MK 8 Release Information

[George Ab]

Interesting article on the next generation. Lighter, more power (250HP GTI, 350 Golf R) digital cockpit. We will be waiting until 2019 or 2020.

You will need your translator: http://www.autobild.de/artikel/vw-golf-8-2019-5266049.html

High points from article are here: http://www.vwvortex.com/news/volkswagen-news/report-next-gen-golf-set-get-smarter-lighter/

 

[Sandman GTI]

Self parking.
I am so happy it will park itself.
That rear camera can only help so much on such a small car.
I wonder if it could gas itself. Drive home and park in the drive.
I wonder if it could go to work for me.
Self parking.
Sort of like owning a manual that shifts itself.
Wait......that's a DSG.

 

[MK7.5_Roa]

Sandman keeping it real. All those extra feature are useless for me ! Again I'm speaking for myself lol


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[Unreal1]

So I have 2 years till my car takes another significant drop in value.

I wonder if they're still sandbagging their output numbers, but I'm leaning towards those gains being more modest than they appear.

 

[veedubfreak]

If it's anything like the last 20 years, the USA won't get it until 2 years after ROW anyway. Your value is safe for a while.

 

[Mk7user]

Interesting article on the next generation. Lighter, more power (250HP GTI, 350 Golf R) digital cockpit. We will be waiting until 2019 or 2020.

If it's anything like the last 20 years, the USA won't get it until 2 years after ROW anyway. Your value is safe for a while.

Yep.
EU intro arrival was MY2013/US intro was MY2015.
~ 5-6 year life cycle will bring the next full redesign in 2018-19 for EU & 2020-21 for US.

What I had estimated myself when I purchased my 2015 & took out a 5 year loan @ 0.9% aka almost free money LOL.
Not going to be an early adopter next time though.
Missed out on dieselgate pricing, PP, Backup cam & Sport trim.

 

[PLF8593]

Missed out on dieselgate pricing, PP, Backup cam & Sport trim.

Yeah man, I bought a used GTI 2 weeks before VW re released the leftover 2015 MK7 TDI models that were sitting on lots when Dieselgate broke. I paid 1K less for a 2 year old car with 17K miles on it and 43K miles of warranty, than a 2 year old car with <100 miles on it and 162K miles of warranty, and better gas mileage.

Coulda shoulda woulda.

 

[njswider]

Definitely not ready for the digital cockpit. Really hope they at least give the option of getting analog but sounds like they are all in on digital.

 

[Mk7user]

I paid 1K less for a 2 year old car with 17K miles on it and 43K miles of warranty, than a 2 year old car with <100 miles on it and 162K miles of warranty, and better gas mileage.

Time machine also says you would have made out with a King's ransom too on that TDI if you sold it back to VW.

Info was right there in front of us. argghhhh

 

[PLF8593]

I hate the idea of a fully digital cockpit. Does not remotely impress me. I like the gauges and needles!

 

[Mk7user]

I hate the idea of a fully digital cockpit. Does not remotely impress me. I like the gauges and needles!

+2 here too.

Too distracting. I find a lot of time on my Wife's Audi, I look more towards the center stack's bigger screen vs. looking into the dash's smaller screen for info.

 

[Sandman GTI]

I hate the idea of a fully digital cockpit. Does not remotely impress me. I like the gauges and needles!

As long as the gauge cluster does not scratch like the current one.

 

[TheWombat]

I like the digital speedo in the MFD. I don't think I could go back to not having that. Then again, I'm more interested in the tach anyhow, and that I do like analog.

 

[TheNotoriousMAZ]

Technology is cool and all, but cars are loading up on it way too much. For owners that like to keep their vehicles more than 5 years, I can only imagine how expensive all this techie stuff will be to replace/repair down the line. These huge touchscreens and digital dashboards can't be cheap.

A low to medium spec'd MK7 is a damn reasonable car in terms of long term ownership costs. It still has Apple CarPlay/Android Auto (arguably the biggest advancement in infotainment usability in the last 7+ years), but not tons of expensive digital extras.

 

[veedubfreak]

Time machine also says you would have made out with a King's ransom too on that TDI if you sold it back to VW.

Info was right there in front of us. argghhhh

I traded my TDI Golf in for my R roughly 6 weeks before the scandal broke I got 12k trade-in vs the 22k I would have gotten on buyback.