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Well Blue GT has arrived at the dealers so may have some pics Friday when I take the reg documents down

wigit wrote:Well Blue GT has arrived at the dealers so may have some pics Friday when I take the reg documents down

Look forward to it

wigit wrote:Well Blue GT has arrived at the dealers so may have some pics Friday when I take the reg documents down

Sweet Inside and out if it's not too much trouble?

Signed up to this forum today, purely to research this car!

I'm currently looking for a new car, so I test drove a BlueGT DSG last weekend and was really impressed, I normally drive a manual but they only had DSG available at the time. I was considering buying an Audi A1 but the BlueGT has knocked that out of the field as far as I'm concerned. The Polo is a cracking little car and spec-wise trumps the A1 in pretty much every respect. So I'm very keen on it right now, although I won't be buying for a few months yet.

The A1 is lovely to drive, don't get me wrong, looks the part and the MPG and running costs for the diesel is great, but that extra power in the Polo really appeals and price wise there's not much in it either. I'm interested to see users actual MPG for the Polo though, as I currently do about 40 miles a day to work and back, mainly dual carriageway & motorway, so I need something fairly economical. The reason the BlueGT appealed to me is the mix of performance & economy.

The test drive proved to me the Polo has the performance I want, but a friend of mine has the new Skoda Fabia vRS and is getting nowhere near the claimed MPG (he's in his forties so isn't a crazy boy racer or anything).

Does anyone on this forum have a few months of experience driving the Polo and a good idea of whether the claimed MPG is attainable? Sorry - I didn't have time to read through 8 pages, I only have a 30 minute lunch break!

HI Faye, welcome along. To be honest, I don't think there's many members here that actually have a Blue GT yet, although many (including me) have them on order. However there are plenty of GTi drivers here, albeit with the more powerful 180ps engine, but I guess the drive is quite similar (as it shares pretty much all the GTI running gear).

Funny you should say you were looking at an A1, as so was the wife before she settled on the Blue GT (her 3rd Polo in a row). The A1 had some good attributes (especially in S-Line trim which is what we were looking at), and certainly can trump the Polo in the equipment stakes (even if most of it is an option). Items like Auto Lights (with CO/LO function), LED rear lights (when Xenon's are spec'ed), Folding door mirrors, side airbags standard (not an option like on the Polo), glovebox light, Premium (Bose) audio option etc. In fact when we spec'ed the Blue GT and the A1 side by side, they were almost identical on price at around £21.5k

Problem with the A1 for me, is that a) in my eyes, it's not as good looking or grown up as the Polo (although some may argue its a more modern looking car than the Polo) b), the dash is way too fussy compared to the Polo, with buttons positioned far too low down, and rear seat legroom and headroom seems much worse than the polo. I can sit in the wife's current SEL (and I'm 6'1"), and get in just about with my head just touching the roof, but in the A1, my legs were splayed around the front seats and my head had to be at an angle to get in and was touch the headlining.

IN the end we decided to stick with the Polo even though "technically" the A1 might be the better car (equipment point of view).

I testdrove the BlueGT with both manual and DSG before I ordered.

And sure it's nice with the DSG. But i found that when I drove on the motorway with the cruisecontrol on, the ACT didn't kick in and it remained running on all four cylinders.
That really put me off on the DSG.
Also when driving the DSG the car would rather go to as high a gear as possible so the revs would get under the revrange where the ACT active (1500-4000 rpm) even though it would run more economical if it choose a lower gear and got higher revs but would be able to switch of two cylinders.

I know the DSG gearbox is very intelligent and over time will learn how you drive. But it never will if more people drive it wth different driving patterns.

All in all I was disapointed in the DSG7 in the BlueGT. And would advise you to try it with a manual gearbox. Even if you have to go to a dealer a bit further away.

