All but three models in Volkswagen Australia’s passenger car and SUV range have increased in price, pushing the most affordable Golf currently available to nearly $40,000 on the road.
Volkswagen Australia has increased prices across the majority of its passenger car and SUV line-up for the New Year by up to $2400 – compounding price rises just three months ago of up to $1800.
Now in effect, the latest round of price rises affects most Volkswagen passenger vehicles – namely Golf, Passat, T-Cross, T-Roc, Tiguan and Touareg, with the Polo, Arteon and Tiguan Allspace unaffected, along with most of the commercial vehicle range (excluding Caddy, detailed here).
Increases range from $740 to $1300 (before on-road costs) for most models, though some Touareg variants have risen in price by up to $2400 – for an average across the range of $1105.
These add to an earlier round of price rises of between $200 and $1800 in September 2021 (for the start of Model Year 2022), attributed largely to the addition of DAB digital radio.
In addition to the price rises, semiconductor and COVID-related constraints have seen Volkswagen Australia close order books on a selection of variants, and remove them from its website: the entry-level Golf 110TSI hatch (with both manual and auto gearboxes), Touareg 170TDI large SUV, and mid-spec Tiguan 147TDI Elegance medium SUV (above).
As the global semiconductor shortage reduces new-car production output, a Volkswagen Australia spokesperson told Drive that better-selling model variants are given production priority – leaving no room for the three variants deleted from the VW website, “none of [which] are the volume sellers in their respective ranges”.
While new orders for the Tiguan 147TDI Elegance and Touareg 170TDI will eventually resume, the base Golf may not be so lucky, as buyers reportedly look to more expensive variants, and Volkswagen Australia shifts away from base-model cars.
As a result, the entry price into a new Volkswagen Golf is now $34,490 before on-road costs for an entry-level 110TSI wagon – or less than $50 shy of $39,000 drive-away. Eight months ago, a six-speed manual Golf hatch retailed for $29,550 before on-road costs, or around $33,000 drive-away.
2022 Volkswagen Australia passenger car prices (affected model lines only)
| Model | Variant | September 2021 price (RRP) | January 2022 price (RRP) | Increase |
| Golf | 110TSI hatch manual | $29,550 | Off sale | – |
| 110TSI hatch auto | $32,150 | Off sale | – | |
| 110TSI wagon auto | $33,750 | $34,490 | $740 | |
| 110TSI Life hatch | $34,450 | $35,290 | $840 | |
| 110TSI Life wagon | $36,450 | $37,290 | $840 | |
| 110TSI R-Line hatch | $37,650 | $38,490 | $840 | |
| GTI hatch | $53,300 | $54,490 | $1190 | |
| Passat | 140TSI Business sedan | $47,690 | $48,990 | $1300 |
| 162TSI Elegance sedan | $52,890 | $53,990 | $1100 | |
| 162TSI Elegance wagon | $54,890 | $55,990 | $1100 | |
| Alltrack 162TSI (base) | $48,090 | $48,990 | $900 | |
| Alltrack 162TSI Premium | $59,890 | $60,990 | $1100 | |
| 206TSI R-Line wagon | $64,890 | $65,990 | $1100 | |
| T-Cross | 85TSI Life | $29,200 | $29,850 | $650 |
| 85TSI Style | $32,100 | $32,800 | $700 | |
| T-Roc | 110TSI Style | $34,700 | $35,500 | $800 |
| 140TSI Sport | $41,800 | $42,700 | $900 | |
| Tiguan | 110TSI Life | $40,590 | $41,490 | $900 |
| 132TSI Life | $44,590 | $45,490 | $900 | |
| 162TSI Elegance | $51,790 | $52,990 | $1200 | |
| 147TDI Elegance | $53,290 | Off sale | – | |
| 162TSI R-Line | $54,790 | $55,990 | $1200 | |
| 147TDI R-Line | $56,290 | $57,490 | $1200 | |
| Touareg | 170TDI | $82,990 | Off sale | – |
| 210TDI Elegance | $101,290 | $103,690 | $2400 | |
| 210TDI R-Line | $110,290 | $112,690 | $2400 |
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