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Volkswagen Brings Golf GTD To America
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Derek Kreindler
(IC: employee)
Published: March 5th, 2013
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VW will reward the manual-diesel-wagon brigade with not one but two products set to satiate your Euro lust. In addition to the next generation Golf Variant (aka the Jetta SportWagen), Volkswagen confirmed that the next-gen Golf GTD will make it to our shores as well.
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Published March 5th, 2013 12:18 PM
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Peak figures never really tell the whole story. But if the GTD's weight penalty is small, then it should have much better roll-on performance than the turbo-gasser. Even better, since the GTI is already direct-injection and turbocharged, the price premium should either be little or nil.
I'm in love. This is THE car I will buy. The only thing that could make it better is if it had quatro all wheel drive but I don't HAVE to have that I suppose. Derek Kreindler, would you please site your source if possible?
Have the issues been worked out with the DSG transmissions yet? I would love to buy a diesel or a GTI, but can no longer drive a manual due to knee issues, and I have always been concerned about the long term reliability of the DSG transmissions. I've driven one several times and they drive great when new.
Just for fun I went to VW.com and tried to find a 2 or 4 door TDI golf and there we none in the US or in transit. Is the GTD just another way to raise the revenue per unit sold?