31 Weeks lead time for an R

[Booth11]

The Golf R420 is an incongruous product. A Mad Max semi-premium VW shopping trolley for a ridiculous price.

Hear, hear.

[Mr Savage]

The Golf R420 is an incongruous product. A Mad Max semi-premium VW shopping trolley for a ridiculous price.

Hear, hear.

First of all, it's not even been priced. Secondly, how can you call it overpriced even if it is 40k.

How many cars can you buy brand new capable of doing the 0-62 sprint in 3.9 seconds with a top speed limited to 174MPH for 40,000? I'm guessing you can't think of many. So it's actually bang on the money with the added benefit of being a car you will beable to use as a daily driver without the ludicrous running costs that a Ferrari/Porsche or Maserati would bring.

[Mr Savage]

Double post. Please delete.

[Booth11]

Just for info, I have been advised today that the current lead time for a factory ordered Golf R is approx 20 weeks.  This is via a broker. Sounds a bit on the optimistic side to me 

[am1w]

What a mess at Wolfsburg. Instead of reaching their target of 3800 cars a day, they can only manage just over 2000 cars, 2/3 of which are Golfs. Problems with robots, problems between Management and Unions, etc. No wonder it is taking forever to get a Golf.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/us-volkswagen-mqb-insight-idUSKCN0HJ0WL20140924

[Booth11]

What a mess at Wolfsburg. Instead of reaching their target of 3800 cars a day, they can only manage just over 2000 cars, 2/3 of which are Golfs. Problems with robots, problems between Management and Unions, etc. No wonder it is taking forever to get a Golf.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/us-volkswagen-mqb-insight-idUSKCN0HJ0WL20140924

Trouble at t'mill.

[am1w]

What a mess at Wolfsburg. Instead of reaching their target of 3800 cars a day, they can only manage just over 2000 cars, 2/3 of which are Golfs. Problems with robots, problems between Management and Unions, etc. No wonder it is taking forever to get a Golf.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/us-volkswagen-mqb-insight-idUSKCN0HJ0WL20140924

Trouble at t'mill.

It seems Wolfsburg is a mad house. 

[Steve78]

What a mess at Wolfsburg. Instead of reaching their target of 3800 cars a day, they can only manage just over 2000 cars, 2/3 of which are Golfs. Problems with robots, problems between Management and Unions, etc. No wonder it is taking forever to get a Golf.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/us-volkswagen-mqb-insight-idUSKCN0HJ0WL20140924

I ordered my fully loaded GTI mid August and collected mid November.  Very impressed with a 3 month turnaround!

[mark@vorny.co.uk]

I haven't been on for a while, but thought I would take a quick gander tonight.

The wife's R was ordered back in September and was scheduled for week 46, then delayed to week 48 and now its week 2. What do you reckon the chances are of actually seeing it built week 2 ?

Bit of a pain tbh, I am having to have the current Mk6 GTi serviced this week which was a cost I was hoping to avoid ....

BTW, the earlier post in relation to relevant running costs of the anticipated 400 versus a Porsche/Ferrari. I would put money on the 400 being more expensive to run than a Porsche !  I am on my second and they aren't as expensive as you would think

[monkeyhanger]

I haven't been on for a while, but thought I would take a quick gander tonight.

The wife's R was ordered back in September and was scheduled for week 46, then delayed to week 48 and now its week 2. What do you reckon the chances are of actually seeing it built week 2 ?

Bit of a pain tbh, I am having to have the current Mk6 GTi serviced this week which was a cost I was hoping to avoid ....

BTW, the earlier post in relation to relevant running costs of the anticipated 400 versus a Porsche/Ferrari. I would put money on the 400 being more expensive to run than a Porsche !  I am on my second and they aren't as expensive as you would think

Sept order for BW46 was always a little optimistic unless the dealer was snatching a cancelled order. I ordered Sept 20th, order accepted at the factory on Sept 24th, always provisional for BW4 (bog standard 5 door manual in Lapiz, so no fancy options potentially causing delays) - i'll check with VW UK to see if my provisional BW has slid (it might give you an idea as to whether yours will slide further). If you do end up being BW2, your confirmation should be imminent.

In the back of my mind I was thinking about a Cayman, but it was looking quite expensive. I suppose the difference per month on a fully loaded R vs a basic Cayman (that comes with absolutely nowt) is not so big residual % between the 2 cars aren't much different.