2018MY Arteon Discussion Thread

[Mr_206]

My car has arrived! Landed in Melb this morning!

[Mr_206]

VW website still not updated. Count down has hit 00:00:00 but nothing! What a let down lol

[Eyes24]

2018MY Arteon Discussion Thread

Brighton Vw in Melbourne have 5 Arteon’s , fully loaded selling at $80k. If you want a good salesman to deal with ask for Nathan Deeming, l got my car from him , and he was awesome to deal with.


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[DreamensioN]

VW website still not updated. Count down has hit 00:00:00 but nothing! What a let down lol

Tell me about it. I must have "registered my interest" like 6 times, and I still haven't received a marketing email or anything.

[DreamensioN]

Brighton Vw in Melbourne have 5 Arteon’s , fully loaded selling at $80k. If you want a good salesman to deal with ask for Nathan Deeming, l got my car from him , and he was awesome to deal with.


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Ok so minus VW Corporate Discount that's $72K drive away. That's not too bad if $80k is the actual price. I still reckon there's wiggle room in that once we see more stock.

[Demonoid]

Yes, my fleet guy is saying that VW is playing hard ball on discounts, as its new stock. No doubt the longer you leave it the more wiggle room but if you want it straight away, not much room to haggle.

Pricing is now up on their website - for me in Canberra, base model with no options, and white, is $71,205k drive away

[nermal]

Seems someone forgot to upload the brochure too.. I requested one, but can't download it.

404 Not Found

Heh, the URL indicates it may be linking to an old Passat CC brochure: '/j1770-cc-brochure-my15-fn_update_08-10-15.pdf'

[Mr_206]

Specs sheet does work however

[nermal]

Got to sit in one today - beautiful car, looks even better in person.
Tough, yet elegant (almost expect it to be sporting a V8 under the hood).

Looking forward to taking one for a test drive.

[DreamensioN]

I just got back from a dealership aswell and sat in one. The seating position (for me) is much better than the Skoda Superb. I found I had a lot more clearance between my legs and the steering wheel than the Superb.

Also - the section in the center console where you put your phone in the Arteon is useless. Does VW know that people have moved on from the iPhone 3GS? Seriously...ain't no way you'd get a modern sized smart phone in there.

I can confirm - no wireless charging. So looks like that option is only for the Euro market.

I got priced up for $78300 RRP drive away, full full options (metallic paint, sunroof, sound & style package).
Options are $1923ea (GST inc). And the metallic paint varies between $500 - $700 depending on what you want. The price I got included the Manganese Grey.

They said that when it comes to it, they will be able to do better.

Also interesting to note is that the dealership told me that the Arteon is *NOT* part of the VW Corporate Program - so corporate discounting does not apply.

I'd like someone else to find this out. I'm not sure if they were just saying that, or if it's a legit story.

[tigger73]

Also interesting to note is that the dealership told me that the Arteon is *NOT* part of the VW Corporate Program - so corporate discounting does not apply.

I'd like someone else to find this out. I'm not sure if they were just saying that, or if it's a legit story.

It's often the case that for the first 6(ish) months that VW doesn't provide corporate pricing for new models. VW feels that they don't need to offer discounts to move the new models as demand often is more than supply and they can shift the cars without offering corporate rates.

[Demonoid]

I just got back from a dealership aswell and sat in one. The seating position (for me) is much better than the Skoda Superb. I found I had a lot more clearance between my legs and the steering wheel than the Superb.

Also - the section in the center console where you put your phone in the Arteon is useless. Does VW know that people have moved on from the iPhone 3GS? Seriously...ain't no way you'd get a modern sized smart phone in there.

I can confirm - no wireless charging. So looks like that option is only for the Euro market.

I got priced up for $78300 RRP drive away, full full options (metallic paint, sunroof, sound & style package).
Options are $1923ea (GST inc). And the metallic paint varies between $500 - $700 depending on what you want. The price I got included the Manganese Grey.

They said that when it comes to it, they will be able to do better.

Also interesting to note is that the dealership told me that the Arteon is *NOT* part of the VW Corporate Program - so corporate discounting does not apply.

I'd like someone else to find this out. I'm not sure if they were just saying that, or if it's a legit story.

Yes this is what I have found out to. Not just from VW but also my fleet guy.
I have also discovered that my workplace does not allow me to novate cars higher than the luxury car tax threshold so I have bit the bullet and decided to save myself about $15k and just go with the regular Passat 206 R-line.

[Mr_206]

Was the previous pics the Magensium Grey?

[DreamensioN]

Here are pics of the white one I looked at...

[nermal]

Was the previous pics the Magensium Grey?

Yeah, the pics I posted were in Magnesium Grey. Looks really good in that color.

Here are pics of the white one I looked at...

Which dealership was the white one at? The pics I posted were taken at Austral VW (Newstead Qld).