What kind of delivery times are you being promised in the UK?

[FroGTI]

I ordered my GTI at 10 am on May 1st, the very first day VW France were taking orders. I was given a provisional delivery date of August 18 and, six weeks on, my dealer has confirmed this date. A 3.5 month wait seems a bit excessive to me, especially as I must surely have been one of the first people in France to order, but maybe it's the same for everyone else?

How long are UK buyers being asked to wait?

[VWKev]

When I test drove mine last week or so, I was told a 12-16 week wait.

[TeddyKGB]

So basically, the changes they made to the Golf so it doesn't take as long to build as the mk5 are, er, not working?

[Tony D]

I note there are several MK6 GTI's for sale already on Autotrader..... I guess these are VW demo cars which the dealers have chosen to sell rather than placing as Demo.

So in essence if anyone is desperate for one now and can find a similar spec to what you're after you could almost get into one straight away!   

[FroGTI]

When I test drove mine last week or so, I was told a 12-16 week wait.

Oh right, so more or less the same as here then. I change cars every year or so and always order 'custom-built', but this is the longest I've ever had to wait and I thought the Golf was one of the more common cars on the road...

It is ironic that the Mk6 was designed to be easier/cheaper to build than the 5.

[simonpolly]

When i was shopping around the vw dealers looking for the best deal i could get on my new gti,i was told by one dealership that vw shutdown for 6 weeks,one salesman said it was now the other said in aug,Could this be the reason for such a long wait ?,i ordered mine on may 22 they say aug delivery,nothing in stone yet. Seems abit daft shutting down when new car sales have plummented,surely this would lead to faster delivery.

[ronnie'C']

.......i was told by one dealership that vw shutdown for 6 weeks..........

I was told it was only 3 weeks when I ordered mine, still looking at 10-12 weeks.

[MK6-Fan]

When I test drove mine last week or so, I was told a 12-16 week wait.

Sorry to bring up dead wood here but can I ask did you actually have to wait 12-16 weeks like you thought or did it arrive sooner?

[Snoopy]

You will be better off asking a new question as things have changed since 2009-2010
For example I ordered start of Aug 09 was told delivery in Nov 09 and did not get delivery until end mar 10
Things have changed better to ask a new question and people who have ordered recently and just collected their car will reply.

[Mr GTD]

I ordered my GTD on the 25th Oct and didn't take delivery till the 1st March so in all it was around 16wks just over 4mnths...

But plenty on here have waited MUCH LONGER! 7mnths plus ect...