Volkswagen was seen at the Nurburgring testing the Golf R facelift together with its wagon version. VW didn't even bother to cover the updated headlights.
  • kevonmylevel@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I put in a solid effort trying to find a Golf R for MSRP in my area. $10k markups have been the standard, the lowest I saw was $5k. I went with a Integra Type-S and haven’t looked back. A similar thing happened to me when I was hunting for a Focus RS years. Brands just don’t care about building a customer base or creating loyalty

  • OMeSoHawny@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    A Golf R in Canada is like 65K CAD, absolutely horrendous pricing and probably why I never see any of them

  • jvanstone@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Fix the Android Auto and infotainment and this car will be a winner in 5ish years as a used car for me. It’s too expensive new since it’s just a Golf after all, but it’s a badass one and I’d love to have one.

    • maximalx5@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      What’s wrong with Android Auto? It’s been working perfectly for me since day 1 and I never heard any complaints from other owners.

  • duofuzz@alien.top
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    1 year ago

    Everyone complaining about backlit sliders and buttons, no one saying anything about the horrible reliability? Mk8s have been pretty poorly rated even by VW standards, might as well get an Alfa.

    • Morguard@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Do we even have enough data on the reliability yet? I just picked up a 2024 with a 10 year 200,000km warranty.

    • Infinite-EV@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      for whatever reason r/cars has a hard on for VAG products. VWs are notorious for being unreliable but suddenly they’re super reliable and you get downvoted for saying otherwise

    • ausnee@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      The only unreliable thing has been a sensor in the steering wheel, which was largely fixed with the 2023 MY. What else do you consider ‘horrible reliability’?

    • smokeey@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Mechanically speaking there have been literally zero issues. Even the thermostat issues don’t seem to exist anymore.

  • ChafedNinja@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Any chance they change the piano black center console back to matte plastic, like it was in the '22 model year? It was such a cheap move to sneak that into the '23s, and it ruins the whole interior for me.

  • KSoMA@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Not sure why Skoda is allowed to have this awesome triple-knob setup that makes both physical and touchscreen fans happy while VW only makes one knob and only the Tiguan gets it (and this Tiguan probably isn’t even leaving Europe). I don’t think the touchscreen is as bad as people say it is, having test driven a GTI recently, but it definitely would be easier to operate with a few pretty knobs without needing to ruin the minimalist look.

    • Captain_Alaska@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Not sure why Skoda is allowed to have this awesome triple-knob setup

      The Golf-based Octavia does not have knobs.

  • wtfstudios@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m kinda curious if VAG stops pushing towards EVs quite so hard despite their current sentiments similarly to what the US brands such as ford have announced.