The GTE is officially with us...

[monkeyhanger]

Had it been available to order last Sept/Oct, I would have seriously considered one

Benefit in Kind at 5% is around £1650 a year based on the price of £33035 before the grant, compared to 17% on the GTD at £26,015 which is around £4420 a year

Big savings for company car drivers in tax

If your GTD build is still unconfirmed then you could still switch, but will they offer much discount? I doubt many people outside enthusiast circles know about the GTE yet, might be the best time to get on a relatively short (for now) waiting list.

If most of my journeys were short (at least 1/2 of them within the scope of the electric range) and I was a company car driver i'd consider one.

[Mark V GTD]

Is the GTE DSG only? Seems to be from what i have read.....

[evo1986]

Yes only 5 door DSG

[evo1986]

Right hand drive production has not started yet, which is why production has been delayed due to unprecedented demand on the continent. When I was at the factory November last year I was told they can only build 200 GTE's a day............that is simply not enough.........

VW head office employee's have been told they cannot have them as company cars yet because they knew they simply could not make enough for demand in Europe never mind when the UK gets hold of it.

I am very surprised you saw one in the UK, I know they had a pre-production car at the Gadget show last year but didn't think any dealers were sent any. Are you certain it was not just an E-Golf?

Lee

[GrahamFR]

ahh so there is an E-Golf as well is there, well if it also has GTI light clusters on the back then yes fair enough that will be it then, even more surprised by its speed then, it flew off the line but they were probably gunning it for fun.

[mike.]

Get that 1.4 remapped to 180bhp and with the electric torque available from 0 RPM that would be one quick car. 

[phope]

GTD order confirmed and should be delivered in a few weeks

Really interesting car though, is the GTE and with diesels only going to become less attractive for many drivers, cars like the GTE are the future

I'll let others work out any teething problems for a few years first!

[Mark V GTD]

ahh so there is an E-Golf as well is there, well if it also has GTI light clusters on the back then yes fair enough that will be it then, even more surprised by its speed then, it flew off the line but they were probably gunning it for fun.

You saw an E-Golf - has GTI style rear lights etc.... not easy to tell from the GTE...

[fredgroves]

Had it been available to order last Sept/Oct, I would have seriously considered one

Benefit in Kind at 5% is around £1650 a year based on the price of £33035 before the grant, compared to 17% on the GTD at £26,015 which is around £4420 a year

Big savings for company car drivers in tax

Have you considered what the actual fuel costs are as well? I mean how many pence per mile for a GTD vs GTE (assuming a certain perecentage of electric drive usage). Also, if you get a company fuel card... are they going to pay your home electricity bill? I think I know the answer...

Much like the push for derv vehicles to lower CO2 (only to discover the nitrous dioxide polution problem) I have a sneaking suspicion that electrically powered transport is going to run into a problem too - this time that the UK hasn't got enough electricity because of failure to decide on which sort of power stations to build.

With predictions of rolling blackouts in the UK, is it necessarily wise to punt for an electric car - even if this one is a hybrid...

[carl1]

So can it do 166 mpg on a long run with the engine running in tandem with the electric motor or are they basing that 166mpg off 8.8 kw of charge of electric to do 31 miles? If its the later what a load of bull$hit it is.