Book a test drive up on VW website and new pricelist

[Evil Dan]

Seems VW have finally got round to updating the pricelist and also you can book a test drive on their website (Home : Golf : New : Volkswagen UK (http://pre-live.volkswagen.co.uk/new/golf-vii/home)). £260 for the winter pack with leather seats and £350 (yes, you read that correctly!) for the winter pack with the Xenons alone. The full winter pack is £370. Few small price increases (paint up £5), but the electric leather seats are up about £150.

Also of note is in the pricelist they have changed the emissions for the 1.4 ACT GT with DSG to 112gCO2/km, yet the mpg remains the same as the previous brochure at 60.1mpg, which works out as 109.7gCO2/km and is consistent with the previously quoted figures. It remains the same in the brochure and on the website so it's probably just another typo, or does anyone have some other information?

[G0rdon]

Like the way the "Limited Offer" fixed price servicing at £329, only if ordered before the end of the December 2012 in the previous price list, now expires at the end of March 2013!!!

[whitehall74]

It says online that Xenons are £785?

[Evil Dan]

It says online that Xenons are £785?

£350 is for the winter pack in conjunction with the Xenons (I've made it clearer in the original post) - given they come with the headlight washer jets and low washer warning it's a bit steep!

[Evil Dan]

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The top box is from the price list of 19th October and the bottom one is from 10th December. Note that the 3dr 1.4 ACT manual and 1.4 ACT DSG have the same mpg yet different CO2 emissions, which is impossible as the CO2 is calculated from the mpg. I have tried to discuss with VW today but didn't get very far as the person I was speaking to did not understand this and was quoting out of a hardbook of specification he said was dated 18th October and stated the CO2 emissions are 112g/km but nowhere has this figure been quoted outside of the new brochure and the website continues to show the CO2 as 110g/km. I'm waiting on a callback from VW tech support so will update when I hear something.

[J400uk]

I'm waiting on a callback from VW tech support so will update when I hear something.

I wouldn't hold your breath, unfortunately they don't seem to know there own product! Last time I asked something similar it took about a month to get a response basically re-quoting the handbook.

[Evil Dan]

So I don't have a 100% definite answer but having spoken to someone at VW they were fairly certain that 110g CO2 for the 1.4 GT with ACT and DSG is correct, but they were going to confirm and email me back. I am still waiting on this, but they did agree it was impossible for a car to have a better mpg but worse CO2 emissions!

I think someone has put the 112g in based on the 5-door manual figures as all the other figures are identical in the brochure. My understanding is these tests are valid across Europe based on a representative car with that engine, so VW don't have to do a test with every engine and model combination, so for example the figures for the standard 1.4 engine in the S and SE models are identical as only one will have been tested. Based on that the German figures should apply for the 1.4 engine with ACT:

3-door manual - 109g CO2/km
5-door manual - 112g CO2/km
5-door DSG - 110g CO2/km

Hopefully I will have a definite answer next week as this is causing me some stress as the tax allowance on a 110g car vs 112g car is worth about £7000 off this year's tax bill!

[h5djr]

My local VW dealer is holding a New Golf Testdrive Weekend on 11-13 January. Just turn up and drive. No indication yet of which models will be available but I will pop along and a least get the chance to see actual UK models in the flesh.

[glospete]

Yes I think that most dealers are having a Launch Weekend on those dates. I'm going to my supplying dealer then and he hopes to have a DSG gearbox model to try but it's currently on its way from Germany so it's touch and go if it arrives. They will have a number of models available and he'll let me know soon what they are.

[Evil Dan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_popout&v=E3RLEvO8GTc

A good video of the safety features of the new Golf being tested at VW's facility. Very impressive. It's in German but you can get translated subtitles in the options, but they aren't the best!

[glospete]

Excellent - but there is an English version here:

Golf 7 Meet the Experts: Advanced Driver Assistance (english) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaNRJdP-BdY)

[glospete]

Thanks to Evil Dan I have discovered English versions of a number of other YouTube videos from the VW factory about the Golf VII:

Infotainment Golf 7 Meet the Experts: Infotainment (english subtitels) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFffUXxCwuI)
Powertrain Management Golf 7 Meet the Experts: Powertrain Management (english) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkG_fQ0R5tc)
Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg Golf 7 Meet the Experts: Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg (english) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BvmPT995yA)
Product Marketing Golf 7 Meet the Experts: Product Marketing (english) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCkG_7vsnC0)
Design Golf 7 Meet the Experts: Design (english) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoZ6lzKGwk0)

[h5djr]

I now have an appointment to test drive a 2.0 TDI DSG on Friday afternoon. The dealer also confirmed they have a SE model in the showroom as of today.

[h5djr]

I called in to my local dealer today and they did have a new SE model. I liked the outside and was impressed by the quality of the interior. Equally as good as my current A3. I prefer the touch screen arrangement to the pop-up screen and MMI of the new A3. The car was fitted with several extras, including the mirror pack which means the door mirrors fold in automatically when the ignition is turned off and fold out again when it's turned on again. All the levers and switches felt good quality and very smooth in their action. Being an SE model it had the brushed stainless-steel on the centre console and it looked good. Much better than in some of the photographs I've seen. It's certainly not bright silver in colour but a nice darker shade. The steering wheel felt comfortable and was fitted with quite a few switches to control various items. The luggage compartment was a good size with the two floor levels available and the rear seats folded very easily with getting caught up with the rear seat belts.

What was also nice is the salesman seem to know everything there was to know about the car which makes a pleasant change.

I have a test drive booked for Friday and I will be very interested to know goes and feels as good as it looks.

[dickt]

I've ordered one (2.0tdi GT DSG) with the leather and full electric seat/memory seat combination. However, none of the showrooms I have spoken to know whether or not the elec seat memory works off the keys. My 55 Passat did, as did my 52 Merc, but VW also do a version where the memory requires you to push a button on the door. I do hope the memory works from the keys. Otherwise it will be a cheapo, nasty solution.

[Evil Dan]

The fun continues with backside and elbow equally baffling to VW. I see the New Golf is now listed on the VCA website (http://carfueldata.dft.gov.uk/search-new-or-used-cars.aspx) and somehow the 3 door manual 1.4 ACT and 5 door DSG 1.4 ACT have the same fuel efficiency but emit different levels of CO2 (by 3g/km). Amazingly according to the website the 1.2 TSi manages to do 57.6mpg combined yet somehow has better CO2 figures than the 1.4 TSi ACT 5-door manual which does 58.9mpg combined (114 vs 117g CO2).

This really is shocking for a company like VW who supposedly have a great reputation for efficiency and accuracy. I'll be calling VW back as I haven't heard back and clearly something has to be wrong with the figures as it remains physically impossible to have a better or equal mpg and worse CO2 emissions.