How Many Golf R's in 1 Day?

[Jackie Treehorn]

Can't remember the last time I saw a GTI but I went out for an hour on Sunday and saw 7 Golf R's which for me is a record. 

Lease deals still going strong I guess.  Cheaper than a 1.2 TSI!!!

https://www.centralukvehicleleasing.co.uk/vehicle/detail/57539/volkswagen/golf_hatchback.html

I feel for the genuine VW or Golf R enthusiasts that love and care for the car, but there is going to be a sh*t load available for the 2nd and 3rd hand market.  Wait till they get as old as the mk4 and every trucker cap wearing* lad or lass has them in your local Maccy D's at 10pm. But at £220 anyone can get them for that price!



Anyone got any idea why they want to make the high priced top of the range car less exclusive?  I can't think of the reason for VW doing it to be honest.  Is it really just about money and chasing volume at the expense of the R?  Seems crazy as they can't be that short of cash at VW



*No offence to trucker cap wearers.

[Jackie Treehorn]

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[CraigW]

That is main reason why I've chosen not to jump into an R. They are far too common.

[Humm]

Same as Craig for me, GTi's are far less common around my way!

[dubber36]

Less than £200 monthly rentals are just to get your attention.

There is a £2000 initial deposit too. Then when you up the mileage to a more realistic 10,000 miles and add maintenance, then there's the VAT, you end up paying a total of £11915.93 over two years. So £496.50 in real money each month, simply to rent a car.

Does it still look so cheap?

[p3asa]

Less than £200 monthly rentals are just to get your attention.

There is a £2000 initial deposit too. Then when you up the mileage to a more realistic 10,000 miles and add maintenance, then there's the VAT, you end up paying a total of £11915.93 over two years. So £496.50 in real money each month, simply to rent a car.

Does it still look so cheap?

Not sure your figures are realistic Dubber
£2400 down includes VAT
£221.99 a month includes VAT
= £7505 over the 2 years.

say 10p a mile which is probably more than the company charge. Takes it up to 10,000 a year
= £1000 for 2 years.

Throw in servicing call it £300 a year so that's another £600

So in total and overestimating I make it £9105 which is £379 a month which is more realistic and probably on par if someone sat down and worked out what they were paying on a PCP overall.

[dubber36]

Oops, I worked it out for a 5door DSG.

Copied from the link in the OP

Contract Length:
24 months
Contract Mileage:
10000
Maintenance:
Yes
MRP:
£27,479 on the road
Free Delivery:
(UK mainland only)
Rental profile:
Initial rental of £2000.00 plus vat followed by 23 monthly rentals of £338.26 plus vat
Admin fees of £150+vat [£180 inc VAT] are applicable unless otherwise stated   

[Mark V GTD]

p3asa - even less in reality. The first service is normally 160 quid and most leases are set up for longlife servicing so that does not happen until you are in to the second year. There will then be no need for a second service on a 24 month lease. Additional mileage is actually 7.2p per mile, inc VAT on these deals.

So thats  7,505.00 plus 160.00 plus 720.00

Total: 8,385.00 (amotizes to 349.00 a month)

[Jackie Treehorn]

I don't fully understand how this happens, perhaps you guys can explain.

 I don't get why they (I assume VW) have flooded the market so much. Or is this out of there control?  It just seems crazy thing to do, it dilutes the R brand imo which should be a little more exclusive.

Anyway, nice car, shame I see so many on the road, but I fear a total of 7 spotted is a record I will break pretty soon.

[Mark V GTD]

I'm surprised they did not choose the GTI to do this promotion on. And if they did I would have got one as its the eye-watering (lack of) economy that puts me off an R. Some of the folk I meet talk about averaging 21 mpg and getting less than 200 miles off a tank!