Golf GTE - owners opinions?

Deadwards.com

Hi all,

As the title says really. I am looking at getting a 2015 GTE and wondering what owners opinions are and what to look out for when viewing.

Before you ask, I don't want a fully electric as I live in an apartment and do not have regular enough access to a changing point so I feel the GTE is the best compromise.

Thanks

n97 mini

If you don't have regular access to charging you're probably better off with something else, i.e. not a PHEV. Maybe a regular hybrid or (God forbid) a diesel.

Deadwards.com

n97 mini wrote: »

If you don't have regular access to charging you're probably better off with something else, i.e. not a PHEV. Maybe a regular hybrid or (God forbid) a diesel.

Thanks. Most of my driving is in the Dublin area so diesel is out. Does the GTE not also allow for charging while driving? I like the idea of having a bit of power under the foot (200bhp) when needed so thought this would be a good option.

unkel

Deadwards.com wrote: »

I don't want a fully electric as I live in an apartment and do not have regular enough access to a changing point so I feel the GTE is the best compromise.

The whole point in having a PHEV (over a BEV or a regular hybrid) is that you plug it in all the time. If you have no home and no work charging, I would not go for a PHEV

n97 mini

Deadwards.com wrote: »

Thanks. Most of my driving is in the Dublin area so diesel is out. Does the GTE not also allow for charging while driving? I like the idea of having a bit of power under the foot (200bhp) when needed so thought this would be a good option.

It does, but the energy to move the car is coming entirely from petrol. The idea with a PHEV is that you supplement the expensive petrol with cheap electricity. On petrol alone a PHEV is acting like a hybrid with a very heavy battery.

NBar

can you charge in work and if not are there any on street chargers nearby that you could use near work or near home

User1998

Just posting an owners review here because there is a lack of information about the Golf GTE on boards. I charge the car daily and the range I’m getting now is generally about 30km. (Winter) Its not bad but I’m suffering with range anxiety just constantly watching the kilometres decrease a lot faster than they should. If you run out of electric range it is thirsty around town at 10l/100km. It gets 5l/100km on the motorway. I have mostly been using it in e mode and my long term consumption is 2l/100km. Its plenty fast especially off the line, starts to even out at about 60 k/ph tho but its a very powerful car in GTE mode, and even hybrid mode. I’ve actually rarely been using either tho, the silence of e mode is great, very smooth and somewhat addictive. That being said the transition from electric to hybrid when the engine starts isn’t very noticeable. Very comfortable car too like any golf, and the steering is so light. Looks great too and I’ve recently bought 19 inch Golf R alloys to put on the car. Driver assistance like lane assist, front collision assist and adaptive cruise are all very handy. Its even slammed on the breaks a couple of times for me lol. I’d definitely recommend one but only if your daily commute is within the battery range. It would especially be good for someone with set departure times each morning within the battery range to take advantage of the pre heating etc.

KCross

User1998 wrote: »

If you run out of electric range it is quite thirsty, around 10l/100km. Hybrid mode is better at about 8l/100km..

That can’t be right surely?

Was that calculated over a really short distance?

I’ve driven the Kia Niro PHEV from Dublin to Cork with a dead battery and it managed 5.4l/100km @ 120km/h.... so I find it hard to believe the Golf is that much worse.

User1998

KCross wrote: »

That can’t be right surely?

Was that calculated over a really short distance?

I’ve driven the Kia Niro PHEV from Dublin to Cork with a dead battery and it managed 5.4l/100km @ 120km/h.... so I find it hard to believe the Golf is that much worse.

Should have mentioned its city driving. Thats what I was getting over the few days I had no charger with short commutes. No motorway driving at all. I drove from Birmingham to Holyhead with a dead battery and I was getting 5l/100km @ 130 km/h so similar to you but the fuel economy I was getting while driving with a dead battery over here was shocking.