Golf 6 GTI interior quality

[steven_9709]

When I was choosing my new car, I test drove a Seat Leon FR, and a Honda Civic Type R as well as the Golf GTI. I was astounded at the quality of the Golf interior compared to the Leon and the Civic. It was one of the deciding factors for me.

[gtiobsession]

I had a look at the TYPE R and I love the digital gauges they look briliant,aswell as the racing seats and I guess overall the interior is not too bad but the ride for me was a bit too harsh I guess on the track it would be ok but here in SA we dont do much or even any track racing so I cant live with a car with a ride like that plus the engine was too bland for my liking.Ive only ever seen pics of the MK6 GTI interior and to me it looks really well put together and in my opinion it looks better than an Audi A3's.

My concern is that although the materials look good in the pics I havnt had a chance to feel and look at the plastics,in my moms 2006 3 series stuff is begininning to peel away and those materials used are supposedly "high quality".I cant stand when there are scratches or discolouring on the door pads.Do you guys think that those materials used in the MK6 GTI will hold up and not peel?

[Snoopy]

The soft touch can suffer this pealing in some makes. We will have to see in the mk6.
The marking of plastic is a problem all car makes suffer.  Its due to the great Europeen union and how they have to use so much recycled plastics in cars noways.

[Exonian]

Both my MK4 and my Dad's Bora suffered horrendous peeling of soft touch stuff despite them both living pretty pampered lives. My two mk5s were a lot better (so much for mk4 owners gloating about the crap interiors of mk5s!). Fingers crossed for my mk6.
I've got a mate with a good spec Audi A3 and I have to say the mk6 Golf looks as good inside as the Audi. Obviously there's a new A3 waiting in the wings which will be even better than the Golf, but it's going to be even more £££££ or RRRRR depending on where you are in the world!

[matchboy]

So what I want help with is does the MK6 GTI interior feel as luxurios as most reviews say it is compared to say an Audi A4?also want to know about the ride quality?

we have a mk 6 gti and a (nearly) new a4.  i would say the interior on the golf is as good as, if not better than the a4.  and its a lot better than the mk 5 interior.  as for ride quality between the two there isn't much in it, i would say the a4 is slightly better given its a bigger and heavier car.  comparing the mk 5 and mk 6 gti's (with 18's), the mk6 is far superior in terms of quality of ride.  get one!! 

[mac7]

The lowest plastics on the dash, centre console, arm rest and doors are still of the Mk5 'hard and shiney' league, but the upper centre console, dash and doors are all nicer. They actually had to put relatively little into the interior to noticably lift the sensation of luxury.

Subjectively and on the surface close to, but not as good as, an Audi. IMO.

On the subject of interiors am I the only one to be massively disappointed by the interiors on BMW's? I was in a new 5 series and even that felt harsh and toy-like. Although the leather was streets ahead of the crap found in VW's.

[Exonian]

The only recent BMW I have any experience of was a friends temporary company car 3 series Diesel. It did have quite harsh plastics inside just like I remember from 1980s BMW but they didn't feel cheap harsh if that makes sense. Sort of Germanic and solid. The only other thing I remember about the interior of this car was that it had bloody awful visibility! Maybe I should have eaten my greens when I was younger and thus be tall enough to see out of BMWs? 

[howlingmoon]

I have a 2009 BMW 5 series as well... interior looks nice and luxurious... The MK6 GTI is also nice but its in a different class... so hard to compare...

[gabrialboy]

hey bud, another sa boytjie here  i was in your shoes about 2 weeks ago and yes car prices are scary. So I can relate to your decision making process and man it's not easy...you want to make sure you tick all the right boxes for your 320k plus cabbie...  I can assure you that if you're looking at a Gti you cannot really go wrong imo the new 6 sets the benchmark for quality in the hatch segment. I was lucky enough to test drive a candy white dsg on a couple of occasions as family of ours bought one and i was blown away by the entire package... So that's the it.... In my case I decided to go for the Audi because I've owned a golf 5 gti before and thought that well the Audi would be a new experience.  Go for it!

[keelaw]

Nastiest piece of trim so far is the fuel cap. I almost recoiled on touch, it was that bad!

Second disappointing area is the driver's side coin bin. I can just about live with shiny hard plastic but this bin really should be lined so that the coins don't rattle.


That's all nit-picking though. Generally the quality is at least as good as the bmw, honda and mini I had in the past.


Ps I can't believe someone said the type r engine was bland!!