Thanks for the welcome Norbreck21a & Mart!n-GTI-DK

I'm not looking to buy for a few months yet - can you tell me what the lead time is (roughly) for a brand new one? I think I'm leaning towards going nearly-new, (VW seem to have a few in my local area that pop up occasionally), so in 3-4 months when I'm ready to buy, I'm hoping I'll be able to find something in the nearly-new range, but I'm not opposed to buying brand new if necessary (I'm a woman, therefore very particular about what I want! lol)

The A1 I'm looking at in comparison is the Sportback Sport, so slightly lower spec than the S-Line. To be honest the mileage I do it'd probably have to be a Diesel A1, although I've only test-driven a petrol one, but it was lovely. My current car is a 6 year old Toyota Aygo, so quite honestly anything is considered upmarket compared to that! The main draw with the Polo, for me, is the cost of running it. The tax is the same I'm paying for my 1.0 Aygo and the MPG is also similar, slightly better claimed in the Polo. Insurance wise it adds about £100 to my yearly cost but that's nothing really, so I'm hoping it'll cost me roughly the same to run as the car I currently have, yet it effectively doubles my BHP (plus about 20 more!). If you think of it like that, the Polo is pretty awesome actually.

I also noticed the specs, when compared like for like with the A1 Sport, were a similar price. Sounds to me like I'm in a similar situation to your wife was. To be honest, I am leaning towards the Polo (hence why I registered here and not on an Audi forum!), I just wanted some honest reviews really so I'm looking forward to you and others who are getting their BlueGT's soon, so you can report back and let the rest of us know how you get on with them.

When I went to VW to test drive the Polo, the salesman said something odd. He told me the Group prefer VW to Audi and that's why VW get all the good spec and technology first. He quoted the Polo's cylinder deactivation technology as case in point as it's coming to the A1 this year but they put it on the Polo first. I'm not sure whether the fact the Group prefer VW is 100% true or whether he was just trying to sell me the Polo (He was a VW salesman after all!) but it did get me thinking...

Anyway, no doubt will mooch around the forum for a few months til I make the ultimate decision!

Mart!n-GTI-DK wrote:And would advise you to try it with a manual gearbox. Even if you have to go to a dealer a bit further away.

I don't worry, I fully intend to test drive a manual. I'm not opposed to buying a DSG if I get offered a good deal on one, although I will bear in mind your comment about the cruise control and the cylinder deactivation, but on the whole I'd be looking to buy a manual, so I will absolutely be test driving one as soon as I can. I think a dealer about 40 miles away has 3 BlueGT manuals currently, so I might be popping by there one weekend if I have time

Hi Faye

I have had my BlueGT since mid March. Really loving it. Anyway my fuel consumption over a full tank has ranged from 47 - 49mpg. The car only has 1600 miles on the clock so it still needs to loosen up. I doubt whether I'll regularly see 61.4mpg (quoted mpg) however my previous polo mpg was dead on, so I won't be surprised if it got close

I would definitely recommend one as it is a great combination of pace with fuel efficiency.

Let me know if you want any other info.

Andy

Audi are putting the engine into the A1 that is in the Blue GT

Personally in 3 door form I prefer the A1, however, not a fan of the Sport back so 5 door Blue GT chosen, i was over my self imposed oomon sense budget with n A1 for my daily run about

MPG figures are always going to be skewed due to stop start etc

DSG is a bit marmite and in reality a test drive can be too short for a customer to make their mind up

AndyGTi wrote:Hi Faye

I have had my BlueGT since mid March. Really loving it. Anyway my fuel consumption over a full tank has ranged from 47 - 49mpg. The car only has 1600 miles on the clock so it still needs to loosen up. I doubt whether I'll regularly see 61.4mpg (quoted mpg) however my previous polo mpg was dead on, so I won't be surprised if it got close

I would definitely recommend one as it is a great combination of pace with fuel efficiency.

Let me know if you want any other info.

Andy

That's really helpful Andy, thank you.

The MPG is about the same as what I'm currently getting in my Aygo, which is about what I expected. That's no bad thing in my book. I suppose it depends how you drive it. I've gotten 61mpg in my car before, but that was on a long journey to Kent and I doubt I'll ever be able to emulate that again!

wigit wrote:Audi are putting the engine into the A1 that is in the Blue GT

Personally in 3 door form I prefer the A1, however, not a fan of the Sport back so 5 door Blue GT chosen, i was over my self imposed oomon sense budget with n A1 for my daily run about

MPG figures are always going to be skewed due to stop start etc

DSG is a bit marmite and in reality a test drive can be too short for a customer to make their mind up

Sounds like quite a few are in the predicament of A1 vs Polo then. Glad it's not just me. For me, 5 doors is a necessity (I need the car to be future-proof) so a 3 door version is not an option, which is a shame, otherwise I'd have considered a Scirocco actually...

