Mk7 Golf GTI Discussion Thread

[jrgti]

Yep, sat in one tonight at a dealer. Not convinced that the interior quality is any better than the mk6 gti. Noticed the illuminated door sills, and interior led light. Externally the standard headlights look pretty good. Kind of dissapointed to find so much plastic on the interior of the rear doors whereas in the mk6 you get soft leather like rubber. Steering wheel looks crap as expected. Centre console is slightly higher.
These observations occured at night so I guess I'll have to take a closer look during the day and request a test drive. Sales agent standing outside reckons that the life cycle of the golf gti mk7 is 7 years.....or he could mean Golf's in general??

[DoggieHowser]

Did the Mk6 leather seats come with electric motors on the 5 door? The Mk7 doesn't.

Oh, friend in Singapore said the next batch of GTIs they are getting will come with LED tail lights - the first batch that arrived didn't. Is this the case with Australia?

[elephino]

Did the Mk6 leather seats come with electric motors on the 5 door? The Mk7 doesn't.

Oh, friend in Singapore said the next batch of GTIs they are getting will come with LED tail lights - the first batch that arrived didn't. Is this the case with Australia?

Electric seats were an option in addition to the leather.

[pologti18t]

For the driveaway price I've been quoted $500 more by my dealer than what the vw aus website states (after entering my postcode).
Can anyone explain why this might be?

Did you option metallic paint?

[Finance_Analyst]

Yep, sat in one tonight at a dealer. Not convinced that the interior quality is any better than the mk6 gti. Noticed the illuminated door sills, and interior led light. Externally the standard headlights look pretty good. Kind of dissapointed to find so much plastic on the interior of the rear doors whereas in the mk6 you get soft leather like rubber. Steering wheel looks crap as expected. Centre console is slightly higher.
These observations occured at night so I guess I'll have to take a closer look during the day and request a test drive. Sales agent standing outside reckons that the life cycle of the golf gti mk7 is 7 years.....or he could mean Golf's in general??

Based on past history, no Golf interation has gone 7 years..... As they are mass market, Golfs cannot expect the same life cycle as BMW/Mercedes etc who do 7 year model runs. I think Mk4-Mk6 were all 5 yrs in total?

[irossiter]

The production life of the Mk 5 was cut short because it cost VW too much to build and make money on so the Mk 6 was brought in about 2 years early I think. We should be about 2 years into the Mk 6 now rather than Mk 7. The Mk 6 was a modified 5 to shorten the build and make it cheaper to produce but it also polished an already very good design. Shame it will also be remembered for poor after sales service.

[captainkarisma]

Did you option metallic paint?

I got quoted 52k for GTI with bi-xenons and further 500 for tinting.
Base price was close to 50k drive away.

[Brendan_A]

I got quoted 52k for GTI with bi-xenons and further 500 for tinting.
Base price was close to 50k drive away.

Well I hope they do better than that price, because that's a lot!

[pologti18t]

I got quoted 52k for GTI with bi-xenons and further 500 for tinting.
Base price was close to 50k drive away.

I assume that's a DSG model? Did you get metallic paint?

[spikeyboy22]

I assume that's a DSG model? Did you get metallic paint?

Sounds like retail or very close to it.

[MkVIGTI]

Did the Mk6 leather seats come with electric motors on the 5 door? The Mk7 doesn't.

The Mk6 leather seats came with electric lumbar adjustment. The new Mk7 has manual lumbar adjustment but they made it cheaper at $3,150 instead for $3,300

[spikeyboy22]

The Mk6 leather seats came with electric lumbar adjustment. The new Mk7 has manual lumbar adjustment but they made it cheaper at $3,150 instead for $3,300

Not all leather got the electric, it was a extra option

[captainkarisma]

I assume that's a DSG model? Did you get metallic paint?

Yep with dsg
this was without choosing a colour yet

ill be seeing a few more dealers this weekend as a few of my mates scoffed at that price

[WhiteJames]

Soft Sell -v- Hard Sell

I took the opportunity to view the new Golf 7 GTI. The front bumper treatment makes the front end appear less rounded and droopy ... an improvement on the lesser cheaper Golf's. The 18" wheels fill out the guards nicely, but there is still a bit of a gap between fenders and wheels. The rear and sides of the Golf look sharper. Inside the new Golf 7 GTI sits you much lower than the MK6 with the dash cowl elevated much higher than the MK6 ... almost like your sitting inside a Sirocco. The Golf 7 GTI feels wider, with the floorpan to roof much flatter, again like a Sirocco. You can sense that the wheelbase is longer and the track wider ... this in addition to lower weight should enhance handling prowess and power down. In this respect, the chassis also feels more akin to the Megane RS265 in terms of length/width ... this is a good thing.

The cloth seats are a different material to the cloth in the MK6 GTI, with the Golf 7 GTI appearing to be harder wearing material ... not necessary better, but tougher. The extra pianio plastic in the centre console covering the smaller StaNav system looks a bit cheap ... it's obvious that the dash centre was made for a larger unit, with extra plastic tapering into a smallish SatNav screen. The front seats do feel wider as does the entire vehicle. A bit more room in the rear too. Overall I was excited with what I saw.

The conundrum I face is that I honestly think that the lightest cheaper base manual GTI (standard ed) will be the sweetest handling GTI. The PP GTI in DSG only is the pick for performance, but the mechanical LSD would be notable about 20% of the time. The extra weight of 50kg over the front axle is likely to be noticeable up to 80% of the time in the PP GTI, especially when you're throwing the GTI around like a rage doll.

I had my GTI valued by one of their wholesalers - 21K trade. I asked for the dealers best price on both a std GTI and PP GTI so as I could work out what to ideally ask for on carssales.com re: changeover price. I made an offer of my car + cash which was knocked back. Dealer said that he could not price a PP GTI yet and that a std manual GTI with tint ($695) and adaptive cruise would be $48,700. I said I would expect up to 10% off that price based on the 8-10% discounting or corporate pricing. Dealer said that VW only allowed them to soft sell at rrp at full cost until 15 Oct.

I felt a bit annoyed with both the dealer and Volkswagen Australia based on the fact that when I ask for best price to assist my pricing on carsales.com of my current GTI, no one was interested in taking my offer seriously. Why release a car on 'Soft Sell' for a 2 week period - then open everything up for a 'Hard Sell' with proper discounting. I explained to the dealer that I had purchased two GTI's (MK5 and MK6) from that dealership and that I was local ... didn't make any difference to them ... in fact ... I think the entire sales team has been renewed since I purchased the MK6 3.5 years ago. They did confirm my assertions in their computer. To further compound issues, Volkswagen are unlikely to have my preferred spec anywhere in AUS, so much for bundling options. To add insult to injury ... my preference order would take 6 months ... you have to be joking Volkswagen? I was a bit dejected by the whole experience.

WJ

[Tobes_WIR35]

Went to a launch party at VW tonight. Having already seen them in Germany earlier this year I wasn't as excited as I might otherwise have been. The ones on show didn'thave the 19's or bi xenons, two things which in my opinion really make the car.

Nonetheless, very nice car. I especially like the interior.