I made an order for a manual 1.5 150 R-Line in May this year and was given a delivery date of December '23 / January '24. As I hadn't heard anything re build times I was starting to think of cancelling and called last week to discuss it. I was told that they had a cancelled order available which had been made in March '23 which was the same spec as mine so they have switched me over to that order and it has a build date of 10.01.24. They said that car should then be with me around 08.03.24. So that will be a year from that original order going in. Like you, I queried re the 8.5 and when that would be coming out and the girl I dealt with said that they still had no details re launch date for the 8.5 or prices for that matter and that all orders currently in the pipeline would be getting dealt with prior to the 8.5 coming out. She said that any orders currently being taken for Golfs are for the existing 8.0 as far as they are concerned.Anyone had any proposed wait times, Ordered a R-Line 2.0 150 DSG in October and was told around May 2024 time!? And is there any news on the 8.5? not sure I like the proposed infotainment screen the same as the new Tiguan, seems a bit big for a golf.
I’m presently running a mk8 GTI and it will 3 years old in May 24,i am reluctant to order another mk8 replacement as I understand the MK8.5 will be due out early/mid 24 ,think l will wait for the mk8.5 as I would be fed up if I took delivery of another mk8 and then the mk8.5 was launched, the dealerships probably know more than they are saying as they’ll want to keep selling the mk8 for now.I made an order for a manual 1.5 150 R-Line in May this year and was given a delivery date of December '23 / January '24. As I hadn't heard anything re build times I was starting to think of cancelling and called last week to discuss it. I was told that they had a cancelled order available which had been made in March '23 which was the same spec as mine so they have switched me over to that order and it has a build date of 10.01.24. They said that car should then be with me around 08.03.24. So that will be a year from that original order going in. Like you, I queried re the 8.5 and when that would be coming out and the girl I dealt with said that they still had no details re launch date for the 8.5 or prices for that matter and that all orders currently in the pipeline would be getting dealt with prior to the 8.5 coming out. She said that any orders currently being taken for Golfs are for the existing 8.0 as far as they are concerned.
My experience...ordered a Golf mk 8 Style 130hp in April 2023 was expecting it around December but it was ready end of August! Before I had the cash ready! (I had timed fixed accounts to mature around December). I was given nearly 12 months wait for the 150hp model due to it being manufactured elsewhere.Anyone had any proposed wait times, Ordered a R-Line 2.0 150 DSG in October and was told around May 2024 time!? And is there any news on the 8.5? not sure I like the proposed infotainment screen the same as the new Tiguan, seems a bit big for a golf.