Everyone complaining about backlit sliders and buttons, no one saying anything about the horrible reliability? Mk8s have been pretty poorly rated even by VW standards, might as well get an Alfa.
The only unreliable thing has been a sensor in the steering wheel, which was largely fixed with the 2023 MY. What else do you consider ‘horrible reliability’?
for whatever reason r/cars has a hard on for VAG products. VWs are notorious for being unreliable but suddenly they’re super reliable and you get downvoted for saying otherwise
Do we even have enough data on the reliability yet? I just picked up a 2024 with a 10 year 200,000km warranty.
Mechanically speaking there have been literally zero issues. Even the thermostat issues don’t seem to exist anymore.
Fix the Android Auto and infotainment and this car will be a winner in 5ish years as a used car for me. It’s too expensive new since it’s just a Golf after all, but it’s a badass one and I’d love to have one.
What’s wrong with Android Auto? It’s been working perfectly for me since day 1 and I never heard any complaints from other owners.
I wish they would make these less boring
Any chance they change the piano black center console back to matte plastic, like it was in the '22 model year? It was such a cheap move to sneak that into the '23s, and it ruins the whole interior for me.
The MSRP is the same as a Mercedes Benz?
As if… They encrusted the car in pink diamonds
The kind of Mercedes you can get at that MSRP is a Nissan.
Bring back physical buttons or keep it.
Not sure why Skoda is allowed to have this awesome triple-knob setup that makes both physical and touchscreen fans happy while VW only makes one knob and only the Tiguan gets it (and this Tiguan probably isn’t even leaving Europe). I don’t think the touchscreen is as bad as people say it is, having test driven a GTI recently, but it definitely would be easier to operate with a few pretty knobs without needing to ruin the minimalist look.
Not sure why Skoda is allowed to have this awesome triple-knob setup
The Golf-based Octavia does not have knobs.
I’m kinda curious if VAG stops pushing towards EVs quite so hard despite their current sentiments similarly to what the US brands such as ford have announced.
I see it from here. No manual.
Please tell me they have improved the horrid interior.
Current one looks unbelievably cheap and borders on functionally useless.
How is the infotainment screen? The previous gen is very frustrating to use.
Unless they brought the wagon to the US, idc
I put in a solid effort trying to find a Golf R for MSRP in my area. $10k markups have been the standard, the lowest I saw was $5k. I went with a Integra Type-S and haven’t looked back. A similar thing happened to me when I was hunting for a Focus RS years. Brands just don’t care about building a customer base or creating loyalty
Fixing the terrible UX just in time to drop the third pedal. Sounds great.
