The Quest for Documenting All GTI's in India

GTI?s person ever fascinated me. Not the car itself. But the information that a institution similar VW, took a bold measurement to bring specified a car to India. At a clip erstwhile astir hatches were connected merchantability for little than 10 lakh rupees, they took the determination to bring specified a car to our country.

For an enthusiast, this is simply a uncommon determination by a institution wherever the bottommost enactment was not the lone motivating factor. It was thing else. Rarely person we enthusiasts been heard, and a competent show oriented planetary car been launched successful our country.

We can?t kick overmuch though. As it is 1 happening to request a merchandise to beryllium launched, it is different to enactment your wealth wherever your rima is. Most of the products are not launched owed to correctly projected deficiency of request (at the premium terms point). This is evident from the GTI motorboat itself, truthful arsenic with the VRS245 launch. Anything which was launched astatine excessively overmuch of a premium failed to merchantability out.

However, 1 happening I person learnt is, if you deed the saccharine spot, the cars volition sell. This was evident erstwhile the cars virtually flew disconnected the shelves erstwhile the terms of the GTI was reduced. This was besides the lawsuit erstwhile the terms of the VRS245 was reduced. With the increasing income, determination decidedly is simply a marketplace for specified cars. Manufacturers request to find that astatine the readying signifier and marque an informed launch. (example the VRS230 launch). With the marketplace and wealth moving towards SUV?s and EV?s, manufacturers are unluckily much hazard averse now.

What they neglect to recognize is the interaction a palmy show car (from a wide marketplace manufacturer) tin person arsenic a halo product. The GT/ GTI, VRS 230/245 and Abarth person built a assemblage of enthusiasts and a car movement, which volition beryllium present for a agelong time. This simply cannot beryllium quantified based connected abbreviated word profitability assessments. These comparatively affordable halo products person immense scope of gathering and maintaining a marque image. Most manufacturers bash not realise this, erstwhile they person a abbreviated word outlook connected profitability. I sincerely anticipation we person much planetary show oriented cars being launched by VW, Skoda, Hyundai and Honda, astatine a competent price. I americium definite they volition bash well.

Being an proprietor of the GTI, I ever wanted to papers each the cars successful the country. The authoritative number by VW initially was 99 cars sold. However, the rumored number is 200 cars. My purpose is to way each 1 of them. So acold I person been capable to way 150 cars. This is based connected the sources below:

• Details shared by Individual owners of their cars
• Details shared by Car spotters/ ace car pages for cars successful their metropolis oregon state.
• Details posted connected Social media, which is publically available
• The registration numbers person been checked to corroborate their validity and correctness.
• The registration numbers volition not beryllium disclosed individually successful the analysis, to support privacy. The accusation volition lone beryllium aggregated.

I americium sharing immoderate insights connected the cars based connected the information with me:

1. Cars In the Country by State:

• We person 151 cars that I person been capable to track. They are divided arsenic per the existent authorities of registration.
• The astir cars successful the country, I person are successful Kerala. With 42 retired of the 151 successful the state. There are rumored to beryllium 60 sold successful the state. So I person a agelong mode to go!
• Kochi is the azygous metropolis with the highest fig of cars successful the country.

2. Cars Split by Colour:

• Four colours were primitively sold. Red, White, Black and Silver.
• The database is based connected the archetypal colour, arsenic erstwhile sold.
• Red is the astir communal colour, and for a reason. It looks perfectly amazing, and the champion successful my opinion.
• Silver is the rarest colour.
• Some cars person their colours changed astatine the RTO, oregon the colour not updated successful RTO. These person been recorded arsenic unkown oregon the existent colour.
  

Take your pick:

Red GTI:

White GTI:

Black GTI:

Silver GTI:

3. Sales Trend(based connected registration dates):

• Many of you whitethorn cognize the GTI was launched astatine the extremity of 2016. It was virtually a income dud. VW yet reduced the prices, and the car took off, arsenic it should!
• The car was launched successful November 2016 for 25.99 lakhs. Link to the squad bhp article: https://www.team-bhp.com/news/volksw...d-rs-2599-lakh
• It had a terms simplification successful mid 2017. After which income spiked. Link to squad bhp article: https://www.team-bhp.com/news/scoop-...w-rs-1999-lakh
• It had a further simplification successful Jan 2018, aft which we saw different jump. The car was sold retired astir May/ June 2018 successful astir places.
• Any registrations aft that tin beryllium considered arsenic a 1 off, wherever owners whitethorn not person registered their cars aft acquisition initially, but aboriginal did.

4. Number of Owners: Percentage Breakup

• Along with being a blistery hatch, the car is besides a blistery seller successful the utilized car market. Since it is simply a uncommon car, it is ever successful request to the close buyer. Due to this, it has not mislaid overmuch worth successful the pre owned market. The information that the car was discontinued, and the Polo was discontinued arsenic good eventually, has made definite the car holds its worth well.
• 29% of the cars person changed hands astatine slightest once. (2nd Owner).
• 17% of the cars person changed hands astatine slightest twice. (3rd Owner)
• There are galore cases wherever the cars person not been transferred officially, but person changed hands, successful galore cases aggregate times. Hence the existent satellite number is overmuch higher. However, I person not considered these, arsenic they are not authoritative numbers.

While I person tracked 75% of the full cars, I inactive person 50 much cars to go. Would emotion to spot immoderate cars that I whitethorn person missed retired on. Feel escaped to PM oregon station connected this thread if you ain oregon person spotted a GTI!