Scirocco Central

Got the following back from my dealer last night: As I said when you placed the order you will be held in a waitlist with an earliest delivery of March 2011. Your vehicle has an order number which it keeps all through the production cycle and when built it gets a Chassis number aswell. There are num...

I feel your pain andstock15,

Ordered mine on 29th October and told not to even expect a build date until Christmas. Think its gonna be a long wait.

Hi SimplyGed,

I will keep updating on progress. Seems i knew more about my2011 changes than the dealer from the research i have done on here!!!

As far as i can find out the bluemotion engine is not yet being introduced to the 170, only the 140 from week 45.

Order accepted and confirmed by VW today. Been told to expect a build date to be given by end of November and delivery likely Feb / Mar 2011.

Brilliant, is this information from your dealer?

Just ordered my GT TDI 170 and now have the long wait until it arrives early next year hopefully. Had real trouble choosing a colour. In the end I went for Night Blue after looking at all the swatches at the dealers and photos of other colour on here etc. On the whole internet i can only find photos...

I'm about to order a GT 170 TDI (manual) with 19" Lugano's on a Business Contract Hire for £324 plus VAT per month on a 3 + 35 month deal from local VW dealer. Based on 10,000 miles per year and includes maintenance, servicing and no quibble tyres. The maintenance charge included in the above p...

It says from week 45 stop / start will apply to all engines so guess that means DSG aswell as manual. Hoping to get mine ordered before the end of the week.

The start / stop is a system where the engine shuts down when you put it in neutral and let the clutch out to save on emissions. When you put your foot on the clutch it starts again. Allows manufacturers to lower emissions (Co2) levels without really changing the engine. Designed so that you dont ha...