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Offline bgw

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Re: Clubsport order thread
« Reply #520 on: 07 September 2022, 16:35 »
Has anyone else heard that VW have stopped taking new factory orders for the Clubsport?  I put an enquiry into a leasing company who told me they had a notification through last week about it - he believed it was permanent, although I've since spoken to the local dealer who said it's temporary, but they have no idea when it will start again.  Also applies to manual GTI's as well as some other non-golf models.
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Offline WelshGolf

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Re: Clubsport order thread
« Reply #521 on: 07 September 2022, 16:49 »
My GTI CS has just left the factory!

amazing! hopefully only a few weeks for you now
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Re: Clubsport order thread
« Reply #522 on: 07 September 2022, 16:51 »
Has anyone else heard that VW have stopped taking new factory orders for the Clubsport?  I put an enquiry into a leasing company who told me they had a notification through last week about it - he believed it was permanent, although I've since spoken to the local dealer who said it's temporary, but they have no idea when it will start again.  Also applies to manual GTI's as well as some other non-golf models.

jesus, the clubsport will be a rare car if it carries on like this.

If i'm reading this correctly:

https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/volkswagen_golf_clubsport_gti_tsi_s-a

Only 74 were produced over the last 12 months?! I know this only shows up to the end of the Q1 this year, but still, wow.
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Offline Brocky_

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Re: Clubsport order thread
« Reply #523 on: 08 September 2022, 03:40 »
jesus, the clubsport will be a rare car if it carries on like this.

If i'm reading this correctly:

https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/volkswagen_golf_clubsport_gti_tsi_s-a

Only 74 were produced over the last 12 months?! I know this only shows up to the end of the Q1 this year, but still, wow.

Over 18 months in and I have still seen very few.  There's one that I assume lives fairly close by that I have seen three times but, aside from that, I have only seen one other in that time.  Haven't seen a 45 yet and I have seen way more Rs and lots of 245s. 
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Re: Clubsport order thread
« Reply #524 on: 08 September 2022, 07:17 »
The other day, I was speaking to the salesman I dealt with when I bought my car. He said that backlog of performance Golfs waiting to be built is massive. I can’t remember where, but I read it the other day VW had temporarily stopped taking new orders for performance Golfs to help reduce the backlog.

It’s been rumoured on some forums that VW might be prioritising the build of EV’s over ICE cars. The current average emissions target for the overall fleet of new cars that car manufacturers build is 95g CO2/km, so if the rumour of EV prioritisation is true, then focusing efforts on building zero emissions vehicles skews the overall vehicle mix towards EV’s and results in a lower fleet average emissions figure for VW.

Exceeding the emissions target means significant fines for VW, although I doubt we’ll ever know if there’s any truth in the rumour - if there is, then that could be one of the factors contributing to the very long lead times for those waiting for a new performance Golf.
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Re: Clubsport order thread
« Reply #525 on: 08 September 2022, 08:38 »
Speaking to salesman in our local vet garage exactly week ago they had confirmation that no more club sports being built  you could order a standard gti but it would be at least 10 to 12 months away

Offline WelshGolf

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Re: Clubsport order thread
« Reply #526 on: 08 September 2022, 09:28 »
As suspected it looks like they did prioritise the build of CS45's as only 2 normal CS's were built in the first quarter. Can't wait to see the other quarters and see if it jumps up!
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Re: Clubsport order thread
« Reply #527 on: 08 September 2022, 10:25 »
Speaking to salesman in our local vet garage exactly week ago they had confirmation that no more club sports being built  you could order a standard gti but it would be at least 10 to 12 months away

I ordered a manual Gti Sept 21. Have been given a build date of Wk16 next year. :sad:
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Re: Clubsport order thread
« Reply #528 on: 08 September 2022, 21:05 »

Over 18 months in and I have still seen very few.  There's one that I assume lives fairly close by that I have seen three times but, aside from that, I have only seen one other in that time.  Haven't seen a 45 yet and I have seen way more Rs and lots of 245s.

Likewise, saw a couple over a year ago then none for ages, saw a black one (GAO) a couple of days ago and that’s the lot.
I’ve seen a handful of R’s, a few GTI’s, GTE’s and surprisingly a good few GTD’s too. Diesels aren’t fully dead yet!

I’d imagine the mk8 Clubsport is even rarer than a mk7 Ed40 Clubsport! Maybe we should get them numbered 😁
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Re: Clubsport order thread
« Reply #529 on: 08 September 2022, 21:18 »
Add into the mix the affect of high energy costs on car production and can see that they could be cutting back.
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