Why are all GTi Edition 30s all so overpriced?

[Deago]

^^^^ Rookie error right there! Never add it up and never EVER let your wife add it up!! I've had the raised eyebrow more than a few times! 

I just named my car after the girlfriend, then if anyone asks, i spend all my money on her and its technically not a lie.... 

[garrardrj]

I've been looking recently, and I have to agree, a car is worth what people are willing to pay for it.

I am also selling a car at the moment and the "guide price" of it is around 4k under what the "real" market value of it appears to be. Guides are exactly that, guides.

What car is that then ?

[Eddie-NL]

If people are prepared to pay over the odds then they will be priced that way

as time goes by the lower mileage pristine examples will fetch even more

Could also be that people over price them so they don't sell

[skriller]

It's a car you buy with your heart rather than your head

THIS



I looked for months for the car I had been dreaming of, ever since it arrived at one of my local dealers when they first came out I wanted one.

The Ed30 to me is an amazing car.

I don't feel like I had paid a premium as it was the car I was looking for and with the options that I wanted. (Don't forget they are limit in number and spec) I also bought mine from a dealer which came with warranty and full service and 1500 spent on it to make it like new!

It also helped that it was as clean and looked after like new by the previous owner. with 32k on the clock it was spanking.

Premium or not, you still end up with what you pay for.

[garrardrj]

Think you will find that with threads like this the ED30 owners will be very defensive over their pride and joy and of course say it is worth every penny.

For someone who isn't bothered about some red thread around bit of the upholstery and painted bumpers nor the 30bhp extra then it it's a TREMENDOUS premium over a normal GTI.

It's still the same chassis, similar engine just with some fancy bits of trim and bearing in mind the later generation golf is only a couple of thousand £'s more. . .

Then again, the people who know of the potential of the engine and want to pay for the luxury of having a limited edition GTI (it is a luxury as the stock GTI is a great hot hatch)  then they are willing to pay for it.

As others have said, if people will pay the money then to them it's worth the money. It's a car you buy with your heart rather than your head with the stock GTI being very good as it is.  

and some GTI owners who haven't got one are jealous  , the engine is by far NOT similar

[Pipps]

Thanks for all the replies, chaps.

I guess the ED30 is just one of those cars which has bucked the trend and not followed any of the industry's anticipated depreciation curves.

To be fair, that is understandable. Only a limited quantity were ever made. They have generally been owned by enthusiasts who have looked after them more. And they have rather unique future tuning potential. I can accept all of this as justification for this car being an anomaly.

I just hope that if I pay what might technically be considered 'over the odds' for one now, that I will not loose out at some point in the future.

[garrardrj]

I think it will be sought after for many years to come , a 25th Anniversary is still worth £5k at 12 years old ish  , if the miles aren't sky high , but they are a bit dated now

[GrayMK5GTI]

Think you will find that with threads like this the ED30 owners will be very defensive over their pride and joy and of course say it is worth every penny.

For someone who isn't bothered about some red thread around bit of the upholstery and painted bumpers nor the 30bhp extra then it it's a TREMENDOUS premium over a normal GTI.

It's still the same chassis, similar engine just with some fancy bits of trim and bearing in mind the later generation golf is only a couple of thousand £'s more. . .

Then again, the people who know of the potential of the engine and want to pay for the luxury of having a limited edition GTI (it is a luxury as the stock GTI is a great hot hatch)  then they are willing to pay for it.

As others have said, if people will pay the money then to them it's worth the money. It's a car you buy with your heart rather than your head with the stock GTI being very good as it is.  

and some GTI owners who haven't got one are jealous  , the engine is by far NOT similar

Similar covers it tbh. A bigger turbo is the main feature (I could list the complete list if differences but this comes down to my point that that this is an enthusiasts car. If your bothered about the detail then it's your kind of car - joe blogs sees a TFSI  in both GTI & Ed30 with a 30bhp difference in power), it's still a TFSI !!

I guess some GTI owners are jealous, it's the best MK5 you could get, no doubt about that. If you mean by that that I am jealous, I could have had the pic of the Ed30's if I had wanted but didn't fancy another Golf at the time.

[Hedge]

Ed30 is good but it's no .:R32. 

[rich83]

A good clean example of an Edition 30 with moderate mileage and decent spec is still worth 10-11k in my opinion. (i dont care what the guides say)

R32s are an interesting one as pre 2006 you get cheap tax but high mileage will put some people off, post 2006 you get lower mileage but sky high tax which will put folk off.... they are a double edged  porksword

[VEA]

What car is that then ?

Z4MC

[Wooosh]

The edition 30 has

- 230bhp Engine which is more like a detuned S3 engine with the K04 turbocharger and other bits
- 18" BBS Pescara Alloys as standard (GTi has 17" Monzas as standard)
- Half Leather seats which are heated and have electric lumbar support
- All the lower skirts & bumpers around the Edition 30 are colour coded (looks better in my IMHO)
- Smoked Rear Light Lens (same as the R32)
- Red stitching on the seats, mats, steering wheel & gear knob plus Edition 30 badges

280-300bhp easily obtainable with the right mapping (Revo, R-Tech or APR)

[arris]

Way I looked at it was if I had got a normal gti, I'd have spent the extra painting bumpers, getting the nicer interior etc...

So was better just to pay the extra and hope when I come to sell it holds value better.

Plus bigger turbo helped sway my decision 

[Scottymon]

If you try and make a GTI an Edition 30 with all the associated bits, skirts/rear valance/wheels/colour code/injectors/k04/reloc./half leathers/rear clusters you'll have spent the difference.

That said, the Ed should definitely have been given the R32 brakes as standard from the parts bin to make it a more rounded package.

[MAT ED30]

And the engine block is not the same as a normal gti it's stronger inside so a gti even with ko4 is not an ed30