Register of unhappy Polo purchasers awaiting delivery...

[nugget1312]

I ordered mine two weeks ago. I hope it got in before that allocation ran out!

[polojoegti]

Correct. The wait is now 12 months, and the entire 2011 allocation has already sold out.

Hey Guys,

I have been liaising with VW in both Australia and Germany regarding the delivery date for my Polo GTI. Firstly, I was told April delivery when i ordered it in November. Then it moved to June, then July and today I got a phone call from VW Australia advising it would be a September delivery.

Personally, I think waiting 10 months for a car is a joke! I can order a Ferrari and have a sooner delivery time! I'm presuming you all have been told similar times?

I'm now looking for a Golf GTI as i can't wait 10 months. If anyone knows anyoneselling an MY10 Golf GTI, let me know.

[Corey_R]

Personally, I think waiting 10 months for a car is a joke! I can order a Ferrari and have a sooner delivery time!

Knowing a few associates who have ordered Ferrari's, the average they've waited is about 18 months. They've also usually needed to place a substantial deposit on the car before there have been any pictures, specifications, or even a name of the model, to be in the "waiting list". So whilst I understand your frustration, lets not exaggarate making claims which not only have no basis, but are of little relevance.

[polojoegti]

Knowing a few associates who have ordered Ferrari's, the average they've waited is about 18 months. They've also usually needed to place a substantial deposit on the car before there have been any pictures, specifications, or even a name of the model, to be in the "waiting list". So whilst I understand your frustration, lets not exaggarate making claims which not only have no basis, but are of little relevance.

No offence, but if I want, I can go buy a ferrari right now from the floor, and I do know this as I'm within the industry. But that's besides the point. 10 month wait for a $35k car is unreasonable.

[Corey_R]

No offense, but if I want, I can go by a Polo GTI right now from the floor.

So what's your point?

(Well... there are Polo GTI's in the dealers, I'm not sure if they're for sale or not because I'm not interested in buying one - but they could be, the problem is people want things in the specs they want them in. Just like there are Golf R's for sale on the dealer floors. Dermot had 5 up on this site last week even!)

[kane]

No offense, but if I want, I can go by a Polo GTI right now from the floor.

So what's your point?

(Well... there are Polo GTI's in the dealers, I'm not sure if they're for sale or not because I'm not interested in buying one - but they could be, the problem is people want things in the specs they want them in. Just like there are Golf R's for sale on the dealer floors. Dermot had 5 up on this site last week even!)

not sure if it has changed but a week or two ago i did some researching and they would not sell them? understandable i guess.

i am not buying one but i also think 10-12 months is way too long, may as well spend 6 months saving and buy a golf GTI?
or seriously consider offerings from other brands? i think it would be annoying if you were coming off lease etc and timing was important.

[VW Convert]

Personally, I think waiting 10 months for a car is a joke!

Well you are in control of the situation are you not? If waiting 10 months doesn't suit, you should consider cancelling and buying something else.

I can order a Ferrari and have a sooner delivery time!

I doubt this is true except for any Ferrari floor stock that might be around, but most likely the same goes for the Polo GTI, there is probably floor stock around that could be delivered much sooner.

I would think that many other manufacturers are envious that VW have done such a good job with the Polo GTI that VW can't build them as quickly as they can sell them.

[aljobar]

I just got off the phone to the dealer who is selling me my GTI. It will arrive in August, but I have bad news for those who haven't ordered yet. As has been made abundantly clear, the allocations for Australia have sold out, and anyone who places an order now is looking at a delivery time of late 2012. The person I spoke to had 3 contracts cancelled yesterday and has stopped taking orders. In short, if you haven't signed the contract, don't even think about it (just in case you were anyway)

[Corey_R]

The allocations for Australia have sold out

Correct. They sold out sometime in January. So unfortunately some of the people who have already ordered may also miss out. HOWEVER, since other people will cancel even based on the news of an August wait, hopefully those that already ordered and are willing to wait will end up with an allocation this year.

I posted this yesterday, so I thought I'd make it blue this time to draw attention.
It's been confirmed by multiple customers and dealers.

[pologti18t]

I just got off the phone to the dealer who is selling me my GTI. It will arrive in August, but I have bad news for those who haven't ordered yet. The allocations for Australia have sold out, and anyone who places an order now is looking at a delivery time of late 2012. The person I spoke to had 3 contracts cancelled yesterday and has stopped taking orders. In short, if you haven't signed the contract, don't even think about it (just in case you were anyway)

Late 2012? Oh please stop it. No company can say that. They may as well not have bothered releasing it if people have to wait 2 yrs for one. It's a bloody $27K shopping trolley!

[pologti18t]

Correct. They sold out sometime in January. So unfortunately some of the people who have already ordered may also miss out. HOWEVER, since other people will cancel even based on the news of an August wait, hopefully those that already ordered and are willing to wait will end up with an allocation this year.
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So what happens with the cancelled orders? Do the production slots for these cars dissappear? Do the cars get built to that spec which no other buyer may want? Or does VW change these slots back to base spec in the hope of being able to shift them easily?

[Corey_R]

Well, the dealers are all calling their customers. So in the example of aljobar above, where the dealer MAY have been calling aljobar today to say "sorry, you've missed out on this years allocations", since the dealer had 3 cancelled orders yesterday, the dealer told aljobar that he has a delivery this year. I obviously don't know if that was the case in this SPECIFIC situation of aljobar or not. But that is an example of what is happening currently.

Not that we're talking about production slot allocation at this point, not locking in the specifications of the orders.

[aljobar]

I wasn't told explicitly, but from what the guy was saying the first option is to "sell the contract" for want of a better term. I.e sell exactly the same car to a different person

[nugget1312]

Just got off the phone to the salesman who sold me my GTI. He was unable to confirm if I will get mine this year as they just don't know. I am number 9 on the list for that dealership so I am not holding my breath. The decision now is do I shell out the extra bucks for a Golf GTI or wait for what could be over 12 months. Does anyone know what the total allocation of GTI's for this year to Australia was?

[Corey_R]

Hey nugget1312. From my understanding of the situation, the dealers now do know their allocations for 2011. Thus, if you're getting a response of "I dont know, but you're number 9 on the list", I would interpret that as "Since you're 9th on the list and we're not getting that many cars, you've missed out a 2011 allocation atm. I just don't know how to break the bad news and don't want to upset you since I just had the last 3 people cry on the phone. So I'm delaying, and with any luck, a few others in places 1 to 8 will cancel your order so I will be able to call you back later and confirm that you're included in 2011 and save you the heart ache".