Any news on a Mk7 Cabriolet GTI/R?

[pologti2012]

2 part question

Any idea on VW releasing a cabriolet for the current Golf? Im more keen on the GTI/R spec models if they are. I know they have a history of skipping the cabriolet every other generation and theres been no talk of one lately. Also with the whole emissions thing would it be even less likely? 

That said Im tempted by the Mk6 R - prices seem to be dropping and should be q competitive come summer 2k16. At around 21k you can pick up something q nice. Despite being based on the older mk6 I think this is negated by the fact that Golfs tend to age q well stylistically. The R Cabrio is actually roughly the same price now as a similarly mileaged Mercedes Benz A250 which is on my shortlist. Your thoughts on them both?...

[JoeGTI]

Terrible car IMO. A totally compromised car and never looks right. I fail to see the point of a performance version of a hatch with the roof chopped off.

Strictly for hair dressers imo, and it may as well be the 1.4tsi then.

[pologti2012]

Those wheels tho lol...

The initial pricing of £38k seems absolutely bonkers in retrospect though it was chopped down to £34k soon after. Just tempting how that car with 20k miles is now around the 20 mark. Do you think it will drop further or sit at 19/20k where it is now.

I do agree that majority buyers of Golf cabrios go for the smaller engines which is why im unsure whether they will do a Mk7 GTI/R Cabrio

[corgi]

If you're after a cabrio, I'd go for something that was designed as such.

You could have a very nice Honda S2000 for much less than £20K - a wonderful car, proper handling... designed as a cabrio... but only 2 seats.

Or for not much more you could pick up, Jag XKR (probably a 4.2 but that's still 420hp)... it has 4 seats, not sure you'd want to use the rear ones though 

£20K for a Golf ragtop, even a GTI or and R, makes little sense if you look around at what you can have for that sort of money... wouldn't be for me... I see their demographic as more Salon owner or Builder's wife

I can't imagine you'd be insisting on 4 seats in a cabrio... nobody will want to sit in the back with the roof down

[mjh_056]

Had 3 MG and none were very fast but they did not have to be, in fact cruising around in them or shuttling down some lanes to a country pub was the main appeal and so for me there is very little point in paying all them ££ for a car that may have the R or GTI badge but will not really give you the experience of the original design and if buying a convertible to have the hood down then you would not really want it to! As at high speeds its not really fun but a battering!

Standard Golf Convertible would be just as good and there are other models that do it much better to and if not restricted to needing 4 seats then Mazda and Honda do lovely 2 Seaters and given how they drive you get a really feeling of performance as push through some lanes and that's more what a convertible is about, experience and not performance.

[Db4193]

Never been a fan of a hatchback in convertible form. Same with saloons.
Convertibles should be a coupe or designed to be a drop top from the start