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UK price for the GT announced

Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 7:08 pm
by dxg
£14,125 (from VW's page)
Acceleration, secs 0-60 mph 9.3
Top speed, mph 128
The Polo GT is due out in the UK late August 2004.
Deek

Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 7:12 pm
by jrw
Nice one!

I got a nice addition to mine yesterday! The silver/chrome badge that goes on top of the gear knob instead of the black/chrome one. ill put some pics up when i get time.

its off the Polo Dune and the GT by the looks of it. :wink:

Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 7:20 pm
by carmadaaron
nice! :D bit expensive tho :(
0-60mph in 9.3 is faster than the Skoda and Ibiza. (Skoda 9.6, Ibiza 9.4)
:lol:

Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 7:51 pm
by Petrified
Any news on Insurance group and engines?

**edit , note to self, click link first.

Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 8:57 pm
by SilvaGTI
I was thnking it was kinda pricy too!

SCOOP!

http://www.seat.co.uk/generator/su/uk/i ... ain-p.html

Just check Seat's website and they've posted the prices for the new cupra petrol and diesel Ibiza

Cupra TDi 160 3 £13486.81
Cupra 20V T 180 3 £ 13022.98

So basically it's £500 cheaper for the new 160 bhp Ibiza than the Polo GT. I'm actually quite temped by the 180 bhp petrol for £13k. Sounds like a serious bargain!

I don't think the Cupra's out for a couple of months yet so I'm not sure if these prices will stay the same.

Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 9:02 pm
by Petrified
The OTR price for the Ibiza is £16000 for the Deisel and £15500 for the Petrol. Is that the OTR price for the GT?

Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 9:14 pm
by SilvaGTI
Doh, Should have read it more carefully before posting :oops: Thought it sounded too good to be true. From thinking it was cheap before the OTR £15.5 now seems kind of expensive though. Given you can get a civic type-r for 16k or a Seat Leon Cupra R/ mk4 Golf GTI-180 for about 17k (local dealers here are doing deals on them anyhow). Defninitely gonna head out for a test drive of one if I get the chance though :twisted:

Actually, after double checking VWs site it says that £14,125 is the anticipated price so nothing's really set in stone yet. Sounds about right though.

Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 9:22 pm
by dxg
All the prices on VW's site are OTR prices, so I guess this one's the same. I was thinking it was a bit cheaper than I thought.

Might still hang on to see if a GTI turns up with the facelift though...

Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 11:01 pm
by jazzy
jrw where did u get the silver badge from and how much was it. i wanted to get that silver look on my gear knob but my vw dealer told me i have to buy the whole new knob from the polo fun, which is about
£40 :shock:

Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 11:34 pm
by Petrified
Is the PD130 engine the same as the Golf IV?
If it is AMD Auto offer a chip from 130bhp to 185bhp! :shock:

That would be awsome with a 6-speed box too.

http://www.auto-amd.com/vwpd.asp

James.

Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 9:28 am
by carmadaaron

Is the PD130 engine the same as the Golf IV?
If it is AMD Auto offer a chip from 130bhp to 185bhp!

That would be awsome with a 6-speed box too
yep, it has the same engine as the Golf IV!
(if the GT has same engine as Ibiza and Skoda RS) :P

to 185? :shock:

HOT HOT HOT hatch then!

Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 12:42 pm
by jrw
Jazzy, there was a Polo Dune at the NEC motorshow, enough said :wink:

Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 1:40 pm
by Nelson_Wilbury
jrw wrote:Jazzy, there was a Polo Dune at the NEC motorshow, enough said :wink:
You git! I had first dibbs on that! :lol:

polo

Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 3:11 pm
by jon_poloV
bit pricy!
i think they could have made the spec a bit better!
jon

Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 5:47 pm
by jrw
You git! I had first dibbs on that!
It fell off in my hand, its the german build quality lately! :lol:

Have you been then Neil? I liked the mk1 to mk5 line up they did with the cars off the advert - 30 yrs in the making

Pics here my mate took:

http://www.dc4ubrey.f2s.com/motorshow.htm

Theres a movie at the top of the page as well.