We are talking small hot hatches... not large sedan/wagonsOriginally Posted by Milesy
Australians like 5 door hatches - even in their hot hatch ranges. The 5 door GTI/R far outsells the 3 door.
Last edited by poita; 21st September 2011 at 09:14 PM.
We are talking small hot hatches... not large sedan/wagons
Australians like 5 door hatches - even in their hot hatch ranges. The 5 door GTI/R far outsells the 3 door.
thats also down to the delivery times on 3drs being rediculous 15months+
Looks good, but don't really see the point of it all...
Front wheel drive ? If I had the money, that alone would put me off
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Huh? They both come from the same factory. In general, Australians aren't interested in 3 door hatches
Regardless of sales figures, there is no doubt that if you are after style a 3 door is the only option.
For me I have my SSV Redline Sportwagon as my family car and my SRi-T as my fun car. When I look for a hot hatch it must be 3 door and manual -no boring flappy paddle DSG gearboxes that take all the fun and skill out of driving! Each to their own but thats my opinion anyway and besides if the majority prefer 5 doors the even more reason to get a 3 door so you have something different!
Last edited by Milesy; 19th September 2011 at 10:36 PM.
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I sell VW can tell you the wait for 3dr GTI is definitely not 15 months. Probably max of 6 months is more so the case.
3 doors are harder to get in GTI because dealers don't keep them in stock because they don't sell!
In Perth when I was in the market I was quoted near 15month wait.. Same with polo gti new... Wasn't the r32 golf 3dr only? And that sold out quick
Find it funny though that the demand for a 3dr xr5 was soo high and everyone who bought the 5dr wanted ford Aus to bring it over in non rs spec. :P
I don't see the point to a 5dr sports hatch, the idea is for it to look good! If something is to look good u must loose practicality, I don't sit in the rear seat ever so being 3dr don't bother me. People like Uneeq manage to use there 3dr with two baby seats in the back more than fineso IMO 5dr is over rated and not needed
Interesting on thr wait period, in my experience it came down to the respective Euro company production cycle...In Perth when I was in the market I was quoted near 15month wait.. Same with polo gti new... Wasn't the r32 golf 3dr only? And that sold out quick
Find it funny though that the demand for a 3dr xr5 was soo high and everyone who bought the 5dr wanted ford Aus to bring it over in non rs spec. :P
I don't see the point to a 5dr sports hatch, the idea is for it to look good! If something is to look good u must loose practicality, I don't sit in the rear seat ever so being 3dr don't bother me. People like Uneeq manage to use there 3dr with two baby seats in the back more than fine
When I was in the market and for a Polo Gti earlier this year (January) I was told if I purchased there and then, it would arrive in June or July, so a 5-6 month wait as per Red AH SRIT's timing
However if I left it to March, I wouldn't recieve delivery until end of this year because it would be produced after mid year if ordering after March, BMW, Audi and MB will be a similar thing, depending on when the production run is relative to when you order, you may be lucky and be waiting as little as 2 months or unlucky and waiting as long as 7 months or more...
Waiting periods of beyond 12 months are unusual, I know a guy with an AMG on order from back in July and will have to wait till April next year to take delivery but that's because he has 'designo' options on that vehicle and they only do those production batches once a year...
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R32 was 3 and 5 door... mostly sold as a 5 door.In Perth when I was in the market I was quoted near 15month wait.. Same with polo gti new... Wasn't the r32 golf 3dr only? And that sold out quick
Find it funny though that the demand for a 3dr xr5 was soo high and everyone who bought the 5dr wanted ford Aus to bring it over in non rs spec. :P
I don't see the point to a 5dr sports hatch, the idea is for it to look good! If something is to look good u must loose practicality, I don't sit in the rear seat ever so being 3dr don't bother me. People like Uneeq manage to use there 3dr with two baby seats in the back more than fine
XR5 was 5 door only here except for the RS (3 door everywhere). The RS didn't sell out as fast as expected.
Golf R was supposed to be 5 door only... then bitching and moaning VW forums by "potential" customers got VW to bring in the 3 door. This has now been dropped. I am not sure that it sold in any great % numbers than the relationship between the 3 and 5 door GTI.
Polo GTI was 3 door only in previous model and sold in only minor numbers. New model comes in 3 and 5 door (more 5 doors imported than 3 doors) and the sales have exploded.
The fact is that for THIS market if you can't provide a 5 door model your sales will go nowhere.
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