New car order delays

[neepy7.5]

I ordered a Polo GTI+ in May this year, jumping on an unallocated scheduled build. Expected at the end of July  the dealership agreed I could pick it up in September on a 68 plate. Early July comes and VW drop the bombshell that all pre-WLTP VWs need to be registered no later than Aug 15th.

I saw earlier today that my dealer posted on Facebook a photo of someone receiving a brand new Polo GTI! I didn’t think these were WLTP approved yet either? Or I haven’t seen anywhere that they’ve been approved. We could have it worse, some people ordered a Polo GTI+ in January and still don’t have build dates!

[Golf_GT_TDI]

Can't order GTI at moment. No luck at dealer. Will quote reply from VW UK..

"At present the Golf GTI isn't available to order, but we're expecting the GTI Performance to have passed WLTP type approval and be available to order by the end of next week. A Retailer may be able to take details of an order already, although this would only go through to the factory once orders re-open for the GTI Performance."

[P6GTD]

That’s interesting. I was unaware they had actually stopped taking new orders altogether at the moment.
 How strange, as orders placed recently should not be affected by WLTP delay which sounds like it will be resolved imminently.
I put my new order in on 1 Oct and have build week confirmed by factory as being early Dec.
I wonder when VW suspended taking new orders......anyone on here ordered more recently than me??

[neepy7.5]

You’ve been unable to build any performance Golfs on VW website configurator for a while now so I presume orders have been closed during that time

[P6GTD]

Thanks. Sounds like my order just scraped in as the configuration stopped working by mid Oct as I recall.

[mike roberts]

I believe a load of orders were stuck in by dealers before it closed, that are now out there with customer cars awaiting signoff.

So, I expect to see a lot of 'new' cars with a tasty discount arrive next year. You'll just have to hunt for one that matches your spec.... or wait lord knows how long? I was told not to expect the forthcoming TCR till late summer once they re-open.

[Deano07]

What would be a reasonable discount? Cheers

[Deano07]

I.ve got 10% off my Gti P . Popped into the dealers. Still the same news , prob 3 week of Jan. When they receive the car , off comes the discs and pads and new ones going on,as it's been sitting outside for 5 weeks now. Dealer claiming from VW?

[Golf_GT_TDI]

I.ve got 10% off my Gti P . Popped into the dealers. Still the same news , prob 3 week of Jan. When they receive the car , off comes the discs and pads and new ones going on,as it's been sitting outside for 5 weeks now. Dealer claiming from VW?

Sounds like a good result

[Deano07]

Seems a good offer. Plus a full tank of petrol, bottle of wine and a keyring