« Reply #3 on: 13 January 2024, 21:39 »
I think most of the long wait orders arrived in Sept/Oct/Nov MH, my car was ordered at close of play on the last day of ordering in May and arrived slightly ahead of prediction in mid Dec.
Some cars already in dealers will be cancelled orders as they’ve been sat a while but most of these late ones coming through seem to be typical ‘dealer allocation’ cars in ‘end of run’ spec same as they did with mk6/7/7.5 with a load of factory add ons like sunroofs, upgraded wheels, H&K (this wasn’t even available to spec for ages on customer orders) and leather in a mix and match spec. These cars will usually be offered in my experience with discounts amounting to most of the options cost so that VWFS still get at least base cost on PCP deals. After a certain time they’ll be ordered by the importer to be pre registered and seem to have underwritten discounts on them, but of course the PCP rates on used cars will be much higher. I’m sure evo1986 will be familiar with the actually way VW run these end of line promotions, I’m just going from what I’ve seen in previous iterations as I’ve taken advantage of the deals in the past.
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