the options back at trade-in. I read a journo test drive recently where there was $18000 worth of options fitted to the test Tiguan.

When I priced a 147TSI they seemed somewhat miffed that I only wanted options that came to $2600 (metallic, alarm, Off-road, Park assist). But as it would have been a non guaranteed 9 month wait and there was no deal for delivery that was where I stopped.

I think I could outwait Sharkie. Whoever coined the statement that you should only buy the cheapest car your ego can afford should have included a clause about value for money. Or maybe it means my ego is actually cheaper than I think.

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Whoever coined the statement that you should only buy the cheapest car your ego can afford should have included a clause about value for money. Or maybe it means my ego is actually cheaper than I think.

I'm sure mine is too

[Sharkie]

Base Q5 in Australia apparently will have at least the following:

new gen 2.0TFSI - 155kw/350NM
7 speed DSG
Leather
19" Alloys
Cd Changer
Torsen permanent AWD 40:60 split F:R
Priced at about $62K

Update .... Audi released pricing .....

2.0TFSI (155kw/350NM) with 7 speed DSG = $59900 ...
2.0 TDI (125kw/350NM) with 7 speed DSG = $59900 ...

More importantly bootspace is 560l compare to 395l in the Tiguan

I'm very tempted to get to Melbourne at then end of the month to see it at the motorshow.

[echo_base]

Does anyone know if the long-awaited new supply of Tigs has arrived yet? There's been a few 125TSIs pop-up over here in the West, but nothing like the flood that the dealer told me was coming in May...

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Does anyone know if the long-awaited new supply of Tigs has arrived yet? There's been a few 125TSIs pop-up over here in the West, but nothing like the flood that the dealer told me was coming in May...

posted yesterday:

I popped in to the local VW dealer at Mascot and asked if I could have a poke around their storage area, where they had around 30 Tiguans in a pre-delivery state. It looked like they came straight off the boat with all the protective cladding they had on.

[TonyTA]

Does anyone know if the long-awaited new supply of Tigs has arrived yet?

I read a post about 1100 or so being delivered last month.
There were definitely quite a few TDI's arrive in SEQ about 3 weeks ago. I know several dealers got stock delivered.
I know some SYD dealers who also scored stock around that time also.
But there are other dealers in QLD still waiting for stock to arrive.

[Sharkie]

Just a FYI .....

Since Feb Tiguans have been able to get fleet discount applied to them ....

I'm sorry for you guys that have already bought but for all prospective owners this is $2K off RRP straight up.

[NZTiguan]

Just a FYI .....

Since Feb Tiguans have been able to get fleet discount applied to them ....

I'm sorry for you guys that have already bought but for all prospective owners this is $2K off RRP straight up.

Don't feel sorry for US, we're driving our Tigs and enjoying every moment (and in my case I have been for 8 months now !!!!)

[brh1978]

Just a FYI .....

Since Feb Tiguans have been able to get fleet discount applied to them ....

I'm sorry for you guys that have already bought but for all prospective owners this is $2K off RRP straight up.

My Tigs due in about 5 weeks, the dealer called last week to say he would like to redo the quote as he can now offer fleet discount (as I am leasing the car). Basically you get $2000 off inc gst and they drop delivery to $990 (which for me was an increase in delivery), at least the handover figure works out cheaper! Not long to go now

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screwed again!!! That would have paid for the remap!

[Todd]

I read a post about 1100 or so being delivered last month.
There were definitely quite a few TDI's arrive in SEQ about 3 weeks ago. I know several dealers got stock delivered.
I know some SYD dealers who also scored stock around that time also.
But there are other dealers in QLD still waiting for stock to arrive.

I was in a VW dealer today (Hornsby) & I said to the dumbass salesman that I was interested in a 147 Tig (he has a couple of diesels & a 125 on the lot). The Salesman responded with "the 147's don't come out until June/July". I responded with "that's not what I have heard", and turned around & walked out.
Is this guy for real? I am positve that 147's have landed here & been sold in Oz?

[brh1978]

There have been a few 147's but they are very rare, a quick search on carsales and you'll get zero hits. I think he meant to say they will be arriving in June/July as they have been available to order since June last year...I should know as that's when I ordered mine, it will finally hit Aust on the 07/04/09. I have a feeling a flood of them will be arriving all around the same time.

[Johnno]

I think I initially dealt with the same bloke at Waitara VW...

On my first visit, I was quoted a price with a corporate discount (being 5% on a Jetta but only 2% on the Tiggy). On a subsequent visit, I was told by another sales person that I wasn't in fact eligible for the corp. discount - he then quoted me sticker price for a 125tsi manual with metallic, comfort package, and the GPS. Thanks, but I could have downloaded all that off the interweb.

As for the trade on my old car, it was straight out of Red Book, not a cent more.

Still no follow-up call from the initial sales rep either.

Clearly they're not too worried about sales over there.

[Sharkie]

Guys, Carsales.com.au currently has 169 Tiguans listed for sale. Of those about 15 is used and the rest is new or demos ..........

Most are TDI, with about 10 125TSIs ....... Time to go make a deal happen I think .....

[Pullstarter]

And that's exactly what I just did!! Just ordered a Black Pearl Tiggy 125 with fogs, comfort pack, offroad pack in a manual. It's now on the boat after leaving Wolfsburg last week and should be here in 5-6 weeks hopefully. WOOHOO!!!