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Possibly a bit premature here, but anyone got or driven the 2018 Polo GTI?
It’s new company car ordering time, & though I’ve got a Golf 1.4 ACT DSG I was most likely going for a 1.5 ACT. ACC is a massive bonus & not sure I’d want to be without it doing 22-25k pa.
Anyway the new Polo GTI + has appeared on the list, a bit left field & I’d not normally consider a small car (though it’s bigger than a MK4 Golf apparently!), so was wondering if anyone’s got/driven one?
Cheers
It’s new company car ordering time, & though I’ve got a Golf 1.4 ACT DSG I was most likely going for a 1.5 ACT. ACC is a massive bonus & not sure I’d want to be without it doing 22-25k pa.
Anyway the new Polo GTI + has appeared on the list, a bit left field & I’d not normally consider a small car (though it’s bigger than a MK4 Golf apparently!), so was wondering if anyone’s got/driven one?
Cheers
No I didn't drive it I just liked the look of it and ordered through one of those online drive the deal places. Paid about £3k under list. All modern VW group cars drive pretty much the same if you ask me so I'm sure it will be fine. Limestone grey, DSG, and all the parking assist options to help avoid dents for as long as possible ;D
dimots said:
No I didn't drive it I just liked the look of it and ordered through one of those online drive the deal places. Paid about £3k under list. All modern VW group cars drive pretty much the same if you ask me so I'm sure it will be fine. Limestone grey, DSG, and all the parking assist options to help avoid dents for as long as possible ;D
Thanks for the reply, I'm tempted by the grey too.Given it has the MQB chassis, and the EA888 engine out of the GTI/R but detuned I'm hoping it'll be like a mini Golf!
I've been tempted also. I could afford to buy a new one outright and on paper they look a decent package, agree ACC in particular is a nice feature to have included. But I'm unsure how well they drive compared to their larger MQB siblings with the same engine, and worried I'd miss my TT too much!
va1o said:
I've been tempted also. I could afford to buy a new one outright and on paper they look a decent package, agree ACC in particular is a nice feature to have included. But I'm unsure how well they drive compared to their larger MQB siblings with the same engine, and worried I'd miss my TT too much!
I recall in the past that you noted how good ACC was, though I think that was on a GTD, does the TT have it?Generally I wouldn't go smaller than a Golf sized car but given the size of the new Polo I do wonder if it would viable, though I'm a little worried how relaxing it would be on the often long journeys I do. On my current ACT Golf seventh is so long legged that you're doing 2100 at 75mph, it makes for relaxing drive.
Had the Polo GTI on the list as well. IMO sufficient space for what I'd want from a daily, it's really not that small a car anymore. Reasons why I went Golf instead: at time of ordering, higher discounts on the Golf (German market so YMMV) made the prices pretty much identical. That's without speccing a DSG which I did not want anyway. Easy choice, even if I'd actually prefer the slightly smaller car.
Just from reading / specs I think it should be pretty good at what you want from it.
Just from reading / specs I think it should be pretty good at what you want from it.
Kolbenkopp said:
Had the Polo GTI on the list as well. IMO sufficient space for what I'd want from a daily, it's really not that small a car anymore. Reasons why I went Golf instead: at time of ordering, higher discounts on the Golf (German market so YMMV) made the prices pretty much identical. That's without speccing a DSG which I did not want anyway. Easy choice, even if I'd actually prefer the slightly smaller car.
Just from reading / specs I think it should be pretty good at what you want from it.
I'd agree for a private purchase there's probably better deals to be had on a Golf. For a company car its higher emissions (than a run of the meal Golf) are offset by its lower price meaning overall BiK is no worse. Just from reading / specs I think it should be pretty good at what you want from it.
the-photographer said:
Some recent orders have 40 week build times
Seems to be the case with a number of new VW's in recent times - i think they managed similar when they originally launched the R.The UP GTI has had a pretty lengthy wait list for a few months now - I was quoted late '18 at the earliest for a top spec UP GTI in late March / early April & i think the T-Roc seems to have a pretty lengthy build time too.
talksthetorque said:
Just a thought - at that mileage, does it have an armrest in the centre?
It's one of the things I miss most when I get a courtesy car that size and have to do more than a couple of motorway junctions.
It's a very good point, and yes from the pictures it does have one, though looks quite different to the Golfs, and not sure it's telescopic. It's a must have in my eyes, especially when I'm spending hours sat on motorways/dual carriageways etc, it's why ACC is so great. In my old Mk5 personal Golf I bought a pattern part one which was fantastic, sadly that companies no longer around I believe.It's one of the things I miss most when I get a courtesy car that size and have to do more than a couple of motorway junctions.
AlexRS2782 said:
the-photographer said:
Some recent orders have 40 week build times
Seems to be the case with a number of new VW's in recent times - i think they managed similar when they originally launched the R.The UP GTI has had a pretty lengthy wait list for a few months now - I was quoted late '18 at the earliest for a top spec UP GTI in late March / early April & i think the T-Roc seems to have a pretty lengthy build time too.
You should be able to order the plain GTI and add ACC as an option.
I went to the dealer I bought my golf GTI from to have a look at one, the only person that would talk to me said they don't know anything about them so I just need to go on VW's website and that will tell me everything I need to know. Once I'd looked at that just ring them up to order one.
I'm very happy with my new Abarth.
I'm very happy with my new Abarth.
Just thought I'd update on this. VW HQ have told me that demo's won't be available 'til at least mid July, which is something of a pain.
And getting that information out of them was a royal pain. Seems odd they'd release tests to the press in December, but not have any punters cars 'til the following July!
And getting that information out of them was a royal pain. Seems odd they'd release tests to the press in December, but not have any punters cars 'til the following July!
I was looking at getting one until i saw what lease deals were being offered on them, which were silly expensive. I was pretty gutted tbh.
I ended up going for a in-stock 2.0 TSI Scirocco GT with the DSG, on one of the cheap deals they were offering before they stopped production on them.
I ended up going for a in-stock 2.0 TSI Scirocco GT with the DSG, on one of the cheap deals they were offering before they stopped production on them.
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