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Title: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: evo1986 on 13 September 2016, 22:09


Week 45 paint changes

13 September 2016
A number of colours are being removed from ordering

VW1063-16

The following paint colours are being removed from ordering, ahead of week 45 changes to be communicated at the end of September.

Golf and Golf Estate (colours are being replaced for the facelift in Q1 2017) - week 51 end of production (EOP), so last orders in week 43 for:

Z2 Night blue
1k Carbon grey

Golf SV – week 44 end of production, so last orders on Friday 16 September for:

Z1 Limestone grey (is replaced by X3 Indium grey)
Z2 Night blue (is replaced by H7 Atlantic blue)
1K Carbon grey

Passat Saloon and Estate – week 44 end of production, so last orders on Friday 16 September for:

4T Sand gold metallic paint
V9 Habanero orange metallic paint (Alltrack specific)
I9I9 Fortano red (Alltrack specific)
TQ interior trim Natural brown

Please make sure your sales teams and customers are aware.
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: wesbar on 13 September 2016, 22:11
Interesting. No more Carbon Grey. Any more info on what the facelift changes will be?
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: Booth11 on 13 September 2016, 22:17
Do the deletions of the two Golf colours apply to all Golfs including GTD/GTi/R? and the Estate versions?
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: breezasib on 14 September 2016, 06:31
Do the deletions of the two Golf colours apply to all Golfs including GTD/GTi/R? and the Estate versions?

Isn't carbon grey only available on GTI & GTD currently anyway so it must do? Shame, I love CSG!
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: Booth11 on 14 September 2016, 07:22
Do the deletions of the two Golf colours apply to all Golfs including GTD/GTi/R? and the Estate versions?

Isn't carbon grey only available on GTI & GTD currently anyway so it must do? Shame, I love CSG!

Good point. Yeah it is exclusive colour.
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: dippy_x on 14 September 2016, 07:37
I remember when i originally ordered my GTD - CSG wasn't even an available option on the system for some reason.
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: fredgroves on 14 September 2016, 07:47
So that's an official VW communication that says "facelift Q1 2017"

I think that's the news here isn't it? Not the paint colours...
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: JoeGTI on 14 September 2016, 07:52
So that's an official VW communication that says "facelift Q1 2017"

I think that's the news here isn't it? Not the paint colours...

+1. They are clearly scaling back production of the MK7. It's been obvious here in Ireland for ages as they keep throwing extra kit (leather, nav, etc) into the cars at no extra cost.
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: Booth11 on 14 September 2016, 08:35
So that's an official VW communication that says "facelift Q1 2017"

I think that's the news here isn't it? Not the paint colours...

+1. They are clearly scaling back production of the MK7. It's been obvious here in Ireland for ages as they keep throwing extra kit (leather, nav, etc) into the cars at no extra cost.

Yes looks like it.  I'll share on the Rforum.
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: C2K on 14 September 2016, 11:14
Night Blue is a great colour (though not so hot on GTi with the red stripe)!
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: juwivive on 14 September 2016, 11:23
Hmm, my re-ordered car is scheduled for build week 45.  And it's Carbon Grey.  I'm not sure I like the sound of this.
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: Daz Auto on 14 September 2016, 13:15
So that's an official VW communication that says "facelift Q1 2017"

I think that's the news here isn't it? Not the paint colours...
lol... my thoughts exactly!
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: linc-dub on 14 September 2016, 16:47
2 big disappointments of the week - No CSG & No GBBO on BBC1.  Things will never be the same again!
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: Talk-torque on 14 September 2016, 18:25
So that's an official VW communication that says "facelift Q1 2017"

I think that's the news here isn't it? Not the paint colours...
lol... my thoughts exactly!

Think maybe there should have been an embargo on this, rather than just a suggestion "to communicate at the end of September"! Facelifted Golf to be revealed at the Paris Show? Does this make you right all along Daz Auto, or did you just have all the bases covered?  :wink:
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: Daz Auto on 14 September 2016, 21:40
Think maybe there should have been an embargo on this, rather than just a suggestion "to communicate at the end of September"! Facelifted Golf to be revealed at the Paris Show? Does this make you right all along Daz Auto, or did you just have all the bases covered?  :wink:
Looks like you are right. I did not realise that the Frankfurt and Paris shows are year about. There is a Frankfurt show next week, but this year is commercial vehicles. Paris is the one for passenger vehicles.

So the Paris show is 1st -16th October. Another 2 1/2 weeks to wait.
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: Exonian on 15 September 2016, 05:14
Hmm, my re-ordered car is scheduled for build week 45.  And it's Carbon Grey.  I'm not sure I like the sound of this.
Reading between the lines it says you can't order CG but production doesn't end until BW51 so they're still building CG cars already scheduled & you might be lucky to get BW45 spec improvement if they do a run out campaign as a bonus.
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: juwivive on 15 September 2016, 12:59
My worry is that any run-out campaign includes options that I don't want/won't have.  I seem to recall that when the Mark 6 was winding down, they made leather seats standard on GTDs and the like.  Mandatory leather seats would force me to cancel my order.
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: p3asa on 15 September 2016, 13:07
That was going from a Mk6 to Mk7 though.
I reckon a facelift will be different as they will start producing the new look one in January so they will have the 12 weeks from October to January to produce orders that are currently in.

If it was a new model folk would generally hold off from buying so they would need enticement to buy the older model. 
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: GTD1414 on 15 September 2016, 15:23
I reckon the MY16 changes last year (Nav/winter pack/keyless) on the GTI/D was the run-out for the mk7.1

I remember the run-out on the mk6 (leather etc) lasted for about a year?

IIRC you could still order the mk6 GTI ED35 + R whilst the first of the mk7 base models were out?
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: CocoPops on 07 September 2017, 16:46
When do MY18 changes come in?
A similar time to this thread? Mid Sept?
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: fredgroves on 07 September 2017, 16:47
MY18 was from end of May 2017... MY19 will be next May.
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: CocoPops on 07 September 2017, 16:52
OK, thanks.

This must have been a once off mid year?
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: davyk31 on 07 September 2017, 19:59
This was due to the launch of the facelift in early 2017.
Title: Re: Week 45 paint changes
Post by: Mark V GTD on 07 September 2017, 22:18
VW normally introduce specification changes each year during production week 45 - sometimes minor and sometimes major.