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Originally Posted by Axe77 Lovely and congratulations. What is the final final exact costing you managed to get? Car and service plan separately? And which variant is this? No idea if Audi has multiple variants or just one for the petrol. Thanks |
Effectively below 60 on-road for the Technology variant, and service Plan on top. If you want more details, please PM me.
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Originally Posted by Epic Hey congratulations!! So just wanted to know the reason for your decision. So where did the Q5 score over the rest and what were the key factors that made it win as a replacement of the Jetta which is a very difficult car to replace? |
Firstly, we had late stage SUV disease. A sedan in the same segment would always be more comfortable, but with a young family, we wanted to experience the SUV life at least once. So sedans were ruled out. To be honest, I was tempted by the A6 and 3GT deals last year, but didnt go through with it.
Secondly, we were clear it would be German (or similar) - both our cars are VW. Having driven and sat in the Fortuner/ Endeavour, it was not exactly our type. So it had to be between the Tiguan, Kodiaq going up to X1, XC 40 etc.
The Tiguan was just too similar to the Jetta, and so probably didn't get a fair chance. The Kodiaq was lovely and under consideration till the end. We loved the X1, but always had the feeling that it wasnt a car we were willing to love with for 5-7 years. We would outgrow it. Similarly for the XC40. The Q3 and GLA were never under consideration.
So we delayed the car purchase by a year and said we would save up for the next segment. The XC60 was the initial car of choice when its introductory pricing was in the mid-60s OTR in Mumbai. By late this year, at around 72 lakhs, it had priced itself out (was only interested in Inscription variant). The GLC looked beautiful but was a little underwhelming on a lot of other counts. The Q5 in diesel somehow didn't click, and we ruled it out very early. In hindsight, I cant remember exactly why. The X3 was an instant hit with everyone in the family. However, the diesel wasnt all that fun. We decided to go for the petrol. Of course, thats where this thread started. An exciting good car (X3) vs a practical good car (Kodiaq) + 20 lakhs in pocket.
The end of this story would have been different if the 30i was actually available or if there was any visibility to the Kodiaq RS. This is when the Audi sales guy called to see if I wanted to drive the Q5 petrol. I drove it a couple of days back and we really liked it. It may be slightly less engaging than the X3 (very small difference), but scored on a lot of other counts, including the availability of Android Auto. Also, the deals were great, and the colour of our choice was available. So choice came down to "Buy X3 30i in 3-4 months at 66-67 lakhs (lower discounts)" vs "Buy the Q5 now for below 60". On balance, we took the latter call.
PS: The X5 DPE deals also tempted us momentarily until we drove it. Way too much for us apart from stretching the budget.