Mark 8. Gtd info

[Ubique]

GTD now on the UK configurator

[Guzzle]

Good spot!

Brochure updated too. Spec exactly the same as GTi except wheel design and grey/silver accents instead of red. As expected no manual gearbox available.

[ar899]

Why 'as expected'?

[Guzzle]

Mk7 GTD lost the manual gearbox option some time ago and VW is slowly eroding the number of cars it offers with a manual box. Even the 150ps diesel is dsg only in the Mk8.

[fredgroves]

It's all to do with the wltp testing for manual gearboxes....it always comes out worse than the auto, which drags down vag's emissions figures which at some point is likely to cost them billions in euros as fines...

[Wide]

Many people still buy the GTD in the UK?. Sweden will not for the first time not sell the GTD at all, no customers is interested in diesel anymore. 

[ar899]

Ok thanks, understood. Shame, as the golf ball nawb was 'iconic' (whatever that means...….). Mind you, the golf ball seems to have half gone in the Mk 8 manual GTI anyway.

[fredgroves]

I don't know about the current situation with gtd's but with the mk7 they sold far more than R's and gti's put together.

It was partly to do with company car tax rules but also generally the UK government had massively encouraged everyone to buy oil burners to reduce Co2 emissions. They technically weren't wrong to do so either. We're only where we are now on opinion on diesel because of various people making noise about it. Euro 6 oil burners are perfectly clean.

[Guzzle]

They're still quite a bit more economical than the GTi and a few grand cheaper to buy than both the GTi and the GTE.

They're a bit further away from the £40k luxury VED band too.

[Wide]

They're still quite a bit more economical than the GTi and a few grand cheaper to buy than both the GTi and the GTE.

They're a bit further away from the £40k luxury VED band too.

Cheaper the GTD?, in Germany the GTI is cheaper than the GTD... .

Think we in Sweden have the Cheapest Mk8 GTi in Europe, 31 000 Pounds ( and probably 8% of that in discount ), and it is loaded with option from start...Pretty Crazy