Now that is a nice car (scirocco that is), but then I'm bound to say that as that's what I currently drive until my MK7 Golf GTD is delivered around August / September time

I did consider a Golf, I think the new Golf is really smart, but I just think it's too big for me.

In the Golf vs A3 debate I'd choose a Golf any day. We had an A3 as a courtesy car when my boyfriend's car was being serviced and whilst it was ok to drive, if a little sluggish, the interior was so drab and dull! And this A3 was not even a year old. The Golf interior is so much nicer IMO.

Faye_Valentine wrote: I'm not looking to buy for a few months yet - can you tell me what the lead time is (roughly) for a brand new one? I think I'm leaning towards going nearly-new, (VW seem to have a few in my local area that pop up occasionally), so in 3-4 months when I'm ready to buy, I'm hoping I'll be able to find something in the nearly-new range, but I'm not opposed to buying brand new if necessary (I'm a woman, therefore very particular about what I want! lol)

For me it'll be about 13 weeks from order to delivery, having ordered in early March and the dealer recently confirming delivery will be by end of May. The car is due to be built 1st week of May. Which from experience of previous cars is remarkably quick, the longest I've waited previously was 9 months...

In terms of ordering bear in mind that VW have upgraded the standard specification to now include cruise control and parking sensors at no extra cost, which nearly new examples may not have had fitted. These where around a £500 cost option on orders before April.

Also VWFS are currently offering a £1,000 deposit contribution if you buy on "solutions" finance and 1 years free insurance if your aged over 25 on a new blueGT. Brokers such as orangewheels, broadspeed, drive the deal etc.. appear to be able to take a further £1100 to £1500 off the price on top so a new more door manual with metallic paint is doable for £16k on the road. Your preferred dealer may be able to offer a similar price depending on how well you know them and are prepared to push for discount. You may find a new factory order is cheaper than a used or nearly new example. My local dealer did basically match and slightly better the broker price print out I put under their nose, however this will my fifth straight VW from that dealership in not many more years so a degree of loyalty discount may have come into play..

AndyGTi wrote:Hi Faye

I have had my BlueGT since mid March. Really loving it. Anyway my fuel consumption over a full tank has ranged from 47 - 49mpg. The car only has 1600 miles on the clock so it still needs to loosen up. I doubt whether I'll regularly see 61.4mpg (quoted mpg) however my previous polo mpg was dead on, so I won't be surprised if it got close

I would definitely recommend one as it is a great combination of pace with fuel efficiency.

Let me know if you want any other info.

Andy

Andy, as you have your Blue GT, can you confirm a couple of points please. Does the car have the rear roof reading lights for the rear seats or not, and do you have underseat storage drawers ?

b0rk wrote:
For me it'll be about 13 weeks from order to delivery, having ordered in early March and the dealer recently confirming delivery will be by end of May. The car is due to be built 1st week of May. Which from experience of previous cars is remarkably quick, the longest I've waited previously was 9 months...

In terms of ordering bear in mind that VW have upgraded the standard specification to now include cruise control and parking sensors at no extra cost, which nearly new examples may not have had fitted. These where around a £500 cost option on orders before April.

Also VWFS are currently offering a £1,000 deposit contribution if you buy on "solutions" finance and 1 years free insurance if your aged over 25 on a new blueGT. Brokers such as orangewheels, broadspeed, drive the deal etc.. appear to be able to take a further £1100 to £1500 off the price on top so a new more door manual with metallic paint is doable for £16k on the road. Your preferred dealer may be able to offer a similar price depending on how well you know them and are prepared to push for discount. You may find a new factory order is cheaper than a used or nearly new example. My local dealer did basically match and slightly better the broker price print out I put under their nose, however this will my fifth straight VW from that dealership in not many more years so a degree of loyalty discount may have come into play..

I had looked at Orangewheels already and I know about the £1000 finance contribution through that. To be honest it depends what sort of deal I can get, if I get a good deal on a brand new one, I'll order it, nearly new ones seem to be in the range of £16,500-£17,500 depending on extras & mileage.

I didn't know about the spec upgrade from April though or the free insurance, that's very interesting, thanks for that info!

13 weeks seems a while.When I bought my Aygo brand new 6 years ago it was a 2 week wait. I guess I'm just thinking that as I'm selling my car privately, I'll need the money I get from the sale of my car to go towards my deposit and I can't be without a car for 13 weeks, so not sure how I can work around that?