As my personal GTI is powered by gasoline, you might think this will be the first Volkswagen story you read in the last three months that do not mention Dieselgate.
you'd be wrong.
When Volkswagen admitted that their rigging scandal issue beyond diesel - that there were "irregularities" with the CO2 emissions reported on some of their vehicles gas in Europe - I became a bit nervous. After all, my six-speed manual GTI zips to 60 mph in 5.75 seconds, hit 106 mph in third gear, has a top speed of 152 mph, yet gets over 30 mpg. Is it really possible in a car with a 210-horsepower motor and own exhaust? I feared that I would receive a letter like Volkswagen:
Your 2015 GTI has been identified as a minor need changes its engine and the transmission system to meet EPA CARB standards. Some owners may notice a slight performance after the turbocharger is removed, but you get to keep the cool wheels and GTI badges so that nobody will notice. Until your appointment, Please do not let your car to idle for long periods time near small children or pets.
There is no fun to be a Volkswagen car owner now. I had two friends look at my car and say, "This is not a diesel, is it? HAR-HAR! "But again, I'm in the auto journo biz and devour every story about the scandal. Perhaps most Volkswagen owners with gas engines have no such worries.
This two-door 2015 model "S" is the least expensive GTI available with an MSRP of $ 25.605 If you want leather, sunroof or navigation, you must opt for the Autobahn model -.. then the price $ tops 30,000 in strange world of Volkswagen option and trim packages, only the base model includes inside tartan plaid fabric in cool, one of the GTI signature characteristics.
I hate to sound like all other auto writers drooling on the GTI, but the small sedan 210 horses is an amazing combination of performance and functionality. My wife and I made 800 days mile in the car in total comfort with nary a complaint our back. with the rear seats folded, we can transport almost all our midsize SUV can, so we have more driving to Lowe while watching a fuel economy screen reports 17 mpg. Racing up and down the winding Catalina Highway to Mount Lemmon in the GTI is a hoot, even when the door is packed with gardening tools.
The gearshift GTI is EPA rated at 25 mpg city and 34 mpg highway. After 10,150 miles, we averaged 31.1 mpg with 70 percent of our driving past on the road, generally 5 to 10 mph over the speed limit. In 100 percent local control, we see around 27 mpg.
In my first report in the long term, I note a certain clunkiness in transmission. Coming out of a Honda S00, I knew that no other transmission may be up to its manual six-speed smooth, but there was definitely something wrong with 5-6 Changes in the GTI. Fortunately, the transmission must have just needed break because the issue disappeared about 5000 miles. the driver's seat belt recalcitrant also seemed set.
Living in Tucson with its terrible roads, I thought we were going to see squeaks and rattles induced potholes-now, but the GTI is as strong as the first day. There are some imperfections in the paint and the car seems much more sensitive to pick up paint chips as our other vehicles, but
There is a fly in infotainment. The iPod interface often has a mind of its own. Initially, I had zero connectivity and had to replace the dead owner VW MDI cable. Now, it defaults to the first song alphabetically in the camera when the system restarts, no matter what song was playing when I turned off last. So I had to listen to the opening bars of "Adios Mexico" about a hundred times. Bluetooth works perfectly on all our phones and devices.
In the recent 2016 GTI, Volkswagen could have solved this problem with the addition of a new infotainment center with a universal USB connectivity with a larger 6.5-inch touch screen and standard backup camera. Another change for 2016 is an upgrade of the assistance package to optional driver to include monitoring of the blind spot and parking assistance. VW GTI 2016 increased between $ 0 price $ 210, depending on trim. It is also committed to increasing the availability of the hot hatch in 2016.
In November, Volkswagen offered its US dealers $ 2,000 "Do not Panic, it will blow over "loyalty incentive on all models. While the GTI was shortage Volkswagen dealers were selling fear at the time and did the money trunk directly to their eligible customers. You might find 2015 "S" models like mine with an MSRP of $ 25.605 announced in the low $ 22,000 range, a huge deal. (Although, here in Arizona, the actual asking price would be about $ 2,000 more after adding the fees of $ 499 for documentation, a "Desert Protection package," nitrogen-infused tires and other unnecessary elements for to block the negotiating process. Perhaps a positive side of the scandal emission may be some crappy Volkswagen dealers will disappear)
one might think that the bad publicity combined with the incentive offer would remove the resale value of GTIs -.. but that does not seem to be the case A look at Autotrader shows that the mine would probably look around $ 21,000 This is not too bad after eight. months and 10,000 miles. Manheim recent reports show big auction in 2015 GTIs in fair condition above bring between $ 19,800 and $ 24,570, those higher prices being upscale SE and Autobahn editions.
suffers as Volkswagen, GTI maintains weld along as one of the best, all-around sports car values there. It would be a shame if the current crisis of society would somehow affect the content or the future of this fun vehicle.
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