Mk7 Golf GTD

[Ryan_R]

I know someone who has a Nissan Xtrail that is a manual turbo-diesel... if you'd call that a 'passenger car'.

[pologti18t]

Not sure if this has been shown yet.... GTI vs GTD drag

[Sootchucker]

Just received mine here in the UK


DSC_0976 by Sootchucker, on Flickr


DSC_0971 by Sootchucker, on Flickr


DSC_0974 by Sootchucker, on Flickr

Absolute stellar car !

[AdamD]

Looks great Sootchucker!

[stickshift3000]

Currently you cannot buy a single passenger vehicle in diesel with a manual gearbox, sad really.

Honda civic dti-s.

[pologti18t]

Honda civic dti-s.

Mazda 3 is still available with diesel and manual.

[Ideo]

This is exactly how i feel, at this stage I'm too much of a student to buy a mkVII but when the time comes, i want to be able to get a Diesel Manual.

Currently you cannot buy a single passenger vehicle in diesel with a manual gearbox, sad really.

Not really true...

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[polski_ogurek]

This is exactly how i feel, at this stage I'm too much of a student to buy a mkVII but when the time comes, i want to be able to get a Diesel Manual.

Currently you cannot buy a single passenger vehicle in diesel with a manual gearbox, sad really.

I was referring to the VW line-up(assumed i didnt need to mention that, considering the whole thread is about VWs), personally, i wouldn't buy most of the cars you all mentioned for various reasons. but each to their own i guess.

[REGS12]

Received news today which was a huge disappointment to me that the Golf GTD has been discontinued from the range and that It would not be carried over to the mk 7 range. That came from both Sydney and Geelong.
Will need to adjust my plans now. I'm a little shell-shocked, because there was never another option other than updating our mk 6 to a mk 7. Bugger.

[LunchboxVRS]

Received news today which was a huge disappointment to me that the Golf GTD has been discontinued from the range and that It would not be carried over to the mk 7 range. That came from both Sydney and Geelong.
Will need to adjust my plans now. I'm a little shell-shocked, because there was never another option other than updating our mk 6 to a mk 7. Bugger.

Did you not see the pictures above. There is a mk7 golf GTD. Wether it will get to aus is the question

[tigger73]

Received news today which was a huge disappointment to me that the Golf GTD has been discontinued from the range and that It would not be carried over to the mk 7 range. That came from both Sydney and Geelong.
Will need to adjust my plans now. I'm a little shell-shocked, because there was never another option other than updating our mk 6 to a mk 7. Bugger.

Don't believe everything you hear especially from dealers. I had one tell me they had no idea when the new model was coming out and they had the new cars around the back in their holding yard.

I guess the guy was "technically" correct as he didn't know when they were going to be "released". But from a customer perspective quite deceptive and just looking to make sales on what they have available today.

Still if you're not in a hurry I'd give it 12 months and then expect to see the GTD arrive here. GTI is here now so Golf R will be first quarter then GTD about 3-6 months after that is my guess.

Keep it staggered out and have people flocking back to the showrooms with the launch of each model/variant. If they launched them all at once they would have nothing to tell people about until the Mk8.

[REGS12]

Lunchbox,
I was referring to Australia. We're all aware of mk 7 GTD.

[spikeyboy22]

Volkswagen to look at hot diesel Golf and three-door GTI as limited-run specials
By BYRON MATHIOUDAKIS
VOLKSWAGEN is still contemplating launching the new-generation Golf GTD performance diesel model in Australia, as well as the three-door GTI.
But these niche vehicles may still be upwards of 12 months away, as the company will not commit to them as permanent members of the Golf club after very limited sales of the previous- generation versions.
The GTI three-door in particular struggled to account for more than five per cent of total Golf volume, despite being keenly priced at $38,990, compared to its more expensive five-door sibling.
In the interim, Volkswagen will concentrate on establishing the completely redesigned GTI five- door, as well as its higher-output GTI Performance and the flagship Golf R 4Motion all-wheel-drive models that
will follow during 2014.
Speaking at the Mk7 Golf GTI five-
door launch in Tasmania last week, Volkswagen Group Australia managing director John White revealed that fans of both the GTD and three-door iterations should not lose hope, particularly if there is enough groundswell demand for them in their new seventh-generation guise.
“Right now it is not on the plan for the GTD,” he said. “The jury is still out about what the potential opportunity is with the car in this market, but currently there are no immediate plans.
“(However) it doesn’t stop us considering it as a special-edition model for later on, but in the same way we may want to consider the three-door GTI as a special-edition example.
“But to have it in the line-up based
GTD
on the sales result of the previous generation, it is not something that we are going to bring in as a permanent staple in our line-up.
“It’s not out of the question, but we were looking at about a five per cent installation rate on the previous- generation (GTI three-door). It does give you a lower entry price point, obviously, and that will appeal to certain numbers of our clients.
“But we are going to focus on the five-door right now. We will only bring in the others once we evaluate demand from dealers and from our customers.
“I don’t want to discount it as a now- or-never (proposition) ... but we are trying to keep the line-up as simple as possible. That won’t appease everyone.

[tonymy01]

Disappointing still. The GTD is a worthy vehicle in their line up. After driving a TDI, or whatever it is called,I was blown away by the low RPM grunt, would give my car a run for its money at a 0-80km/hr traffic light drag I think, so the gtd is that much nicer& subtle power boost over TDI.

[ecka]

At the dealer yesterday talking about GTI. Asked about when/if GTD coming to Aust.

His response was its not coming, citing petrol GTI has now had significant upgrade to torque and a corresponding reduction in fuel consumption to nearly that of a diesel engine so they would not be offered/released in Australia. Simplifying their range.

Bad news for the moment.

Lets hope they change their mind in the future.