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Model specific boards => Golf mk8 => Topic started by: evo1986 on 11 October 2023, 22:43
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The panoramic sunroof (PR PS1) option will be removed from selected Golf Hatch models from Thursday 12 October 2023 for the following derivatives:
GTI
GTD
Black Edition
R-Line
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Chasing CO2 emmissions I'd guess...
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Chasing CO2 emmissions I'd guess...
Cutting costs again more likely. Charge more and take more stuff away seems to be the vag way atm
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Cutting costs again more likely. Charge more and take more stuff away seems to be the vag way atm
Is everyone’s way, but the sunroof was always a cost option, so not like it makes the base car any less well equipped. I’d imagine it’s more likely emissions as suggested above, or supply chain issues. The reason the cars are getting more expensive is the plummeting value of the pound combined with increasing energy and material costs.
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Chasing CO2 emmissions I'd guess...
Cutting costs again more likely. Charge more and take more stuff away seems to be the vag way atm
Down to parts supply issues I suspect, and probably temporary.
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I'd imagine it's more down to using up body shells prior to the facelift, as Car Magazine has spotted a facelift test gti with a sunroof already.
https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/spy-shots/volkswagen/golf-gti/
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It surprises me they’ve gone back to the radar in front of the intercooler approach rather than hiding it behind the badge like they started with the 7.5.
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I'd imagine it's more down to using up body shells prior to the facelift, as Car Magazine has spotted a facelift test gti with a sunroof already.
https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/spy-shots/volkswagen/golf-gti/
Yes, that may be so, but they’d have to test them with sunroofs, or they couldn’t fit them after the WLTP test, body shells are made on a just in time basis, so it’s not that.
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Suspect though that the sun roof assembly is third party made (as is most of the car) and there are minimum commitments to quantity and they don't want to renew the supply contract. That happens with run downs and it's very clearly a monitory option!
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Suspect though that the sun roof assembly is third party made (as is most of the car) and there are minimum commitments to quantity and they don't want to renew the supply contract. That happens with run downs and it's very clearly a monitory option!
That makes sense, but only if the facelift has a different roof?!
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It surprises me they’ve gone back to the radar in front of the intercooler approach rather than hiding it behind the badge like they started with the 7.5.
Is that what looks like a little camera just above it too?
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Suspect though that the sun roof assembly is third party made (as is most of the car) and there are minimum commitments to quantity and they don't want to renew the supply contract. That happens with run downs and it's very clearly a monitory option!
That makes sense, but only if the facelift has a different roof?!
I don't think it does - afaik its the same shell with some different plastics.
Maybe they have redesigned the swimming pool cover sunroof?
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It surprises me they’ve gone back to the radar in front of the intercooler approach rather than hiding it behind the badge like they started with the 7.5.
Is that what looks like a little camera just above it too?
I reckon thats just the testing rig.
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It surprises me they’ve gone back to the radar in front of the intercooler approach rather than hiding it behind the badge like they started with the 7.5.
Is that what looks like a little camera just above it too?
I reckon thats just the testing rig.
The body panels are made in house in the stamping plant and the removal of the sunroof would save costs for VW just as it did by discontinuing the 2 door panels, stamping dies are expensive and time consuming to manufacture.
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It surprises me they’ve gone back to the radar in front of the intercooler approach rather than hiding it behind the badge like they started with the 7.5.
Is that what looks like a little camera just above it too?
I reckon thats just the testing rig.
The body panels are made in house in the stamping plant and the removal of the sunroof would save costs for VW just as it did by discontinuing the 2 door panels, stamping dies are expensive and time consuming to manufacture.
I remember the Richard Hammond program ‘Big(?)’ a couple of years back when he walked through the Wolfsburg manufacturing plant - amazing what was actually built on the site.
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The body panels are made in house in the stamping plant and the removal of the sunroof would save costs for VW just as it did by discontinuing the 2 door panels, stamping dies are expensive and time consuming to manufacture.
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Yes that would make sense to me (I am from a manufacturing world and get this totally!)
But only if they also managed to ditch the supply chain for the actual swimming pool cover part.