Model year 2019 production to start from week 31 2018

[evo1986]

This is all that's come out so far

Model year 2019 (MY19) production will start from week 31 (Monday 30 July) instead of week 22 this year.

Some engines (listed below) will be removed from ordering with immediate effect because MY18 production capacity has been reached. As part of our ongoing review to reduce the complexity of our product line-up, these engines will not be returning for MY19.

Golf Hatchback

S 1.4 TSI 125PS six-speed manual five-door - BQ12HX
S 1.4 TSI 125PS seven-speed DSG five-door - BQ12HZ
SE 1.4 TSI 125PS six-speed manual five-door - BQ13HX
SE 1.4 TSI 125PS seven-speed DSG five-door - BQ13HZ
SE Nav 1.4 TSI 125PS six-speed manual five-door - BQ13HX
SE Nav 1.4 TSI 125PS seven-speed DSG five-door - BQ13HZ

Golf Estate

S 1.4 TSI 125PS six-speed manual five-door - BV52HX
S 1.4 TSI 125PS seven-speed DSG  five-door - BV52HZ
SE 1.4 TSI 125PS six-speed manual five-door - BV53HX
SE 1.4 TSI 125PS seven-speed DSG five-door - BV53HZ
SE Nav 1.4 TSI 125PS six-speed manual five-door - BV53HX
SE Nav 1.4 TSI 125PS seven-speed DSG five-door - BV53HZ
Alltrack 1.8 TSI 4Motion 180PS six-speed DSG five-door - BV5CZR
Alltrack 2.0 150PS TDI six-speed 4Motion - BV5C6U

Passat Saloon

GT 1.6 TDI 120PS seven-speed DSG four-door - 3G242Z
R-Line 1.8 TSI 180PS seven-speed DSG four-door - 3G23JZ
S 1.6 TDI 120PS seven-speed DSG four-door - 3G222Z
SE Business 1.4 TSI 125PS seven-speed DSG four-door - 3G23BZ
SE Business 1.6 TDI 120PS seven-speed DSG four-door - 3G232Z

Passat Estate

GT 1.6 TDI 120PS seven-speed DSG five-door - 3G542Z
SE Business 1.6 TDI 120PS seven-speed DSG five-door - 3G532Z

Tiguan

SE Nav 1.4 TSI 4Motion 150PS six-speed DSG five-door - AD13NR

Tiguan Allspace

R-Line 2.0 TDI 4Motion 150PS six-speed manual five-door - BW246P
SEL 2.0 TDI 4Motion 150PS six-speed manual five-door - BW246P
SE Nav 2.0 TDI 4Motion 150PS six-speed manual five-door - BW236P

[BobbyT]

Any spec changes to the Golf?

[clidds]

Any update on build week changes? I’ve got a GTI PP on order with an estimated build week of week 32 so I’m keen to find out if there will be any changes?

[evo1986]

As soon as there is some news I will update, trust me.

Worth asking the retailer you ordered it through for them to also update you in case I am on holiday when it happens. That’s if there is any updates 😳

[Maverick88]

I'm just in the process of ordering, please see an excerpt from my transcript today from Live Chat.

Sean
The current lead time on the Golf R is 20 weeks but orders have stopped until August due to order
demand being filled for this year and to also meet with the week 31 specification change and WLTP
emissions change. 17:57

Tony
So does that mean the dealer cannot order the car until August ? 17:58

Sean
They can still take orders but the building process will not take place until August. 17:59

[Guzzle]

Article here about this

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/volkswagen-faces-production-halt-amid-wltp-certification-delays

[BobbyT]

yay petrol DPF's! Glad I got mine before the change 

[Sootchucker]

Yeah, you and me both. After coming from 12 years of diesel engine cars, and the last 7 years with DPF's, it's finally nice to not have to worry about it and take the longer route home each evening just to give the car chance to complete it's regen.

Wonder if the petrol particulate filters need the same care as diesel ones and must be driven for a minimum time to avoid the filter blocking and allow regen ? If they work similar to the diesel ones, I can see a lot of school run and shopping run only cars developing problems real quick.

[ar899]

I do high mileage but want to go petrol to avoid things like DPF........might as well go diesel then

[Sootchucker]

actually since posting above I've been reading up on Gasoline particulate filters (GPF). It seems they will differ considerably from the ones fitted to diesel engines. As petrol engine exhaust temperatures are much higher than diesel, apparently the cars will not need to do active regens as it will regen on the fly as soon as the car is up to temperature, (which is very quickly), and apparently the regens will finish much quicker than on diesel engines. They have basically said it will be pretty transparent to the average driver, and won't actually affect the use and mileage of the car at all.


About the only downside is the extra tech on board (which is something else to go wrong), and I guess there will have to be another price increase to cover the expense of the tech ?