Volkswagen Up!

damo86 · 09-05-2012 12:34pm #1

So who going to buy one?

Looks a cracking little car if your in that market for one!

Reminds me of my Lupo days!

L-M · 09-05-2012 12:41pm

Saw a little, little old lady driving one the other day.

i actually shed a tear with laughter.

Cool car though, all the snobs will buy them for their kids so they have the Vw brand and it looks like they spent a fortune on a new car for them.

damo86 · 09-05-2012 1:01pm

ha, can imagine the premiums going up on this car as all the buggers will be writing them off!

Gumbo · 09-05-2012 1:07pm

anyone drove one yet?

€99 per month to buy one, albeit with a 3k deposit/trade in and 4k baloon payment!

damo86 · 09-05-2012 1:21pm

Bringing my car in tomorrow morning for a warranty job, I'll see if I can get a spin of one for the craic!

Guy:Incognito · 09-05-2012 1:21pm

kceire wrote: »

anyone drove one yet?

€99 per month to buy one, albeit with a 3k deposit/trade in and 4k baloon payment!

Is that over 5 years ? That's 13k. Not bloody cheap.

damo86 · 09-05-2012 1:23pm

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Is that over 5 years ? That's 13k. Not bloody cheap.

But its a "Volkswagen" :P

ShadowHearth · 09-05-2012 1:27pm

Any links? Pics?

biko · 09-05-2012 1:33pm

Pics
http://dayerses.com/volkswagen-up!.html

Cool concept car
http://carreviewsline.com/volkswagen/volkswagen-up-2011-concept-review/

L-M · 09-05-2012 1:37pm

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Is that over 5 years ? That's 13k. Not bloody cheap.

Three years.

http://www.volkswagen.ie/en/sales/promotions/the-new-up--from-only-99-per-month.html

biko · 09-05-2012 1:41pm

So down payment of €3,296.47 and 36 monthly payments of €99?
That's 6860, not bad for a new car.

Ah, and the final payment of 4K brings it up over 10K

ShadowHearth · 09-05-2012 1:41pm

I feel like dumbass... I only now realised "up!" is a name....

I am looking at it and Thinking: how many awesome and way better option out there for 12-13k eu...

padma · 09-05-2012 1:43pm

biko wrote: »

So down payment of €3,296.47 and 36 monthly payments of €99?
That's 6860, not bad for a new car.

And at the end a 4 grand final payment

Wossack · 09-05-2012 1:44pm

looks alot like the peug 107

they related?

L-M · 09-05-2012 1:44pm

biko wrote: »

So down payment of €3,296.47 and 36 monthly payments of €99?
That's 6860, not bad for a new car.

And the 4k baloon!

ShadowHearth · 09-05-2012 1:46pm

Limerick man wrote: »

And the 4k baloon!

Well well well. How many people will get cought by this?

eqwjewoiujqorj · 09-05-2012 1:49pm

Review of the 3 door version here:

whippet · 09-05-2012 2:45pm

my wife has ordered one

.. despite my best efforts for her to buy a Cooper S !!!

spank_inferno · 09-05-2012 2:51pm

Check out the Seat 'Mii' & the Skoda 'Citigo'

Same car as the 'up!' but may well end up being a bit cheaper.

Zubeneschamali · 09-05-2012 2:53pm

whippet wrote: »

my wife has ordered one .. despite my best efforts for her to buy a Cooper S !!!

Wow, even after test driving both?

damo86 · 09-05-2012 2:58pm

thanks for the video.

Ha, cooper s and up! is like chalk and cheese!

Would she wait for the up! GT coming soon?

just checked out seat's and Skoda's offering, lacking the same character, just looks like a jap city car.

I'm liking the satnav unit, look simple and nifty!

MidlandsM · 09-05-2012 3:04pm

will there be an EV option?

whippet · 09-05-2012 3:09pm

to be fair it wasn't a new CooperS .. but she took the Up! for a test drive and fell in love with it. She only does a handful of miles a year and it suits her.

It was me pushing the Mini as I wanted something fun for the weekends !:(

She went for the High Up!, the spec is quite impressive for a small car.

The Skoda incarnation looks terrible

Zubeneschamali · 09-05-2012 3:21pm

whippet wrote: »

The Skoda incarnation looks terrible

I think that's the Rules at VAG: Skodas are allowed to be cheaper than the same car badged VW as long as they look like crap.

SEATs can be cheaper than VWs as long as they are made entirely from nasty black plastic inside.

They have to have some reason for folks to but the VW version!

(Audis can be more expensive as long as they look like an Audi and are less practical, see A1 vs Polo).

langdang · 09-05-2012 3:25pm

damo86 wrote: »

just checked out seat's and Skoda's offering, lacking the same character, just looks like a jap city car.

I'm liking the satnav unit, look simple and nifty!

