Correct.
But my comparison is for 3 cars with the same engine and gearbox.
There will be spec differences, I know there were when I bought my Leon but the £5000 extra for a Golf that was mechanically identical was a non starter especially when the Leon had all the kit I wanted.
Everybody is different and we all have to make our own decisions.
But buying a manual petrol A3 because its cheaper than an auto diesel Leon does not make sense because you are not comparing like for like cars. The Audi A3 S-Line 150 TDi with DSG at my brokers is £24647 wheras the
Leon SC FR 150 TDI DSG is £19249 after the
PCP contribution. That is over £5000 less and with the higher % on the Audi
PCP I just cannot see how the Audi is cheaper.
The decision made by Psyman79 appears to have been based on the fact that he got a manual A3 petrol cheaper than he could get an auto Leon Diesel. If you take off the £2000 equity given to Psyman79 by Audi from my brokers price its £19170 for the manual A3, £79 less than my brokers price for the auto Leon Diesel thus Psyman79 appears to be correct.
But £19170 is still £2826 more than the price for a manual
Leon SC TSi 140. And the Audi has a higher
PCP rate.
Even with the £2500 additional residual for the Audi its still £326 dearer.
Close but not cheaper.