New GTD Reviews

[monkeyhanger]

I will be amazed if the UK GTD doesn't have the sound actuator - this isn't some new device - they're been routinely putting it onto the 170TDI VWs since 2009.

It does sound very good, but it's also clear when you have the windows open that the sound is completely fake. The Scirocco R has it fitted too so that it sounds different from the 210PS 2.0TSI unit.

[sam67GTD]

http://youtu.be/ZDBq5RbnF-I

Why can't these Germans speak English! They speak better English than us natives! What's the craic?!! lol 

[mjh_056]

Not a GTD review but a 150BHP Diesel review and shows even this model is pretty decent performance wise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUVXN0oZU-0 Good looks at standard SAT NAV in use and mention of GTD in how desired at the end

[Jules Winfield]

http://youtu.be/ZDBq5RbnF-I

Why can't these Germans speak English! They speak better English than us natives! What's the craic?!! lol 

You didn't miss a huge amount.  They like the car and the features it comes with (like stop-start), but spend most of the time reciting figures (power, torque, fuel consumption), comparing the Mark 7 to the Mark 6 (the bit with the guy in the orange shirt) and showing pictures of other cars on the three day rally event.

[Gordor]

We must be close to getting a proper British road test?

[Gordor]

By the end of the year, Volkswagen hopes to offer optional noise actuator gadgetry to make the GTD sound like a monster V8 at full throttle – but thanks to clever computing, it will be audible only to those inside the car.

http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/cars/review/first-drive-volkswagen-golf-20-gtd-5dr/47410/

My GTD will lose iro £20,000 over 4 years according to this.

[Bill_the_Bear]

Not clear from that if this is an improved actuator, or if cars shipping now don't get one...

[Gordor]

It's as clear as everything else with VW 

[monkeyhanger]

My GTD will lose iro £20,000 over 4 years according to this.

Their quotes are for 20k miles pa (i.e. 80k miles in 4 years). If you're a 10k miles pa driver or thereabouts, the GFV for GTD (which should be worst case scenario) is 56% after 3 years, so I would expect a realistic 60% after 3 and 50% after 4 in reality unless the economy gets even worse than it already is.

[Gordor]

True, but I'm on 22,000 miles a year