Golf 8.5 - you saw it here first!

[Exonian]

I see a good few mk8 GTD’s around. In rural areas they make a lot of sense and it’s such a shame Diesels have been demonised out of production across the board.

[Guzzle]

Have VW officially said the GTD is gone or are we just surmising?

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/golf/362087/new-2024-volkswagen-golf-facelift-arrives-updated-styling-and-improved-tech

but as yet there’s no word on if the diesel GTD hot hatch will make a return.

[SRGTD]

Have VW officially said the GTD is gone or are we just surmising?

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/golf/362087/new-2024-volkswagen-golf-facelift-arrives-updated-styling-and-improved-tech

but as yet there’s no word on if the diesel GTD hot hatch will make a return.

According to the CarDealer Magazine article at the link posted by @jon87 in reply #238 of this discussion topic yes, the GTD has been discontinued - to quote from said article;

’The sporty GTD diesel model has also been discontinued because of falling demand’.

[Guzzle]

Have VW officially said the GTD is gone or are we just surmising?

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/golf/362087/new-2024-volkswagen-golf-facelift-arrives-updated-styling-and-improved-tech

but as yet there’s no word on if the diesel GTD hot hatch will make a return.

According to the CarDealer Magazine article at the link posted by @jon87 in reply #238 of this discussion topic yes, the GTD has been discontinued - to quote from said article;

’The sporty GTD diesel model has also been discontinued because of falling demand’.

Yeah I saw that, I meant official confirmation from VW.

[fredgroves]

Yeah I saw that, I meant official confirmation from VW.

I think its more that its simply not mentioned at all in the mk8.5 marketing statements.

They've not specifically said "and the GTD is not going to be a mk8.5"

Every other model is mentioned. I'm not even sure if there are any oil burners across the range... probably a casualty of both the diesel hate campaign and VW not wanting to have to put more stuff through engineering/test for WLTP and emissions.

[Dogman12]

German configurator is opened - https://www.volkswagen.de/de/konfigurator.html/__app/der-neue-golf-2024.app?---=%7B%22configuration-step-navigation-service%22%3A%22%2F%3FconfigStep%3D%257B%2522context%2522%253A%252230602-34425-Golf%2522%252C%2522selectedStep%2522%253A%2522trim%2522%257D%22%7D

Some things I noticed:

Not all colours are available so far (no red, new crystal blue, etc).

Not all engines are available (expected).
 
13inch display is standard for all trims as of now (that may change moving forward).

Fair price for the Area View Camera (390 EUR).

Looks like lightened logo will come standard with IQ light optics.

DCC is the same as it was. (no DCC PRO as in the other new models).

GTI & GTE will come later in Q2.