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Jackie Treehorn

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Re: GTI Clubsport Edition 40 - press release
« Reply #30 on: 07 April 2016, 08:10 »
looking at the pics, do you guys it is going to sit that low in the arches in reality or is that just a bit of fudging for the marketing - the blurb says lower as per the normal gti but that looks lower that standard to me in the press release pics ?

Both ride height and offset is always photoshop'd in press releases.

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Re: GTI Clubsport Edition 40 - press release
« Reply #31 on: 07 April 2016, 10:49 »
"Time limited" "anticipated that only 1000 units will be made for the UK" - no real commitment to limit it to 1000 units. Would not be in the least bit surprised if more of these come through, VW need to sell anything and everything they can right now.
1000 is still no small number, it's only a Golf GTI at the end of the day, not a special BMW 1M type of car.
I doubt they will be worth much more than a Golf R in a few years time on the secondhand market.

People thought that about the first focus rs. It's good but it ain't a cossie. But being 13 or so years old they aren't depreciating anymore. At 10k plus they are rising in Value now.
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Re: GTI Clubsport Edition 40 - press release
« Reply #32 on: 07 April 2016, 11:06 »
The Mk1 Focus RS was more bespoke that the Golf tho'. Apart from lashings of Sparco, OZ and Brembo bits, it had different body panels to the regular 3 door hatch.
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Re: GTI Clubsport Edition 40 - press release
« Reply #33 on: 07 April 2016, 12:27 »
The Mk1 Focus RS was more bespoke that the Golf tho'. Apart from lashings of Sparco, OZ and Brembo bits, it had different body panels to the regular 3 door hatch.

The CS has some bespoke omissions to enable the buckets to fit!!


I asked a work mate who is currently stalking 'friendly with' a sales admin girl at my local dealership about the likelihood of them giving discount on a CS, just out of interest.
This is a big Inchcape dealership.
She passed the requests on to the sales manager for me and his direct reply was, give or take "we are only expecting around four cars plus a demo and as its such a limited run there will unlikely be any discounts, however yes, we can supply an R for around £5k off right now"

I'm kind of tempted to buy another R in a different colour and spec just for the hell of it if he'd give me top book price for mine!
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Re: GTI Clubsport Edition 40 - press release
« Reply #34 on: 07 April 2016, 12:37 »
The Mk1 Focus RS was more bespoke that the Golf tho'. Apart from lashings of Sparco, OZ and Brembo bits, it had different body panels to the regular 3 door hatch.

The CS has some bespoke omissions to enable the buckets to fit!!


I asked a work mate who is currently stalking 'friendly with' a sales admin girl at my local dealership about the likelihood of them giving discount on a CS, just out of interest.
This is a big Inchcape dealership.
She passed the requests on to the sales manager for me and his direct reply was, give or take "we are only expecting around four cars plus a demo and as its such a limited run there will unlikely be any discounts, however yes, we can supply an R for around £5k off right now"

I'm kind of tempted to buy another R in a different colour and spec just for the hell of it if he'd give me top book price for mine!

5k off an R is doesn't sound great.

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Re: GTI Clubsport Edition 40 - press release
« Reply #35 on: 07 April 2016, 12:41 »
It brings a base spec one to not much more than mine books at top CAP (£25300 when I last ran a check recently) bearing in mind that means I wouldn't qualify for PCP discount.
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Re: GTI Clubsport Edition 40 - press release
« Reply #36 on: 07 April 2016, 13:25 »
I have just received a PCP quote from a dealer.. 19 inch Brescias, pan roof, 3 door manual, metallic.  24 weeks lead time.

Based on 36 months and a price of £33k the final payment is £15,480 so they are clearly not building in any strong future value to the PCP quote.

With nearly £10k deposit the monthly is £431, no way am I paying that for a Golf sorry.

With a £10k deposit, a new Cayman with a couple of options comes in at less than £400 per month.  Its a nice looking car but with zero discount no way can I bring myself to spend £33k on a hatchback.

Mind you, just see the APR 13.6% !  that cant possibly be right...
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Re: GTI Clubsport Edition 40 - press release
« Reply #37 on: 07 April 2016, 13:28 »
5K off on an R sounds interesting Exonian as the dealership is the same one I bought my car from last time.  I may do some digging myself.

On another note the configurator for the Clubsport is just being installed on the VW website by tonight hopefully it will be fully operational.  Just tried it, but not all options are working yet. 

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Re: GTI Clubsport Edition 40 - press release
« Reply #38 on: 07 April 2016, 13:33 »
I have just received a PCP quote from a dealer.. 19 inch Brescias, pan roof, 3 door manual, metallic.  24 weeks lead time.

Based on 36 months and a price of £33k the final payment is £15,480 so they are clearly not building in any strong future value to the PCP quote.

With nearly £10k deposit the monthly is £431, no way am I paying that for a Golf sorry.

With a £10k deposit, a new Cayman with a couple of options comes in at less than £400 per month.  Its a nice looking car but with zero discount no way can I bring myself to spend £33k on a hatchback.

Mind you, just see the APR 13.6% !  that cant possibly be right...
Yikes!!!
Just for reference I'm going to paying £404pm for a highly specced Golf R 5dr DSG with me putting in £2000 deposit. The rest of the deposit is made up of my GTI equity and PCP dealer contribution.
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Re: GTI Clubsport Edition 40 - press release
« Reply #39 on: 07 April 2016, 13:40 »


this is the reply I got

"Volkswagen at the moment have not released any deposit contributions or lower rate on the Clubsport, as soon as it comes available you will have an updated quote. If you order the car prior to this and then there is a better offer from Volkswagen we will swop the programs over"
Daily drive - LCI BMW 330 D Estoril Blue & Saddle leather. M sport + Pack / Prof Nav / Head Up / Heated Seats
On the way - CS ed 40 tornado red, manual, 3 door
Weekend fun - low mileage portofino blue 1997 Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo
2017 Build Slot reserved for BMW M2