Hmmm what to do, I visited Shrewsbury Audi today with the intentions of ordering a new A5 coupe S-line 2.0 petrol with a few options on it!
So I'm sitting there with all my discount figures and my monthly PCP quote etc. showing that it would cost slightly less than my S3 per month. But then he came back with his A5 PCP quotes, they were showing it to be more than what I'm paying for my current S3! So quizzing this we went on the Audi configurator that I'd used and I was right, my figures were lower than the S3. He agreed it was strange and went off to see the finance guy, he came back and the reason = 7 days ago on the 21st they had put the price up by £675 and they'd also changed the GFV so the website is out of date! Unfortunately there aren't even any extras on the A5 MY18 cars to make the price increase a better pill to swallow I felt gutted for the sake of a week. So the A5 is now over £20 more per month than my S3.
So with the above in mind I asked about the A3/S3, their price had stayed the same! But the MY18 models now come with rear sensors as standard and couple of other small things and on the S3 Audi beam. So he can do me another S3 with the same/better spec than I have now for £8 per month than I'm currently paying, and on a 36 month deal rather than my current 48 month deal. All it would cost to change would be switching cars and £1000 cash from me, not bad considering I'm 24 months into a 48 month deal!
So two questions:
1) Would I notice/what are the exact changes on the latest S3 over a March 2015 one?
2) Would you go for another S3 or something else?
Thought appreciated
So I'm sitting there with all my discount figures and my monthly PCP quote etc. showing that it would cost slightly less than my S3 per month. But then he came back with his A5 PCP quotes, they were showing it to be more than what I'm paying for my current S3! So quizzing this we went on the Audi configurator that I'd used and I was right, my figures were lower than the S3. He agreed it was strange and went off to see the finance guy, he came back and the reason = 7 days ago on the 21st they had put the price up by £675 and they'd also changed the GFV so the website is out of date! Unfortunately there aren't even any extras on the A5 MY18 cars to make the price increase a better pill to swallow I felt gutted for the sake of a week. So the A5 is now over £20 more per month than my S3.
So with the above in mind I asked about the A3/S3, their price had stayed the same! But the MY18 models now come with rear sensors as standard and couple of other small things and on the S3 Audi beam. So he can do me another S3 with the same/better spec than I have now for £8 per month than I'm currently paying, and on a 36 month deal rather than my current 48 month deal. All it would cost to change would be switching cars and £1000 cash from me, not bad considering I'm 24 months into a 48 month deal!
So two questions:
1) Would I notice/what are the exact changes on the latest S3 over a March 2015 one?
2) Would you go for another S3 or something else?
Thought appreciated