MK7 GTI Facelift

[Damion]

Love the lights, front and back look super slick, can't wait to see the R

[fredgroves]

Hmmm the MIB3 unit appears to have lost the rotary inputs, now its buttons on the left (I assume that RHD models won't get a RHD version of the MIB3...). You've also lost all of the hardware buttons for nav/media/phone.

That's retrograde IMHO.

I bloody hate touchscreen nested menus, it takes your eyes off of the road! It's cost saving over driver safety.

The digital dash looks quite good though and I do really like the new lights front and rear.

[Talk-torque]

Fred, maybe there will be more steering wheel button functionality. I'm with you on the touchscreen thing - OK stood still, but I find it hard to make precise inputs, on the move, and it does take your attention fro the road. This sort of thing should be progressing in a safer, easier to use, direction.

[Brenbo]

After watching the latest video link posted on this forum of the black GTI.  I am still not sure about the red stripe around the DRL lights on the headlights of the GTI Mk7.5 .  It looks a bit fussy and overkill to me.  I much prefer the cleaner lines of the current MK7 GTI red stripe.   

[kalimon]

Really don't like the rear indicators or the wheels. Everything else looks different but not necessarily better

[JoeGTI]

Rear lights (the red bits) look a lot like the current Passat actually. I love the Audi-style indicator sweep. I know some people don't though.

[kalimon]

I don't see the point in them, and when I'm stuck behind a new A4, they really bug   

[JoeGTI]

I don't see the point in them, and when I'm stuck behind a new A4, they really bug   

You won't see them from the driver's seat 

There's no great point to them I guess... but anything that draws your attention to warning lights is a good thing. Compare the rear end of our cars at night with that of a MK4 or even a MK5 Golf. Fog lights have almost become redundant as the standard LED's are so bright and clear even in the worst conditions.

[Daz Auto]

Apparently the GTI PP appeared on the Czech website a week ago...

http://cc.porscheinformatik.com/cc-cz/cs_CZ_VW/V/auv/130

My translation from a German forum said the DSG had a Co2 of 160g/km. The current DSG has a Co2 of 145g/km. 

With the current exchange rate the GTI PP is £1,675 more.

[fredgroves]

There are some weird things going on with the CO2 figures.

For example, I thought there used to be a difference on a GTI between 3 door and 5 door emissions figures? (certainly there were for the GTD)

And then, according to the current pre-FL VW UK configurator, a GTI is   148g/km for manual and 145 for DSG but if you add the extra weight and power of the PP it GOES DOWN to 139 for manual and up to 149 for DSG.

That makes no sense!

Well, I guess you can always say "yeah I added some more power to be greener" if you have a manual ;-)

But surely 7 speed DSG is supposed to decrease emissions.... not increase them!