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#571 of 3318 sigor111 by harpoman Feb 13, 2001 (3:50 pm)
The invoice price on a base GLS manual with no options is $19,519, add $525 for destination charge and that's $20,044. Sounds like they're holding back on some of that $1000.
#572 of 3318 Port Prep/Reserve by vwguild Feb 13, 2001 (4:49 pm)
#573 of 3318 Port Prep/Reserve by vwguild Feb 13, 2001 (4:50 pm)
These two items add $117.00 to the above...
#574 of 3318 To efolz by fritzenheimer Feb 14, 2001 (4:28 pm)
Please email me at dachfritzyahoo.com with your question and I'll give you details.
#575 of 3318 Going with 2001 by harpoman Feb 14, 2001 (5:12 pm)
I went down to the dealer today and checked both the 2001 an 2001.5 out. It came down to $$ and cents and a deal I couldn't refuse. For a 2001 GLS, leather, luxury, and monsoon - $22,150! Almost $1000 under invoice, how could I pass that up? Plus the fact I'd have to wait for the right 2001.5 and my wife actually liked the 2001's styling better. Now, to find a decent cup holder to put in it............
#576 of 3318 Does the GLS 2001.5 have??? by jeetdds Feb 14, 2001 (5:49 pm)
does it have tiptronic and what is the horsepower on the Base GLS and is $22,800 a good price for the new Passat. before tax, title.....   Jeet Patel
#577 of 3318 Port prep reserve adver by chewyman Feb 14, 2001 (6:54 pm)
Any one see these charges on invoices in the Northeast(NE). If you look at a Passat invoice in the NE you see $25 Port Prep, $125 Regional Advertising Fee, and $93 Floor Plan Reserve. It is added to the invoice price. I saw it on the invoice. Wowww $242 extra to invoice. Is this true cost to the dealer? I can live with the $25 if they need it and do it. Are we stuck with this advertising fee and do they get this on every car they sell? I haven't seen one ad for the new Passat. The floor plan reserve sounds as though they are amortizing the cost of floorplan financing to all vehicles. If you order a car they should not need to pay it since they come in and go out before they need to incur the cost on an ordered unit. If the practice is to amortize it to all units then everyone pays a piece. I thought I was giving a fair profit at $5-600 over invoice. With these surprise charges the car costs me more than I planned. Not a lot but troubling. Also I don't hear anyone paying these charges on 2001 end of year units. What gives?
#578 of 3318 chewyman by im_brentwood Feb 14, 2001 (7:56 pm)
A lot of markets have additional advertising fees charged to them by the manufacturers. You mentioned Northeast, that makes sense.   Some markets where advertising costs for the manufacturers are much higher particularly have them, it's part of the cost of doing business there. Much as a House in most any major city in the northeast costs multiples of what it will cost here in Orlando. (I ought to know, Im originally from Tenafly, NJ!). and also how the costs of living here are higher than Pensacola, but lower than Miami.   So these are usually legit charges. However, since the invoice info on the 'net is not direct from the manufacturers, it often doesn't have regional info such as this.   Hope this helps to explain it!   Bill
#579 of 3318 VW dealers in Atlanta by bond12 Feb 15, 2001 (7:04 am)
I just purchased a 2001.5GLS V6 at Jim Ellis, Atlanta....got around $1400 off the MSRP. email me for further details.
#580 of 3318 Advertising... by ffxvw Feb 15, 2001 (7:56 am)
Actually, on the Edmunds and Kelley Blue Book sites, they include a small paragraph about advertising charges. It says that these charges ordinarily range from 1 to 3 % of MSRP. I believe this is also intended, by them, to cover the port prep and floorplan charges.   Jason

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