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The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

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  • #8912
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,924 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Lads, look at T-roc. Those are now very plasticy inside too. So it looks like other VW brands trying to go up-market and VW started to cut corners.
    I guess they are putting all those screens and stuff instead and trying to keep price similar to old model as much as they can.


  • #8913
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,538 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    What's amusing is that the new Octavia which is perceived as a "cheaper" Golf will come with gas struts.


  • #8914
    Killinator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭Killinator


    Seen a dealer advertising a standard new golf, Laharts in Kilkenny.

    A sorry looking yoke it was. And whoever is in charge of designing wheels at VW needs to be handed their P45 because the standard spec one had alloys that look liked they were trying to look like hub caps!


  • #8915
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,538 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Base models are always made to look "lesser" than higher trim models because they are cheaper and to encourage customers to opt for the higher more expensive trim. Look at a pre 152 base model Mk7 and you will see an even worse baron yoke. Same with a pre 152 base GTi - 17" alloys, halogen headlights, etc.


  • #8916
    Oafley Jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,545 ✭✭✭Oafley Jones


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    Lads, look at T-roc. Those are now very plasticy inside too. So it looks like other VW brands trying to go up-market and VW started to cut corners.
    I guess they are putting all those screens and stuff instead and trying to keep price similar to old model as much as they can.

    I was wandering around the VW showroom (while waiting for my car) and I was struck by how poor the interior quality of the offerings were there; particularly the fabric seats of the T-roc which looks absolutely awful. They were like something from the early 90s. There wasn't a single car there that I would want to buy. It's not like they're cheap either. It nearly undid all the good work of having a loan of a PHEV passat.


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  • #8917
    Technique
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,413 ✭✭✭Technique


    If you think that the new Golf looks bad, you should go on some of the BMW forums and see people losing their sh$t over the new 4 series


  • #8918
    Wailin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,444 ✭✭✭Wailin


    Technique wrote: »
    If you think that the new Golf looks bad, you should go on some of the BMW forums and see people losing their sh$t over the new 4 series

    How is that even possible? It hasn't been unveiled yet . No photos have been leaked apart from the concept car a few months ago which will look nothing like the actual production model.


  • #8919
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,023 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Golf R spotted without camouflage https://www.motor1.com/news/401394/vw-golf-r-spied-no-camo/
    Front bumper looks like the one off the new s3


  • #8920
    Logan Roy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭Logan Roy


    That actually looks quite cool


  • #8921
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,909 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    Golf R spotted without camouflage https://www.motor1.com/news/401394/vw-golf-r-spied-no-camo/
    Front bumper looks like the one off the new s3

    Is the bonnet open in that pic?


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  • #8922
    SaintsYB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 385 ✭✭SaintsYB


    Wailin wrote: »
    How is that even possible? It hasn't been unveiled yet . No photos have been leaked apart from the concept car a few months ago which will look nothing like the actual production model.

    There have been plenty of leaked photos of the new M3 which will have the same grille as the new 4 Series. It's also been spotted out testing and can be seen to have the same grille as the leaked M3 pictures.

    The grille on the 4 Series though has grown on me and looks miles better than the new 1 Series grille in my opinion.


  • #8923
    Slippin Jimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,030 ✭✭✭Slippin Jimmy


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    Is the bonnet open in that pic?

    It looks to be.


  • #8924
    Killinator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭Killinator


    I presume that black one in the link (with bonnet slightly open) is not the R Mk8, just some test mule or something.
    It would be pretty much indistinguishable between the the GT variants if that were the case (apart from Pretorias and quad exhaust tips) and the R has always had a different body kit to the GTs
    The white one below is probably closer to the mark.


  • #8925
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    I always love a Grey Golf.

    We got in the new Mk8 in Doplhin grey and it’s absolutely god awful. Looks like the Urano Grey non metallic


  • #8926
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,023 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Is that the chabby chic grey the 1st cousin of the moonstone grey, girls love it the Mrs bought a kettle that colour.
    What we've seen of the mk8 so far colour is going to be critical along with some lowering spring.


  • #8927
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    No that’s Moonstone.

    This is a metallic Grey which is horrible


  • #8928
    seantobin43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭seantobin43


    Do we have any idea when the GTI will be on the market in Ireland? I see the standard golf 8 official is open for orders today!!!


  • #8929
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,479 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    I see the cost of the Style 1.5 eTSI 150hp is €34,350. When you consider the standard spec now has LED, keyless, bigger infotainment and lane assist the price doesn't seem too bad. Cheaper than the outgoing MK7.5 with the same spec.

    Then you have MHEV, quilt stitching, 3 zone climate, better ambient lighting etc. Not cheap, sure, but there's an extra spec just below the Style along with the 130hp 1.5 and 110hp 1.0.

    It's starting to grow on me. I wonder will they bother trying to push DSG now that it's mild hybrid.


  • #8930
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,728 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    DaveyDave wrote: »
    I see the cost of the Style 1.5 eTSI 150hp is €34,350. ............

    Seems expensive when a 150bhp A4 (that's a 2.0 engine) can be got for €40,520.00, spec would be not great admittedly.


  • #8931
    kooga
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,914 ✭✭✭kooga


    finally

    although the R line spec is in addition to the life spec rather than an upgrade on style - unlike before when r line was above high line.

    this allows customers the choice at the top of the range - a sport spec or a comfort spec.

    at lesat now the R line spec in Irl is on a par with the rest of europe as we get the interior upgrade as well rather than in the previous model when it was just a partial body kit - although i think an r line with the side skirts and body kit is lost on 17 inch alloys

    in addition sports suspension is an option on the R Line


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  • #8932
    Pacifico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭Pacifico


    Horrendous looking! Will be keeping my MK7.5 for a while...


  • #8933
    tossy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,597 ✭✭✭tossy


    That PDF won't open for me.


  • #8934
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,728 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    tossy wrote: »
    That PDF won't open for me.

    Opened for me but pdfs can be very strange, my easytrip bill won't open somedays on work laptop but opens on the phone.


  • #8935
    dastardly00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,559 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    tossy wrote: »
    That PDF won't open for me.

    Downloaded and opened for me fine


  • #8936
    Comhrá
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,138 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    tossy wrote: »
    That PDF won't open for me.

    Check your download folder....I found pdf files download when I click on links here on Boards.


  • #8937
    Eire-Dearg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,900 ✭✭✭Eire-Dearg


    I like it, but whoever's designing the alloys needs the P45.


  • #8938
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,479 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    Augeo wrote: »
    Seems expensive when a 150bhp A4 (that's a 2.0 engine) can be got for €40,520.00, spec would be not great admittedly.

    Big difference between €34k and €40k though.


  • #8939
    hooch-85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,902 ✭✭✭hooch-85


    Random one - I just checked the VRT on a Golf R the same spec as my own (151/manual/ 60k miles) and it's gone up nearly €500 since December and as far as I know that doesn't include nox? Thought it would be coming down but they seem to have adjusted the omsp upwards. Good for used values here I guess.


  • #8940
    elbyrneo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 551 ✭✭✭elbyrneo


    DaveyDave wrote: »
    Big difference between €34k and €40k though.

    Yep, bout 6k by my reckoning


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  • #8941
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,538 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Might interest someone in the market for a Cupra:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GiEXUjXx6g


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