Driving profile modes - What they change

[monsta]

Great post 

So, Sport mode doesn't actually make the car faster?  Feels like it does.  Maybe that's just the extra noise 

[GrahamFR]

Sharpens throttle response so in theory you will be faster. Also I read somewhere you can only achieve Top speed in normal and sport, somewhere near this table in the manual

[Mr Savage]

Great post 

So, Sport mode doesn't actually make the car faster?  Feels like it does.  Maybe that's just the extra noise 

Sport mode gives you the illusion that you're faster but actually Stig managed a quicker lap time in the GTI on Comfort mode.

[GolfTi]

Great post 

So, Sport mode doesn't actually make the car faster?  Feels like it does.  Maybe that's just the extra noise 

Sport mode gives you the illusion that you're faster but actually Stig managed a quicker lap time in the GTI on Comfort mode.

Mk6 or mk7?

[GolfTi]

In the UK yes but in other markets the GTD gets the external speaker in the exhaust.

Why would you want a diesel to be louder

[rocknob]

In the UK yes but in other markets the GTD gets the external speaker in the exhaust.

Why would you want a diesel to be louder

I think the idea is to make it sound sportier. Turbodiesel cars dont really have a loud exhaust note.

[GrahamFR]

It's a brilliant idea on a derv, petrol sound with twice the economy, it's the future no doubt. And in answer to the other question it was about a mk7 but it was never shown and could be Top gear bs

[titusrider]

The Clarkson / stig / dampers comment was printed in his Sunday times review of the Mk 7

No more reason not to believe than anything else he says!

[monsta]

In the UK yes but in other markets the GTD gets the external speaker in the exhaust.

Why would you want a diesel to be louder

I think the idea is to make it sound sportier. Turbodiesel cars dont really have a loud exhaust note.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6bl-oRfY8w

[monkeyhanger]

It's a brilliant idea on a derv, petrol sound with twice the economy, it's the future no doubt. And in answer to the other question it was about a mk7 but it was never shown and could be Top gear bs

I think the future is a GTI with cylinder deactivation, the GTD could be extinct if that happens. Look at the 140TSI ACT GT. It has a combined figure of 58.9mpg and 140PS, with 0-62 sprint 0.2s faster than the 150PS 2.0TDI (maybe that's high torque/low traction on the TDI, but faster when on moderately short journeys moving). Plenty of people on the forums with the ACT getting 50mpg - they're getting a lot closer to published figures than GTIs and GTDs are.

Imagine a GTI ACT with an easily achievable 45mpg in everyday use. That pretty much matches what i'm getting with the GTD. Would I buy a 220PS real 45mpg GTI over a 184PS GTD with maybe a real 50mpg (based on 15 mile journeys)? Hell yes!

Could cylinder deactivation work on the TDI to redress the advantage, or would the gains be too small to justify the extra cost?