« Reply #6 on: 01 February 2026, 22:14 »
I just found a couple of photos of the various media settings from my Dec 2020 Mk8 Clubsport and my December 2023 8R.
The hardware number in my 2020 car was H56 and the later car H61.
The early MK8’s got a shocking reputation for glitches and yet my Clubsport which was one of the very first batch imported to the UK was pretty good. There are a few threads on that car on this forum which catalogued just about everything I experienced with the car.
The first thing you want to check is if the prospective car has had a replacement steering wheel under warranty.
My advice, buy as late a car as you can find/afford that will hopefully still have some of its original factory warranty. Just in case!
But, as stated above, the only real differences were very minor, the dials are no biggie, the later car’s gloss black centre console will soon tell you how well a car has been looked after, and there’s the GTI logo embossed. Aside from mildly updated gubbins inside the dash the media system is much the same.
The Ed45 is nice if you can find one. Not hugely different to the regular Clubsport but has an Akrapovic back box and nicer side decals plus unique wheels.
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