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Offline Paul70

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Re: GTI Edition 50 first press release
« Reply #50 on: 11 July 2025, 18:54 »
Has anyone placed a ‘join the queue’ deposit of £500 with their local dealer?

VW are clearly expecting a high demand or are they trying to gauge interest??
2026 Golf GTI ED50 ???
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2021 MK8 Clubsport ED45 - sold
2016 MK7 Clubsport ED40 - still hanging around
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Offline TurboTrev

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Re: GTI Edition 50 first press release
« Reply #51 on: 12 July 2025, 13:18 »
Has anyone placed a ‘join the queue’ deposit of £500 with their local dealer?

VW are clearly expecting a high demand or are they trying to gauge interest??

I haven't joined the queue, but will certainly be looking to get one having had Ed20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 (missed 45).  I think the demand will be greater than the Ed40 which only sold around 570 units by the production date cut-off (of the allocated 1,000 build slots) despite the hype of the CSS.  I reckon there'll be quite a few non VW enthusiasts buying this time around which may make getting one a bit harder. 

It all depends on whether VW are going to sell as many as they get orders for by a certain date, or whether they are going limit the production slots and once they're gone that's it.  I think I'm just going to wait and see and hope I don't miss out!

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Re: GTI Edition 50 first press release
« Reply #52 on: 13 July 2025, 16:16 »
Whilst discussing another matter with my local dealer in March this year I did ask about the Ed50 as the sales manager had literally just got back from the big event VW threw for dealers and sales staff in Wolfsburg.
They had been shown the Ed50 at the event but sworn to secrecy as far as spec and looks are concerned. What they were allowed to say was the model would be produced for the whole year of 2026 with no limitations to numbers. We can assume that some cars won’t be delivered until the following year going from that.
Obviously this was a while ago now so they had no idea on pricing or whether it would be exempt from sales promotions etc. 
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