The new Golf R

[Captain_Kirk]

https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com...rful-series-production-golf-of-all-times-6584

 

[vb22]

2022 VW Golf GTI Debuts In America For $29,545, Golf R Costs $43,645
https://www.motor1.com/news/520171/vw-gti-golf-r-pricing/

 

[240SX]

 

[therumblewagon]

Bumping an old thread, but there’s a VW dealership right by Nissan so opted to swing by since they got a new GTI in stock. Said it’s only one, floor model only after I asked if they’re selling it/allowing test drives but he could “see what he could do” if I was serious.

No word of when R arrives, but it’s an Autobahn edition and they have 8k tacked on for “market adjustment.” Sticker price nearly 50k. Almost hit the floor in shock.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

 

[Z_Coastal]

Golf R is on my shortlist!

 

[jdm-rhd]

"market adjustment" lololol ?
love it! you know a committee sat around a boardroom for hours on end trying to come up with that.

boss: we need a term for ripping off customers without it sounding like we're ripping them off...got any ideas?

 

[Haste]

"market adjustment" lololol ?
love it! you know a committee sat around a boardroom for hours on end trying to come up with that.

boss: we need a term for ripping off customers without it sounding like we're ripping them off...got any ideas?

?

My dad just got in a bad accident that totaled his '14 Silverado. He went to Ford to look at a new F150 and the sheet he sent me just said, "Market Adjusted Retail Price", with a price around $65k. It didn't break out MSRP or ADM. I built the same truck online for around $55k. Realistically they are tacking on around $10k in ADM but are doing their best to hide that fact from people who don't know any better. OTD it was pushing damn near $70k. He ended up getting a '22 Silverado from an "honest" dealership for around $50k at 0% for 36 months and didn't pay a dime in ADM from what I could tell.

 

[supraboi]

 

[therumblewagon]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/this-vw-golf-generation-might-be-the-last-one-says-vw-brand-ceo

 

[therumblewagon]

VW, having issues with the haptic buttons in the new GTI/R?! Who could have seen that coming

https://www.autoblog.com/2022/08/08/2022-vw-golf-r-gti-recall-sunroof/

 

[siggy]

VW, having issues with the haptic buttons in the new GTI/R?! Who could have seen that coming

https://www.autoblog.com/2022/08/08/2022-vw-golf-r-gti-recall-sunroof/

Epic fail on the interior of these new vdubs

 

[therumblewagon]

Epic fail on the interior of these new vdubs

Which is such a bummer, because they sound like a lot of fun to drive. Paired with the news that this may be the last generation of Golf, I don't know if we'll see a revamped interior or not. Can't imagine a mid-cycle refresh would go that far.

 

[takemorepills]

VW, having issues with the haptic buttons in the new GTI/R?! Who could have seen that coming

https://www.autoblog.com/2022/08/08/2022-vw-golf-r-gti-recall-sunroof/

Epic fail on the interior of these new vdubs

Which is such a bummer, because they sound like a lot of fun to drive. Paired with the news that this may be the last generation of Golf, I don't know if we'll see a revamped interior or not. Can't imagine a mid-cycle refresh would go that far.

I loved my Mk7, 2016 when the interiors were full of backlit buttons and well lit nooks and crannies. After 2017 VW began removing the lighting.

I would have been so open to getting a Mk8, hoping VW went back to "mini-Audi" content, but once I saw the haptics, lack of real buttons and the hard plastic dash.....ooof. A Civic or Corolla hatchback is now more lux.

 

[therumblewagon]

Woohoo!

https://www.thedrive.com/news/vw-brings-back-steering-wheel-buttons-after-many-customers-complain

Maybe this will help make the GTI/R a contender again - I thought about them both for a hot minute, but the interior UI/UX leaves...so much to be desired.