Strangely on Sunday my wife send me a screenshot of a VW UK ad about their new 2 week sales push campaign. Despite what the small print says about Edition 50 being excluded from the big £5250 VW contributions, the calculator online has been updated to have a 1k contributions for the Edition 50, whilst also maintaining the no contribution option.
I have contacted another neighbouring VW dealer via email, played dumb and pretended a knew very little about the car to get some clarification. Sales Ex said it's limited production, but of course unsure about the exact amount, so not very limited. They have 3 allocations and he suspects orders to close at the end of this month. He stated no more further waves/allocations later this year when I pushed for info, this initial set is all they're getting. This is the same message I got my own dealer, and what's been seen online, but contrary to reviews and initial press sayings it'll be available all year round. I did explain in the email, the 1k vs 5.2k contribution difference was vast, and could we meet in the middle. I still stand to be corrected, and thus I can only assume the dealer would enable the 1k contribution.
This is russian roulette. Take them on face value and place a factory order or wait until later in the year when they may be more deals. If this is all the allocations they will provide and they're sold, then depreciation for a 50k+ Golf will be better managed. If it goes largely unsold, they may start to offer bigger incentives.
