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Volkswagen Eos Prices Paid and Buying Experience

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#18 of 159
Re: hmmmm... [eoslover] by flheat
Sep 01, 2006 (2:24 pm)
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Replying to: eoslover (Sep 01, 2006 11:43 am)

I love my new Eos and enjoy watching the roof perform its gymnastics going up and down. I am glad I got the manual--it is fun squealing the tires and I am sure I'll get a ticket in no time. The car accelerates a lot faster than I thought and I am over 60 in no time and it surely does not feel like it. Today I leave my baby Eos back in Orlando as I head to Germany for a 10 day vacation and will practice my driving skills on the autobahn.
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Re: hmmmm... [flheat] by photogal57
Sep 16, 2006 (11:47 pm)
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Replying to: flheat (Aug 31, 2006 11:24 am)

I just bought my Eos-just had automatic and the stereo upgrade. I paid 30,800, add taxes, dest etc...plus a "tire tax" in NJ and I paid 32,400 out the door. I guess I did ok for our area. The one thing I missed ...there was a dealership giving tires for the life of the car with the same pricing. I wanted to go with them but they would have to cll around for the color i wanted-I found it 50 miles. I figured that tey would either make me wait (dealers here are not switching cars)or charge me for transporting it north....A bird in hand.... BTY... I love it!
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Re: Slight disappointment [qbrozen] by photogal57
Sep 16, 2006 (11:58 pm)
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Replying to: qbrozen (Aug 11, 2006 10:01 am)

I had a 2003 Solara-It was nice-this rides just like it. The hard top is slow but when you don't have a garage, want a convertible and can't afford the Volvo, iit's just the ticket. Head over to Berbardsville or GC Volkswagen in Burlington. Bernardsville was good with internet pricing. I bought mine at VW World in Neptune...exit 100B (Freehold) .5 miles off the GSP. Easy to work with. Honored internet pricing. I got anautomatic with the upgraded audio system-has 3 mos of satellite to start you off (I figured I could turn on my own windshield washers and really didn't like the dimming rearview mirror so the extra package wasn't worth it to me. I got it for just under 33,500-that was out the door price. When I went they had 1 silver with black interior(like the one I got) and 1 fully loaded midnight blue. Good luck
#21 of 159
Some Invoice Pricing & some San Jose Area Prices by dangerouscurve
Sep 18, 2006 (11:05 am)
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I'm not nearly as savvy as a lot of you out there. But since someone asked about invoice pricing and I haven't seen any info I thought I would throw in what I've found.
 
From carsdirect.com:
Base 25,721 (27,990 MSRP)
2.0T 27.548 (29,990 MSRP)
3.2L 33,816 (36,850 MSRP)
 
Is it right? I don't know, but the MSRP seems to agree with other reports. The last I saw there isn't any invoice pricing information on packages or options.
 
In the San Jose area I have found the following at different dealerships:
MSRP + almost $8,000 (that's right 8K$ over MSRP)
MSRP + about $5,000 (said they might deal)
MSRP and said they were willing to deal on the one car they had (not what I wanted) and MSRP for an order.
MSRP - $500 for the car I wanted to order (a very loaded Eos)
MSRP - $800 for the car I wanted to order
 
None of it has been pleasant, and some of it unpleasant. The big markups really make me pause. The dealer is telling me a profit of a few thousand dollars isn't enough for them. Which makes me wonder what kind of price to expect for parts and service (will they continue to try and extract ever dollar they can?). The last I saw, the cars were not moving off of their lots. All this in the midst of the Volkswagen CFO publicly concerned about the company profits. These markups certainly are not helping the factory sell more cars (nor is it helping their profit margin). In fact, the markups seem to be killing some interest and enthusiasm for the car. There may be plenty of enthusiasm left for the dealers to sell the cars the get at the inflated price. Compare this to what I see with the Toyota Camry Hybrid - the dealers are selling them at MSRP and cannot keep them on the lot (I am told this is true of Camrys in general but especially the hybrid). The Toyota dealers tell me they have waiting lists.
But maybe it is a good thing for VW if the reliability is still poor (no sense in selling a lot of cars that need repairs - giving them a very black eye). If I got the JD Powers reports right VW is near the bottom on both the initial quality report for 2006 and the report on 3 year old models (2003). I know you can manipulate numbers and there are parts that VW does well, but they don't seem to be making the whole car with the same higher quality of some other manufacturers.
 
I hope this helps someone. Good luck to all you buyers. I echo the sentiments of carrara . . . shop around and hold your ground.
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Re: Volkswagen Eos: Prices Paid & Buying Experience [KarenS] by rdman
Oct 12, 2006 (11:44 pm)
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Replying to: KarenS (Sep 14, 2006 11:18 am)

Be warned: VW will not let you order Navigation ($1800) without also ordering "2.0T" ($2000) and Luxury or Sport Package ($3490/3690).
 
***Therefore, Navigation actually costs a minimum of $7290! ***
 
And if, for example, you don't want to be part of the animal trade, and prefer the "leatherette" upholstery to leather, you can't have Nav at all. Get lost! (Literally..)
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Great deal in PA by pghacura1
Oct 13, 2006 (5:41 am)
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Bought an EOS 2.0T msrp $36185 for $34185, luxury, DSG, and dynaudio. Price excludes trade and taxes.
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Anyone in South Florida own this car? by eseir
Oct 13, 2006 (8:46 am)
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Replying to: photogal57 (Sep 16, 2006 11:58 pm)

We are shooting high profile commercial here in South Florida next week and we were wondering if anyone owns one os these EOS. We only need you and yur car for a few hours and WE WILL PAY YOU VERY WELL for those few hours. Usually we would use the local delerships or rental car companies, but the car is not available through them. Let me know thanks
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Re: Great deal in PA [pghacura1] by houstontxmob
Oct 16, 2006 (7:03 pm)
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Replying to: pghacura1 (Oct 13, 2006 5:41 am)

Lucky u!! I want one too! I want to get that same car like yrs. But the damn dealership wanted me to pay $10K more than the MSRP. Mind if I ask which dealership you got yr car from? Perhaps I might just have them shipped it to me.
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Re: Great deal in PA [houstontxmob] by pghacura1
Oct 17, 2006 (8:14 am)
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Replying to: houstontxmob (Oct 16, 2006 7:03 pm)

The dealer was Mikan VW, zip 16001, Other local dealers were at msrp, But I also tried Sams club auto service, Mikan was a member and they offered $1000 off because I made contact that way. I have done business in past with this dealer and when we said we would order one without the dynaudio they said they would take the additional $1000 off. Another local dealer has the three original EOS they got, only has sold ordered cars, come north to a dealer lots of convertables here.
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Re: Great deal in PA [pghacura1] by houstontxmob
Oct 17, 2006 (3:50 pm)
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Replying to: pghacura1 (Oct 17, 2006 8:14 am)

Thanks for the information. I do have Sams Club and Costco membership. I should have used that service. I hope I will get the same car soon!

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