« Reply #551 on: 17 October 2022, 18:33 »
I’m lead to believe that UK orders have stopped permanently and I’d put money on that continuing to be the case, however VW product strategists are quick to react, especially where there’s potential money to be made
I won’t pretend to know the first thing about VW sales strategists but there’s probably very limited demand for Clubsports, and less still once they go over £40k and the difference in price between a Clubby and an R isn’t huge. For VW there’s probably better profit margins in the UK on R’s that have a bit of spec thrown at them. I hardly ever see examples of either around and let’s face it, with a long lead time for a humble Golf why would you(?) unless there’s was literally nothing else that appealed to you, particularly if you’re in receipt of company car allowances which likely explains why I see dozens of EV6’s and Ionic 5’s where a few years ago it was Golf R’s and 3 Series BMW’s that prevailed.
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