GTI Edition 50 first press release

[JoeGTI]

ED50 now available on .IE site.

https://www.volkswagen.ie/en/build.html/__app/the-new-golf/golf-performance/golf-gti-edition-50.app?---=%7B%22configuration-step-navigation-service%22%3A%22%2F%3FconfigStep%3D%257B%2522context%2522%253A%252230602-32035-Golf%2BGTI%2BEdition%2B50%2522%252C%2522selectedStep%2522%253A%2522engine%2522%257D%22%7D&category-app=private&carlineId-app=30602&salesGroupId-app=32035&trimName-app=Golf+GTI+Edition+50&modelId-app=DA19GZ%24MAAUE1X%24GPF6PF6%24GPG4PG4%24GPK2PK2%24GWW1WW1%24GW5AW5A%24GYOSYOS&modelVersion-app=1&modelYear-app=2026

Those prices!! Ireland sure do get the premium price list don't they?

We sure do 

It's largely down to our emissions-based taxation system. Cars like these are heavily penalised by carbon/emissions based registration taxes. It's possible that the Edition 50's Co2 emission figures are tipping it into the next bracket above the standard CS which would help explain the ~8k premium.

[gti85]

I was interested in the ED50, but I couldn’t possibly justify it at over €80k with the performance package here in Ireland. We really get screwed here with our tax system. The same car is less than €60k in Germany.

I can’t see many being sold here at that price.

[Fabio Bignose]

Its the protectionist 'VRT' tax on a tax that drives the price up.