Current GTi Factory Order Delivery Time?

[Talk-torque]

Looking to swap my GTD for a GTi. (Long story - not dieselgate related!).

Loyalty £1,000 is only paid on cars delivered by 31st of March, so I am, at best, borderline. Anybody know what delivery times are, right now? Also, should I be expected to take the whole risk of that £1K, should the car, for no fault of mine, not turn up in time? Dealer is talking mid March, but then he wants the deal, doesn't he.

[clubsport]

I was recently quoted car availability by March, for the new registration. Having said that, I have yet to meet a salesman who has much conviction though to be fair. Even when I mentioned recent "problems" for VW, one asked me what I was referring to!
You may find a few dealers who have pre ordered cars which may arrive earlier. I doubt you will be able to change the build spec though?

The current deals are due to expire on 30 Dec 15. As VW car sales looked much lower, something like -20% in recent SMMT data, I would expect the deals to be improved in 2016?

[kalimon]

My dealer reckons 8 weeks delivery on the GTI.
I ordered mine last weekend for March delivery just in case of delays and obviously the factory will close over christmas ( I assume ).

[mk7gti]

Yeah I ordered on the 10th of December and have been quoted March delivery.

[Pinky1959]

I would reckon if you order now and get the bonus included and the dealer / VW cannot deliver before due date its their problem not yours , you can always state its part of the deal .
Have you tried any other dealers / brokers ?

[Brenbo]

When I bought my GTI PP on launch in 2013 I got the dealer to guarantee my trade in price no matter what date the car was delivered which paid off as the estimate of 3 months ended up being over 6 months. 

I am sure you could try this with your deal on buying a GTI even if the offer ends in march which maybe before delivery date.  It's worth a try.  If they want your money desperately enough they will do it.

[physio]

I ordered my  second GTI on 1 st dec 
I was told march / april  delivery
my dealer gave me a trade in price plus the £1000 , all put on the order form
I paid a refundable £ 500 deposit .
we both  know where we stand they got the order I got my bonus 

[mk7gti]

There seem to be quite a few of us going for second GTI's. What a boring bunch lol

[physio]

at least we are changing colour   

[p3asa]

When I went in to order the GTI on the 5th of December and I was told there was no way it would be delivered by the end of March.
The salesman told me he still had a GTI on order from July that was due the last week in December so running at 5 months.
However he found one on the system with a provisional build date of beginning of February so we altered that to my spec.

I suppose it all depends what kind of allocation the dealer has.

You may find a few dealers who have pre ordered cars which may arrive earlier. I doubt you will be able to change the build spec though?

You can change the build spec right up until you have a confirmed build week. This is 4 weeks before the car gets built. After that you can't change anything.