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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Sootchucker on 08 May 2013, 07:55
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Hi all, just noticed a weird anomaly on the data for the GTD (see below)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7406/8720022908_b9e1bc23b5_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58190042@N03/8720022908/)
GTD Figures (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58190042@N03/8720022908/) by Sootchucker (http://www.flickr.com/people/58190042@N03/), on Flickr
Why is it that for a manual car, the Fuel consumption and Co figures remain the same whether it's a 3 door or 5 door, but on the DSG models, the addition of 2 rear doors takes nearly 3 mpg and increases the Co by 3 g/km ?
Surely if the 5 door was heavier, the manual figures would be different as well ?
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Well spotted Mr Eagle Eye. I noticed this too. It can't be a mistake as the road tax band backs those figures up. If you look in the latest price list it says:
GTD Manual 3 Door - VED Band B, 109 Co2 g/km, £20
GTD Manual 5 Door - VED Band B, 109 Co2 g/km, £20
GTD DSG 3 Door - VED Band C, 119 Co2 g/km, £30
GTD DSG 5 Door - VED Band D, 122 Co2 g/km, £105
What you've pointed out it seems very strange as the 5 door manual doesn't push out more Co2 or use any more fuel - but in DSG guise it does.
I'm just glad I've slipped into VED Band C as its quite a saving, £0 first year and then only £30 per year for such a powerful car seems hard to believe.
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I aked VW this about 3 weeks ago as it will affect my Dad. His and my GTDs are identical except his is DSG and he'll be paying £85 a year more road tax than me. They didn't know, but the higher consumption ties in with the higher CO2 rating, so it doesn't appear to be a typo.
The back doors are thirsty with DSG, I haven't figured out why and neither has VW UK. Maybe the back doors have their own climate control system built into them with DSG :shocked:
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I'm just glad I've slipped into VED Band C as its quite a saving, £0 first year and then only £30 per year for such a powerful car seems hard to believe.
My MK6 Golf is the lowest spec you could buy with the old 80hp 1.4 :sick: and it's road tax is higher than my new 230hp GTI :grin:
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It's not that the road tax on mine will be £75 higher than the 3 door, as in the grand scheme of things, it's a tank full of diesel a year, it's just that I don't' understand why the 5 door's figures are different. Unless when they were testing it they had the rear doors wide open like an air brake and that increased drag and therefore fuel consumption :laugh: :laugh:
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Only real reason I could see for it would be perhaps a few gear ratio changes in the DSG box on a 5 door model - but that seems crazy.
There aren't many cars in the VW range that are available in both 3 doors and 5 doors, but on the Polo there are no 3/5 door CO2/economy figure differences at all. Funnily enough though, a 90PS 1.6TDI Polo has a higher CO2 output than a manual GTD (presumably due to losing 6th gear economy).