Originally Posted by
ballbag42
well at least there consistent not only do they reveal the car in a colour not available but this morn I went into put my deposit down and was told its not now £28,940 they have upped the price to £29,995 an increase of £1055 I had configured the car how I wanted it and it was £33,190 now with the increase it goes to £34,250 I think with the depreciation I will now wait well done to whoever made that decision
Yep, you're right - base model gone up £1055 to £29999. Milking UK customers for all they are worth as usual. Bearing in mind that they are all to be built in Germany, those for the US and Australia will have shipping costs that are considerable I guess. But the cheapest country to buy one is the USA. Here are some prices for the base model at today's exchange rates:
UK- £29999
Spain - £29093
Germany - £28057
France - £27769
Italy - £27697
Australia - £26154
USA - £23296
Note that the two countries with the highest costs of getting them there are the two cheapest in that list! And yet they feel the need to sting UK customers for an extra grand!
There are dearer places than the UK - feel sorry for our Irish cousins, at £37122, and Norway at over £55000 (!) but at least they - including Ireland - get better options, including heated seats and heated steering wheel. Some countries have different wheel and tyre options, and I count at least seven different seats, including the 8-way power option you can have in the USA.
Some countries that I looked at don't have the RS available at all (yet?) including Canada, Brazil, Argentina, new Zealand, and South Africa.
One thing is certain though - if they can afford to build in Germany, pay to ship to the US and sell at nearly £7000 cheaper than here, we're being Treasure Islanded as usual.