When is good deal not such a good deal?!

[robtt]

He is probably only entitled to his loss of profit . Has he lost anything in fact ? I doubt it. You will have legal expenses insurance on your house or car I would think. Use it here .😐Even if not, get your solicitor onto it . A single letter to the dealer by them will stop this none sense . The cost won't be much and you will have the satisfaction of seeing the dealer give in and stop been a bully .

[Exonian]

What else factored in on the deal?
Was there a part ex involved as that can muddy the waters a lot?

Quickly doing a basic GTI price check on orangewheels a GTI 5 door is around £1700 (inc PCP discount) more for a FL compared to what they were knocking out pre FL cars for a month ago using the catch all £3250 off list price plus dealer discounts. For a cash buyer the pre FL car would have been £2700 cheaper, give or take a couple hundred as I can't remember exact figures.

[GTD184]

What else factored in on the deal?
Was there a part ex involved as that can muddy the waters a lot?

Quickly doing a basic GTI price check on orangewheels a GTI 5 door is around £1700 (inc PCP discount) more for a FL compared to what they were knocking out pre FL cars for a month ago using the catch all £3250 off list price plus dealer discounts. For a cash buyer the pre FL car would have been £2700 cheaper, give or take a couple hundred as I can't remember exact figures.

No P/X, stright forward PCP purchase.

My calculation was on the basis of the price of a FL GTI 5dr DSG as being quoted by DTD (£4600.00 discount) incl of £1k finance contribution. In addition the difference in finance rate between the pre FL GTI PP @ 6.2% and the FL finance @ 4.9%. The difference being about £1k over a 48 month agreement in favour of the FL.

Therefore the pre FL of £6.5k disc was only £900.00 better than the deal on a FL!......bearing in mind I had no spec choice on the pre FL car, the FL car is marginally cheaper due to the fact that FL GTI has same performance as GTI PP with no premium. I'm guessing that residuals will be better on the FL Model and so with everything taken into account the FL represents better value/deal?!

BTW visited my dealer today and was given the opportunity to cancel without any penalty! ......no argument a take the car as planned or my deposit refunded!......I'm guessing maybe the dealer has s buyer lined up as I was expecting a hell of a fight for my deposit and even prepared to take a massive hit!

Happy is an understatement!

[Exonian]

All ended well in the end then.
Good news!

The 'old' car would've probably been a better buy if paying cash but as you're PCP'ing then the newer one makes sense as it'll also have a better value at the end of the term, I'd definitely agree.
That's looking purely at the finances side.

The newer car's tech will probably age a bit better and although enthusiasts will probably bemoan the loss of real dials your average car buyer will be lapping up the digital display, and it'll probably be the norm for most cars by 2021 or sooner.