They're all like something that the VAGboys would saying was crap looking if a Japanese company made it! (IE most people hate the Nissan Cube, but the UP! is only a Nissan Cube after the application of the VW patented MeltyRoundifier, as applied to each successive Golf

)

Don't get me wrong - I'm not criticising it, but I'm saying the only reason it won't be laughed off the roads of Tipperary/Offaly etc is that it's a VW rather than a far eastern make!

ShadowHearth · 09-05-2012 3:34pm

whats the name of skoda version? any picks of retail version?

damo86 · 09-05-2012 3:42pm

langdang wrote: »

They're all like something that the VAGboys would saying was crap looking if a Japanese company made it! (IE most people hate the Nissan Cube, but the UP! is only a Nissan Cube after the application of the VW patented MeltyRoundifier, as applied to each successive Golf )

Don't get me wrong - I'm not criticising it, but I'm saying the only reason it won't be laughed off the roads of Tipperary/Offaly etc is that it's a VW rather than a far eastern make!

DIdnt say there crap looking, just lacking character!

I was actually more pointing to the Korean makes, did a wee bit of generalizing saying Jap cars

VW meltyRoundifier seems to be working though!

I'll put my hands up though, I'm a VW fan!

Soarer · 09-05-2012 4:51pm

Can you just hand it back after the 3 years and not pay the balloon payment?

hattoncracker · 05-06-2012 8:00pm

Soarer wrote: »

Can you just hand it back after the 3 years and not pay the balloon payment?

Yes you can.

I've paid the deposit on one, only a grand of a deposit, mind, but I'm hopefully getting it next week. The guy in the garage is giving me a Move up for the same price as a Take Up, with the maps and more.
3 years of €180 a month, at the end of the three years you can pay the balloon amount, hand the car back and be done with them or they'll guarantee you a trade in value so you can trade in the Up!, they'll clear their finance and the rest of the money that's left from the trade in can be used as a deposit on a new car.

I'm trading it in after 3 years and getting a beetle, but I can't wait to get this little car, it's such a lovely little thing to drive!

whippet · 23-08-2012 2:22pm

I thought I would post up here now .. my missus has her Up! for about two months now and I must say the little I have driven it I have been fairly impressed.

The Maps and More option is a little fiddley but once you get used to it, it's fine. Fits four adults fine, but more importantly two adults and two children in full ISOFIX seats in the back - it's the 5-door version

It wouldn't be something that would be comfortable on any type of long distance journey but road noise isn't too much of an issue and the little 1L squeeze box never feels under powered.

I still have not forgiven her for the choice, but she's happy with it !!

Foxeye · 23-08-2012 3:18pm

I remember Honest John covering the basic model a few months ago. The engine in my judgment is a bit under powered.

whippet · 23-08-2012 3:48pm

Foxeye wrote: »

I remember Honest John covering the basic model a few months ago. The engine in my judgment is a bit under powered.

I think he is testing the 64bhp variant, the irish model in the High Up! is 75bhp, in a bean can that 11 extra horses makes a huge difference

Idbatterim · 23-08-2012 4:28pm

Cool car though, all the snobs will buy them for their kids so they have the Vw brand and it looks like they spent a fortune on a new car for them.

LOL theyd want something with a better badge than VW if they are going for snob factor!

Zubeneschamali · 23-08-2012 4:40pm

Idbatterim wrote: »

LOL theyd want something with a better badge than VW if they are going for snob factor!

At this end of the market? What's snobbier than VW in a 1 litre city car? A Toyota IQ, I suppose, unless you go the full Aston Martin Cygnet.

I'd rather have a Panda Twinair, but they are inexplicably expensive at €15K.

spank_inferno · 23-08-2012 4:49pm

The Fiat offerings (panda/500) are a bit pricey alright.

The wife had a look at a hyundai i10 and it was quike expensive too (12-14k I think).

I'd like to see a small turbo-charged version.... a GT-up!

Veloce · 23-08-2012 4:57pm

spank_inferno wrote: »

The Fiat offerings (panda/500) are a bit pricey alright.

The wife had a look at a hyundai i10 and it was quike expensive too (12-14k I think).

I'd like to see a small turbo-charged version.... a GT-up!

Calling that car a "GT" is just plain wrong! It defo looks a bit like the pug. Fugly!

lau1247 · 23-08-2012 10:47pm

Limerick man wrote: »

And the 4k baloon!

another 150 charges sneaked into the end there.. also volkswagen is a bank now? :eek:

*including acceptance fee (€75) and completion fee (€75). Min. deposit is 10%. Subject to lending criteria. This offer is made under a hire purchase agreement. Volkswagen Bank is regulated by the German Financial Regulator.

whippet · 25-08-2012 9:22pm

lau1247 wrote: »

also volkswagen is a bank now? :eek:

volkswagen has had a bank for years!!

My missus bought it outright, the lease / hire option wouldn't be suitable at all !

Volkswagen Up!

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