RE: New Audi S3 starts at £47k in UK
Discussion
British Beef said:
fantheman80 said:
PRO5T said:
Christ we’ve totally f
ked this country, pre brexit/Covid a top of the line “super hatch” like a Civic Type R or Focus RS was circa £32k, now it gets you a 1.5L A3.
Lucky we don't live in France. A new FL5 type r is £86K and a Yaris GR £89k or thereabouts due to c02 surcharge so its not just usked this country, pre brexit/Covid a top of the line “super hatch” like a Civic Type R or Focus RS was circa £32k, now it gets you a 1.5L A3.Idiots that spout brexit as cause for global inflation really are short of a few brain cells.
To the S3. I always find Audi's S brand the sweat spot than the Audi range. Just as quick in most situations as the RS3 on our congested roads, better quality ride, no squeaky brakes, and they fly under the radar more than the RS, which hopefully means not as big a target for scum as an RS3 would be.
cerb4.5lee said:
I can't believe I'm saying it, but £47k doesn't seem so crazy to me, because we paid £41k brand new for an Audi TTS Black Edition back in 2012 in comparison. So I was expecting it to be a bit more expensive in fairness.
In saying that, generally new car prices have shot up a lot though over the last few years for sure.
Ditto… that hadn’t occurred to me re the price 12yrs ago! My TTS, being Audi’s demo car was fully loaded and preregistered. Listed @ £42k I got it for £35k with 51 miles on it, 20 of those were my test drive. £In saying that, generally new car prices have shot up a lot though over the last few years for sure.
£47k doesn’t doesn’t seem to bad for the new S3. That’s obviously base… a few options would so have it nudging £50k.
Thankfully I have no need for a brand new car and I have something nice for the summers.
benm143 said:
Why are the interiors always so very, very dark? It's put me of VAG products for years
A colleague has a cooking A3 and the interior is entirely black, even the headlining. It's very, very oppressive but I wonder if the dark "safe cave" interior is of one with the slitty windows and aggressive exterior in making buyers in our insecure and unhappy times feel safe from the world. The price, eye-watering as it is, makes sense. My mrs's new company car is a 1.4 PHEV A3 and the total cost of that was nudging 40k. Makes a 7-8k bump for the S seem almost reasonable!
The A3 isn't as nice as I thought it would be though. Loads of tech but everything feels quite cheap
The A3 isn't as nice as I thought it would be though. Loads of tech but everything feels quite cheap
In fairness, An S3 was on my shortlist back in 2017. I chose an M140i in the end, but the Audi's list price then was £35k plus options. That's the equivalent of £45k today, so £47k shouldn't be considered too outrageous.
What I wonder about is who is buying this stuff now? Finance rates are quadruple what they were back then, and the car is about 30% more expensive. Living costs have gone up exponentially, and salaries haven't. You can argue it's a "correction" and that cars like this historically have never been accessible apart from those years of nearly free money, but the point still stands. Who is actually going into Audi dealers and ordering these?
I also struggle to believe that many people financially prudent enough to have £50k in readies would choose to sink it into a depreciating asset like this.
And if it's anything like the one I drove in 2017, it won't exactly set your pants on fire either.
Confused
What I wonder about is who is buying this stuff now? Finance rates are quadruple what they were back then, and the car is about 30% more expensive. Living costs have gone up exponentially, and salaries haven't. You can argue it's a "correction" and that cars like this historically have never been accessible apart from those years of nearly free money, but the point still stands. Who is actually going into Audi dealers and ordering these?
I also struggle to believe that many people financially prudent enough to have £50k in readies would choose to sink it into a depreciating asset like this.
And if it's anything like the one I drove in 2017, it won't exactly set your pants on fire either.
Confused
Cryssys said:
DaveyBoyWonder said:
Bradford inner ring road will be littered with them...
A cheap dig which does not reflect well on you.As much real-world understanding went into that post as the ones saying "£50k for an A3" ... people seem happy to flaunt their lack of knowledge!
Edited by Mark-C on Wednesday 17th April 15:38
redroadster said:
I'm struggling to see point spending large amounts on a depreciating asset ,I'm just getting tighter with age been yorkshire also adds to this ,30k is all I'm parting with ill buy whatever suits me for that amount ,slightly used golf gti ? That will cover most daily driving needs .
I guess it's English but it's not Yorkshire. Wab1974uk said:
British Beef said:
fantheman80 said:
PRO5T said:
Christ we’ve totally fked this country, pre brexit/Covid a top of the line “super hatch” like a Civic Type R or Focus RS was circa £32k, now it gets you a 1.5L A3.
Lucky we don't live in France. A new FL5 type r is £86K and a Yaris GR £89k or thereabouts due to c02 surcharge so its not just usked this country, pre brexit/Covid a top of the line “super hatch” like a Civic Type R or Focus RS was circa £32k, now it gets you a 1.5L A3.Idiots that spout brexit as cause for global inflation really are short of a few brain cells.
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