are there any dealers out there offering any discounts for the GTI??

[p3asa]

http://www.buyacar.co.uk/ claim to get about £2k off

[JellyCat]

That price included the scrappage, without it's only about 800 off, which is not too good.

You can still get the VAT increase picked up by VW dealers etc for cars up to end of Feb (they get back from VW or something like that).

I've found you can get about £1200 off a 5 door manual. Push harder you could get a little more (that was brokers vs dealers etc etc). Best offer I got was about £1600 off, but dodgy delivery dates made me walk.

One broker messed up and offered without the sept price rise but sadly called back and had to reduce the discount by £790 so I walked also.

Google is your friend, What car \ parkers have links off to some sites. I'd recomend calling arround and getting a batch of quotes together and then see your local dealer who may or may not match. Aim for at least £1200 min, just watch out for the VAT rise that you'll prob get hit for if you do a delivery on 1st March 2010 onwards.

Tricky part is 2009 slots are getting very full now, plus with limited production etc supply might be tight for a factory order

[keelaw]

Makes me feel better now that I ordered in July.  With money (theoretically) saved I could buy the LED rear lights

 

[herbie911]

Lack of discount is no bad thing. It means demand>>supply. Good for resale! Not like buying a Vauxhall VXR/ford STwhich most customer can buy what they want on the showroom. Unless you plan to drive a Vauxhall/Ford all your life, when you trade that car in for a beemer or merc, you'll be shocked!

[Vman]

Have you tried Drive the deal? They are offering discount on the GTI now.They seem to have a good rep too.

[mds69]

Try http://www.autoebid.com/buy-new-cars/VOLKSWAGEN/GOLF.asp

They reckon £3K off at the moment - not sure if realistic and obviously not with a trade-in.

Have bought before from them (not VW) - ended up being put through to a London dealer's fleet arm I think and around 15% discount on a Toyota.

[JellyCat]

Just tried the link, I spec'd up at £1,900 off a 5 door manual with options I'd selected for my GTI on order.
I got (but not from them as got via a VW dealer) a discount of about £1,600, but I've elected to wait for the march 10 reg so had to take a hit on VAT (as VW will only pay the 2.5  for orders placed by early Nov but delivery has to be before 28th Feb, thus a 59 plate).
My choice was based on a feeling that the VAT hit will off set the future price difference between a 59 and the new 10 plate (my thinkling is that 3-4 years down the line when I sell the car for whatever's out then will be a higher figure for the plate difference, than the £500 odd pounds VAT saving).

So in an answer to the question of "are there any dealers out there offering any discounts for the GTI??", the answer is yes, and also some good ones too!

[GolfTi]

Discounts are few and far between at the moment.
Demand is greater than supply so VW are making the most of it, why shouldn't they?

When demand lowers discounts will be easier and they will start giving away optional extras free.



Normal model/mk life cycle.

[mds69]

Just tried the link, I spec'd up at £1,900 off a 5 door manual with options I'd selected for my GTI on order.

Yes, the illustration on the first page is obviously from a few months ago!

Good site though typically - they do a 'reverse auction' with the dealers - they fax/email out your requirements to the dealers/brokers and you get to choose between any that meet your reserve price.  I got my discount by running that site on my phone at the dealers - saved all the usual BS!  Does tend to work better when supply of the cars is greater! 

[JellyCat]

Good move by mds69 pulling the sites up on his phone at the dealers!

Keep an eye on the VAT as VW only covers orders till mid Nov and delivery up to 28th Feb 2010 if I recall, if not then you'll get hit by a further £500-£600 odd pounds depending on options etc.

Ran a few sites based on a 5 door manual with some goodies added for examples:
Carfile can get you about a 4% discount off base (very nice guys, very helpful), you also end up paying and dealing direct with the dealer so no having to hand over cash to a 3rd party etc.
Bettercardeal web site was about £1,100 (check slots and VAT increase)
DealDrivers web site was about £1,200 off (check slots and VAT increase)
buyacar web site came back with only about £800 (as their original price included scrappage so take that off and drops to about £800).
autoebid.com was according to their site about £1,900 off (which did seem a little too good, but hey!)

The above is nothing more that a few quick checks I did against web sites and calling up, so it's worth spending 1/2 a day over web sites and calling them up. Then go into the dealer and be surprised as they match the price (otherwise walk away!) as most of these brokers seem to put you in touch with VW dealers anyway.

When I was doing my own calling around I found that some brokers made me a little uncomfortable by asking that you had to pay them the dosh, or which included a 3rd party contract or you getting put down as the second reg keeper (when they got hte discount via a fleet purchase). But apparently (according to their sites) lots of people have done this with no problems etc. So I guess it's down to your personal choice if you'd be happy with this type of arrangement for me personally preferred ones who then  directed you to pay and deal with the dealers (but that’s just me).