2018 EOFYS sports car bargains

If there is a time to bargain hard for the sports car you’ve always wanted, the Friday eve of June 30 is always the time to do it.

For this first instalment of new sports car bargains we look at the A-to-Z – or, Audi-to-Volkswagen – of End Of Financial Year Sale (EOFYS) offers.

Audi and BMW have converged to a ‘savings equal to the GST’ offer, which has to be one of the trickiest deals to understand. That’s because you can’t simply wipe 10 per cent off the purchase price, but rather the GST component of the recommended retail price (RRP) and dealer delivery – but not the government, stamp duty, rego and Luxury Car Tax (LCT) bit.

Got it? Good. Audi excludes S, RS and R8 models from the deal – boo, hiss! – but an A3 2.0TFSI Sportback quattro is still good for a 6.8-second 0-100km/h. It has a $50K RRP or $52,800 with a dealer’s carwash (erm, delivery).

Without GST it’s $48,000, then, because plus GST is $4800 for a $52,800 total. Add $2800 in government charges and it’s $50,800 driveaway – this is a really, really round-a-bout way of chucking on-roads in for $800…

A TT 2.0 TFSI manual Sport costs $74,700 RRP, or minus $7100 for GST, bringing it to $71,100 plus on-roads. Add those and LCT, and it adds $4762.60 for $75,853 driveaway.

BMW includes all models, so an M2 Pure manual at $93,300 RRP becomes about $82,075 once GST and also in this case dealer delivery is excluded, for a $8207.50 saving. But then add $12,639.40 in on-roads plus dealer delivery and it sweeps back to $94,714 driveaway – essentially with on-roads included.

Alfa Romeo will extend the Giulia Veloce and QV warranty to five years, with roadside assistance over that period plus three years’ free scheduled servicing.

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Jaguar and Land Rover are offering the same warranty extension but with five years’ free scheduled servicing. On an XE 30t that saves $1700 right up until 96,000km as well. Meanwhile, buy an MY17 Range Rover Sport or Evoque, and you’ll nab 100,000 Qantas frequent-flyer points.

Back to the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) group, and the Abarth 124 Spider is going for $42,950 driveaway, just $960 over its recommended retail price. And the Chrysler 300 SRT Core will attempt to sweep up Commodore SS V Redline buyers with a $65,000 driveaway offer with free sunroof and navigation package.

That’s the usual retail price before on-road costs and options, and for context Kia isn’t doing any deals on the $59,990 (plus orc) Stinger GT that equates to $65,196 driveaway. That’s not all, though, because existing Chrysler buyers nab another $1000 off and anyone and everyone can nab a 1.9% finance offer.

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Speaking of which, Nissan will do 1% finance even on new or demonstrator 370Z and GT-R models over a three-year loan, Skoda will nab you 1.9% on 2017-build Octavia RS, and Ford will do 2.99% finance on MY17 Mustang (with a 10% deposit).

Other deals at the top-end include Maserati Ghibli, which gets a $20K GranSport pack thrown into the $143,990 (plus orc) 257kW/500Nm 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6 petrol model, with 20s, upgraded brakes, adaptive suspension, carbon trim, front spoiler, rear diffuser and leather sports seats, for $154,990 driveaway.

Otherwise, affordable sporty models round out the sale items: including Clio RS for $29,990 driveaway with $500 cashback, down from $30,990 plus on-road costs; the Mazda3 SP25 GT warm hatch at $29,990 with free driveaway pricing; its Holden Astra RS rival at $25,990 driveaway plus $500 cashback, down from $26,240 plus on-roads; and Mini Cooper S with free leather, 18s, metallic paint and bonnet stripes, but sadly sans driveaway deals.

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Holden will also wipe another $1000 off the launch price of the Commodore RS V6, now $41,490 driveaway. And Volkswagen is continuing its amazing $1K-for-driveaway pricing on Golf GTI Original (last of the manuals at $38,490 driveaway) and Golf R Grid (likewise the last sporty manual from the brand at $48,490 driveaway). They really are beaut offers.

Stay tuned for more performance car bargains next week!

*Sydney prices used for driveaway calculations. Figures may vary from state to state.