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Model specific boards => Golf mk8 => Topic started by: flipflops on 01 February 2026, 12:32
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It's been tricky to find out info on this as most info is mk8 vs 8.5
I'm looking at mk8 CS's, I know that at least the earlier ones were buggy. Are the later ones better or are they all buggy or all now resolved?
Also are there any differences with say the 2020 mk8 cs and the 2023 CS? The only one I've noticed is the GTI logo on the front seats?
TIA
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It's been tricky to find out info on this as most info is mk8 vs 8.5
I'm looking at mk8 CS's, I know that at least the earlier ones were buggy. Are the later ones better or are they all buggy or all now resolved?
Also are there any differences with say the 2020 mk8 cs and the 2023 CS? The only one I've noticed is the GTI logo on the front seats?
TIA
The 2023 car will also have the gloss black centre console. They were a matt grey in the early cars. No other cosmetic differences that I can think of.
The newer cars will more likely be less buggy. Then again, I had a relatively early (2021) car and it was generally fine.
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Thanks Joe. Silly question, can't the older cars be updated to the newer less buggy software?
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Thanks Joe. Silly question, can't the older cars be updated to the newer less buggy software?
Yeah, the cars are frequently getting OTA (over the air) software updates. Some of the updates are very large, taking hours to download. So if you are "logged into" the car, you'll get those updates every so often. However sometimes a dealer visit is required, especially I'd say in cases where the car never got regular OTA.
Newer cars will have newer hardware too obviously, and you can't update to that (not cheaply anyway!).
Actually now that I remember, newer cars have other small differences, such as the clocks (speedo/rev counter) having different configuration options that cannot be done on older cars.
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Thanks Joe, that's really useful to know. So one one hand I could get a 2021 CS, take it in and get a full update then essentially from a software point of view it's the same as a 2023 CS (an updated one) and therefore less buggy. On the other hand clocks would be different still.
Does anyone know if it's as simple as it has GTI stitched into the seats and therefore a 'newer 8 CS' or a little more tricky to work out?