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That sounds extremely high for what it is. The second-hand car market has probably gone insane over there as well though

Here in Australia I bought a 6 year old Citroen DS3 for about EUR 5.5k, and it had around 60k km on it. Now I was looking at ~3 year old Golf GTI/R, and you can get them for about a 5% discount over buying a brand new one... Why.



The old one was mk7 and the new one mk8? That would explain things.


This was at the end of 2021 or beginning of 2022, so the Mk8 wasn't out yet. Mk 8 models are also a bit more expensive, so the discrepancy would be a bit better in that case, I would imagine. Out of curiosity, are the Mk8s not too well received, or are Mk7s preferred?

I don't mind the change, but my current car works and I might as well hold out for an EV like Cupra Born or Peugeot e-208 personally.


Mk8 is a great car IF you don't mind touch screens and touch controls for everything instead of traditional rotating knobs and buttons.

Unfortunately, a lot of people can't get over this change, so the Mk7 is considered a "peak GTI".




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