The Motor Forum talking cars since 2006    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Join! (free) >   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Golf R pricing          The Motor Forum Forum Index -> New Cars and Concepts View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Humphrey The Pug Supercharged My Car: Megane ST 1.5 dCi 106 Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 5579 Location: usually Guildford or Weybridge Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:27 pm    Post subject: Golf R pricing Slightly stolen from the Autocar site but pricing for the Golf R is on the VW website. Starting at £28,930 for the manual, fuck me that's alot of money, what exactly does it give you over the GTi apart from a bit more power? _________________ Mummy, Daddy, Sissy, Sassy Baby. Back to top Blarno Motorhead My Car: A homo's devil machine with Git Plate. Franc soon to be departed. Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 8450 Location: The corporate whore juggernaut Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:35 pm    Post subject: 29K! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! For a 4 cylinder Golf with performance tinsel! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Anyone who pays that is mug, a hopeless badge slag with more money than testes. _________________ Arms held out, in the Jesus Christ Pose. Back to top Clunes Running In My Car: Ford Mondeo 2.5T Estate Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 485 Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:14 pm    Post subject: That's very steep! Still £10k cheaper than that Mugen Civic though! Back to top TimR Supercharged My Car: Fiat Coupe Turbo, BMW E39 M5 Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5096 Location: On the hard shoulder Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:01 pm    Post subject: Seems a bit steep for an Audi S3 with a less snobby badge. Back to top Parm Petrolhead My Car: Lexus IS250 SE Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 2034 Location: Oxfordshire Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:05 pm    Post subject: I note the Scirocco R is a couple of grand cheaper, but both are overpriced. _________________ Back to top simonp Petrolhead My Car: RS Clio 197 Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 1620 Location: Wiltshire Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:30 pm    Post subject: The Scirocco is only FWD which explains the lower cost. Both ridiculous prices, though! Car prices are going rather mental, aren't they? A 3.0TDI A5 Sportback can be got up to nearly 40 grand quite easily on their configurator. Back to top Parm Petrolhead My Car: Lexus IS250 SE Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 2034 Location: Oxfordshire Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:26 pm    Post subject: I expect prices will be even higher next year when VAT goes back up... _________________ Back to top Dr. Hfuhruhurr Propellorhead My Car: pending Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 12122 Location: Europa Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:29 pm    Post subject: Combination of rising VAT, Sterling/Euro exchange rates, and possibly the end of the scrappage scheme - you wonder if they'll sell ANY new cars next year ... Back to top Stuntman Supercharged My Car: M3 Saloon & Cayman S Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5205 Location: Cheltenham Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:17 pm    Post subject: It is rather expensive, especially compared to the A3.  But I rather think that most cars imported to the UK from the EU will go up significantly soon, once the manufacturers realign their prices based on the exchange rate. That said, if I really wanted a new hot hatch and thought that the Golf R was the one I liked the most, and had the money, I'd probably still fork out for it over and above (say) the Megane RS or Leon Cupra R.   Grudgingly! _________________ Drifting through life Back to top simonp Petrolhead My Car: RS Clio 197 Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 1620 Location: Wiltshire Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:10 pm    Post subject: Only take the Cupra if you've got a shit-hot chiroprator who doesn't charge much (you'll be visiting often)! Back to top Gooner Turbocharged My Car: Focus Sportback Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 3240 Location: here, there and every bloody where! Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:42 pm    Post subject: But you could just get a Cupra and fit more agreeable suspension and STILL save money. Either that or just chip a regular GTI. _________________ - Insert clever and/or amusing quote here - Back to top Martin Supercharged My Car: BMW 520d M Sport & MINI Clubman Cooper S Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5351 Location: Swindon Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:46 pm    Post subject: I've never been a huge fan of the S3, but with the demise of the 130, a Sportback for £28k which comes with Leather and Xenons as std, sounds much better than either the Golf R or a £29k Megane. _________________ Back to top simonp Petrolhead My Car: RS Clio 197 Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 1620 Location: Wiltshire Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:52 pm    Post subject: Gooner wrote: But you could just get a Cupra and fit more agreeable suspension and STILL save money. From a Golf perhaps? Back to top Grampa Petrolhead My Car: 2006 Mini Cooper 2007 Astra VXR 1962 Morris Minor Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 2079 Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 5:47 pm    Post subject: Martin wrote: I've never been a huge fan of the S3, but with the demise of the 130, a Sportback for £28k which comes with Leather and Xenons as std, sounds much better than either the Golf R or a £29k Megane. Where are you getting £29k for a Megane? - the 250 is listed at £21995 or £22995 depending on which model you opt for and they'll come well kitted out - perhaps metallic at £400 might be all you'll need, and even when the 225 was a brand new model, it was offered with a £1000 discount virtually as you walked through the door. Bumping it up to £29k would be as daft as the MINI I mentioned on here a few weeks back that was bumped up to £30k. _________________ Andrew L Back to top simonp Petrolhead My Car: RS Clio 197 Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 1620 Location: Wiltshire Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:46 pm    Post subject: The Meg can be got up to £29K easily, but I don't think it's the sort of car where you'd want to do that. If you take a £22,995 standard car and add: Metallic paint £395 Cup Chassis £1950 Sat nav £1600 Anthracite x-pack £150 19" alloys £500 Xenons £750 Sunroof £400 Parking sensors £400 Renaultsport Monitor £300 2 tone leather £100 Spare wheel £100 Folding mirrors £150 ...it comes to £29,790 Wonder if the Golf will come with all that kit for the same price? Back to top Martin Supercharged My Car: BMW 520d M Sport & MINI Clubman Cooper S Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5351 Location: Swindon Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:55 pm    Post subject: Grampa wrote: Where are you getting £29k for a Megane? - the 250 is listed at £21995 or £22995 depending on which model you opt for and they'll come well kitted out - perhaps metallic at £400 might be all you'll need, and even when the 225 was a brand new model, it was offered with a £1000 discount virtually as you walked through the door. Bumping it up to £29k would be as daft as the MINI I mentioned on here a few weeks back that was bumped up to £30k. The £29k was mentioned in another thread.   Going off Simons list, then it's a £27,500 ish car with a decent spec (no sat nav). _________________ Back to top Frank Bullitt Turbocharged My Car: Audi A2 View My Motor: . Joined: 29 Feb 2008 Posts: 2615 Location: The edge of civilisation Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:09 pm    Post subject: Martin wrote: Grampa wrote: Where are you getting £29k for a Megane? - the 250 is listed at £21995 or £22995 depending on which model you opt for and they'll come well kitted out - perhaps metallic at £400 might be all you'll need, and even when the 225 was a brand new model, it was offered with a £1000 discount virtually as you walked through the door. Bumping it up to £29k would be as daft as the MINI I mentioned on here a few weeks back that was bumped up to £30k. The £29k was mentioned in another thread.   Going off Simons list, then it's a £27,500 ish car with a decent spec (no sat nav). Eh? Assume people would want the Cup chassis on the basis everyone thinks they are wheelmen, add the spare wheel and depending upon preference the metallic paint (make mine solid red) and that comes to much less than the Golf aRsewipe _________________ Shame your mind don't shine like your possessions Back to top Martin Supercharged My Car: BMW 520d M Sport & MINI Clubman Cooper S Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5351 Location: Swindon Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:33 pm    Post subject: OK.  I've just looked at the Spec and the 250 is very well equipped as std, just adding metallic and visibility pack would probably be enough, so £24,140.  