Any Polo's left in Oz?

[PatoriaN]

Nice link dude, cheers!

[apples]

[QUOTE=PatoriaN;634494]Well Joe,


I have noticed with all dealers that they arent really doing deals...anyone else found this?[/QUOTE

Camberwell refused to deal and told me there was a huge wait. So I tried South Yarra to see if they had any stock. The salesman at SY asked me what it would take for me to buy the Polo from him instead. My response was "A great price!!!"

So, after a few weeks of chatting on the phone with SY, I went in yesterday to see what deal he could give me. Camberwell was $23,500 approx driveway for the TSI manual (base model). At SY, for an extra $1,500 I got the panoramic sun roof, sports pack, tinted driver and front passenger windows and car mats. $25,000!!!

The delivery is due end of year but told the salesman to instead give me one of the first few cars for 2012 instead, so delivery will be Feb 2012. Ridiculous wait time but I really want this car.

- oops, buggered up the quote from PatoriaN. Tried to fix it but couldn't

[pologti18t]

The delivery is due end of year but told the salesman to instead give me one of the first few cars for 2012 instead, so delivery will be Feb 2012. Ridiculous wait time but I really want this car.

- oops, buggered up the quote from PatoriaN. Tried to fix it but couldn't

So waiting a year for a 25K car is a good deal? And when you receive it it will be a 2011 build. Essentially a year old.

[apples]

So waiting a year for a 25K car is a good deal? And when you receive it it will be a 2011 build. Essentially a year old.

My fiance had just bought a car last year. We had discussed when I would be getting rid of my current one and getting a new one for me and we decided end of next year. So it doesn't really matter that I have to wait a year when we originally agreed on 2 years. For insurance purposes, it will be 2012 plated model. Considering Camberwell wouldn't even budge on a price and would have charged $27,500, to me $25k sounded good to me. So what if it's a year wait - it's no skin off my nose.

[Frostee]

Well Joe,


I did what you suggested and went "country"! Found one thats apparently due in July/August and can still choose the spec.

I have noticed with all dealers that they arent really doing deals...anyone else found this?

It's the age old equation of supply and demand. In the case of Polo's in Australia it's a supply balance that favors the Seller.

I reckon you need to accept you pay list price and try and find a few little extras that the Dealer has control over, but don't expect any bargains.

By the way I was watching CNN the other day and VW presented their results. The commentary that I didn't hear completely made some connection between VW and Toyota, and that some are projecting VW will overtake Toyota. Anyway, the growth of VW in the past year was attributed to demand in China. I'm not sure what5 models are being sold in China but it doesn't take a lot of thought to work out where VW will focus its production capacity (without the need to accommodate the minority small markets such as Aus that have RHD config)

[sVWatt]

Agree with Frostee on the limited supply keeping pricing at or very near list price. But I don't think China is stealing RHD or other capacity. The RHD UK is a big market segment for VW and we benefit from that. I think VW has chosen to limit supply to AUS to keep prices high. VW is a premium product here - not so in the UK. VW AUDI have done some great differentiated market positioning to keep us keen. Look at UK or USA pricing and you will see we pay more. They will say we have different configurations and local considerations, but after all the waffle...you still pay more than a dubber else where.

Why flood the market and compete on price with the Korean stuff. When you can market to people and convince them that the brand means more than the function ?

Keeping supply lean keeps us keen.

[kreuze]

India is taking a lot of them. There are HEAPS of base model Polo's there and I mean A LOT.

[GTI JOE]

India is taking a lot of them. There are HEAPS of base model Polo's there and I mean A LOT.

Can't figure it out? Their population is only marginally more than ours

[Miles Away]

Try having a look at the dealers in Wagga Wagga and in the Barossa.

I live in Sydney and after getting screwed by a dealer here i bought mine from Tamworth and had it at my front door within the week. Wagga and Barossa were the only people with stock.

[Gambit]

yeah as previously mentioned defiantly call regional dealers, they sometime don't even list on carsales etc etc, apparently every dealer gets at least one allocation. I myself could not located a GTI anywhere but Horsham which was a 4 hour drive from Melb. I think they mentioned getting another in early April?

[snedden9485]

They wont do any deals because they know that there is zero supply and a high demand, so people are willing to pay top dollar for the cars.

[payno]

There looks to be a 3 door black one with audio pack available in Sydney. Just gone up on carsales today and says available for immediate delivery..

2011 VOLKSWAGEN POLO GTI DSG 6R MY11 Cars For Sale in NSW - carsales.com.au - carsales.com.au

[Gambit]

When I was in south yarra 3weeks ago there was a red 3 dr manual on the showroom floor, did not ask if it was for sale though, and not sure if it is still there.

[pologti18t]

There looks to be a 3 door black one with audio pack available in Sydney. Just gone up on carsales today and says available for immediate delivery..

2011 VOLKSWAGEN POLO GTI DSG 6R MY11 Cars For Sale in NSW - carsales.com.au - carsales.com.au

A 3 door ex-demo for 36K.... giggle.

[gavs]

Yeah, read the unwritten disclaimer from all dealers, "we can't actually sell this one until we get the go-ahead from VGA, but you're welcome to come and take a test drive and place an order for a new one at that price, due in june next year...."

Random pic of teh outlander is probably in there to say "yeah, we have this outlander oyu can have instead...."