However, add the Cup pack and it would be £26,090. Waiting for an ex demo or lightly used one would make sense, but it's not a car to buy new imo, even if they knock £1k off. The Golf makes even less sense, but I'm guessing it will be a much nicer car to spend time in. _________________ Back to top Guitar Zero Turbocharged My Car: Monkey spunk moped Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 3323 Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:34 pm    Post subject: Metallic paint £395 Cup Chassis £1950  - What's wrong with the standard chassis ? Sat nav £1600  - £1600 !!!!, buy a map and then get a prostitute to read it out loud (and suck you off) every time you go somewhere new. Anthracite x-pack £150 - WTF ? 19" alloys £500  - Pointless, especially if you've just spread the starfish for the cup pack Xenons £750 Sunroof £400 - Sunroof !!! - what the fuck for ??? Parking sensors £400 - Stop being an airheaded cock receptical - it's a poxy hatchback not a fucking Phaeton. Renaultsport Monitor £300  - What does this monitor exactly ? - " today you have four cylinders - just like yesterday you cheap bastard ". 2 tone leather £100  - 2 tone anything is shit Spare wheel £100 Folding mirrors £150 - again, why would anyone ever need this function ?. £20k gets you a new Focus ST2 that just been felt up by Mountune - why would you even darken Renault's door ? _________________ Previous convictions : 2006 Focus ST 2.5 2001 BMW 520i 2002 Focus 2.0 zetec 1999 Fiat Punto Last edited by Guitar Zero on Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:01 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top Stuntman Supercharged My Car: M3 Saloon & Cayman S Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5205 Location: Cheltenham Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:01 pm    Post subject: Some 2 tone records are OK Xenons - yes every time Metallic - yes if I liked a metallic colour Folding mirrors - I specced these on the M3, use them when getting the car in and out of the garage, makes life easier in the stupid narrow modern house garages The rest - totally agree, pointless wank. _________________ Drifting through life Back to top Stuntman Supercharged My Car: M3 Saloon & Cayman S Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5205 Location: Cheltenham Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:03 pm    Post subject: Martin wrote: Waiting for an ex demo or lightly used one would make sense, but it's not a car to buy new imo, even if they knock £1k off. With a hyperhatch like that, it's definitely not a car to buy ex-demo or lightly used, IMO.  It will probably have been driven in a cockish fashion by every Tom, Dick, Harry, Barry and Wayne who finds themselves in the driver's seat with the keys in their sweaty mitt. I'd definitely buy new if I was looking to keep it for say 3 years. _________________ Drifting through life Back to top Guitar Zero Turbocharged My Car: Monkey spunk moped Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 3323 Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:05 pm    Post subject: No problem with metallic or xenons I've got a stupid modern garage door and my fat S60 goes in just fine with it's mirrors erect   BTW, I'd much rather catch a mirror on the garage door frame than a body panel. _________________ Previous convictions : 2006 Focus ST 2.5 2001 BMW 520i 2002 Focus 2.0 zetec 1999 Fiat Punto Back to top Stuntman Supercharged My Car: M3 Saloon & Cayman S Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5205 Location: Cheltenham Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:10 pm    Post subject: Agree - but the good thing (IMO) with the folding mirrors is that you can line the edge of the mirrors up with the edge of the garage opening on the way in, and then fold and unfold the mirrors as they pass the garage entrance.   Et voila - enough room to open the door to get out, once you're in. My car is just over 2 metres wide with mirrors erect.  It's quite a tight fit into the entrance _________________ Drifting through life Back to top "him" Turbocharged My Car: is 'wikkid innit' & '04 Scenic Dynamique Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 4861 Location: Cornwall Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:12 pm    Post subject: Stuntman wrote: My car is just over 2 metres wide with mirrors erect.  It's quite a tight fit into the entrance Surely you just need to take your time, make sure it warmed up fully and ensure you enter at the right angle? _________________ Remember - A gym without chalk is a heath spa... Back to top Stuntman Supercharged My Car: M3 Saloon & Cayman S Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5205 Location: Cheltenham Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:13 pm    Post subject: I just apply a dab of oppo, spank the bitch and I'm away... _________________ Drifting through life Back to top "him" Turbocharged My Car: is 'wikkid innit' & '04 Scenic Dynamique Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 4861 Location: Cornwall Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:19 pm    Post subject: Stuntman wrote: I just apply a dab of oppo, spank the bitch and I'm away... And just leave her lying there "queef'd"   _________________ Remember - A gym without chalk is a heath spa... Back to top Martin Supercharged My Car: BMW 520d M Sport & MINI Clubman Cooper S Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5351 Location: Swindon Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:18 pm    Post subject: Stuntman wrote: Martin wrote: Waiting for an ex demo or lightly used one would make sense, but it's not a car to buy new imo, even if they knock £1k off. With a hyperhatch like that, it's definitely not a car to buy ex-demo or lightly used, IMO.  It will probably have been driven in a cockish fashion by every Tom, Dick, Harry, Barry and Wayne who finds themselves in the driver's seat with the keys in their sweaty mitt. I'd definitely buy new if I was looking to keep it for say 3 years. I bought an ex demo 130i......  No problems in three years due to the above mentioned idiots!!  The dealership used the same rules for the 130 as they did the M cars in terms of staff useage (they couldn't!) and only accompanied test drives were allowed. The Megane is not a hyperhatch, it's only got 4 cylinders   _________________ Back to top scamper Supercharged My Car: MINI One. Skoda Fabia 1.4 Classic. Mark 1 MX5 1.8iS Impreza 2.0 Sportwagon GX Sport Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 5072 Location: Brum Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:20 pm    Post subject: Won't the golf be a better drive than the S3 though, ignoring our fetish for leather, sat nav and feckin extended light packs? In tems of value for money isn't it worth saving dosh and buying a clio cup over the 250?  I know GZ would. Back to top Guitar Zero Turbocharged My Car: Monkey spunk moped Joined: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 3323 Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:18 pm    Post subject: Buy a Renault ??? Interesting concept     _________________ Previous convictions : 2006 Focus ST 2.5 2001 BMW 520i 2002 Focus 2.0 zetec 1999 Fiat Punto Back to top Dr. Hfuhruhurr Propellorhead My Car: pending Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 12122 Location: Europa Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:01 am    Post subject: Guitar Zero wrote: Sat nav £1600  - £1600 !!!!, buy a map and then get a prostitute to read it out loud (and suck you off) every time you go somewhere new. I think you could be on to something there ... Back to top Gurney Turbocharged My Car: Town = fortwo. Country = 156 GTA Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 4103 Location: Here be dragons. Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:16 am    Post subject: Dr. Hfuhruhurr wrote: Guitar Zero wrote: Sat nav £1600  - £1600 !!!!, buy a map and then get a prostitute to read it out loud (and suck you off) every time you go somewhere new. I think you could be on to something there ... That would be the Tom Tom Hoe. _________________ A Gentleman: Def: A male of the species who can play the Trombone. But refrains from doing so. Back to top Martin Supercharged My Car: BMW 520d M Sport & MINI Clubman Cooper S Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5351 Location: Swindon Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:28 pm    Post subject: Gurney wrote: Dr. Hfuhruhurr wrote: Guitar Zero wrote: Sat nav £1600  - £1600 !!!!, buy a map and then get a prostitute to read it out loud (and suck you off) every time you go somewhere new. I think you could be on to something there ... That would be the Tom Tom Hoe. _________________ Back to top Stuntman Supercharged My Car: M3 Saloon & Cayman S Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5205 Location: Cheltenham Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:14 am    Post subject: Or indeed the Tom Tom Tom. _________________ Drifting through life Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Motor Forum Forum Index -> New Cars and Concepts All times are GMT + 1 Hour Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum The Motor----------------Welcome to the MotorGeneralOn the RoadNew Cars and ConceptsYour CarsTest DrivenClassic CarsForum DiaryClassic Cars: Potted History Guides Motor World----------------In the MagsClassified InformationRacing PostsShow TimeBikesTrack DaysWay Back When Pit Stop----------------GamesPhotographyThe LoungeMummy and Daddy CornerAuto-JournalsTop Five or PollThe Best of the Motor  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Card File  Gallery  Forum Archive Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group