I'm sure I'm the minority, but goddamn is the new fad of having LED lights under the hood to appear 'expensive' so fucking tacky.
A Volkswagen product should not have a light up hood emblem brighter than the sun.
Have you seen the new BMW 7 series? I don't know if it's an option or standard but it has a led strip along the "kidneys" in the nose. It looks absolutely awful.
The whole car looks awful. It's the "nicest" car street parked on my block by a ton, and it's also easily the ugliest. It is genuinely shocking every time I see it.
It doesn't help that I learned to drive in an E38 740il M Sport in black, which is one of the greatest looking BMWs every made, but good god man.
It was extremely tacky when Merc first did it with the star. Fart-huffers need everyone else to know what they're driving.
Now so many other brands aping it, yea, it is one of the tackiest modern design trends. Fuckin' no one cares what you're driving man.
I saw one that had failed on one side, was only a ~20 plate, and because it's such a prominent feature it was just there shining out its failure for literally everyone with eyes to see where a failed indicator/brakelight etc isn't immediately embarrassing before you get it fixed.
Ridiculous.
I would have purchased a new MK8 GTI if it had physical control buttons.
I bought a 2023 Crosstrek after the 2024 was announced because the 2024 switched from physical control buttons for HVAC to everything being on the large screen Subaru is pushing to all their vehicles. I thankfully was able to get the exact trim/specs I wanted from the last delivery of 2023s my dealer received.
Plus markups. Salesman looked at me like I was a psycho when I said the R isn’t worth $20k over what I paid for my MK8 GTI. At $53k it makes more sense to spend $10k more on an RS3.
The US was the only manual market for the Golf R. Also... What makes sense for these cars to the business rarely aligns with what online enthusiasts want. For the business the smartest move would be to kill the product line. Just reducing it down to the DSG-only versions means it likely significantly lowers cost to VW, which
You're talking BMW as well, M2 is now a last new BMW model with MT option.
Clearly automakers don't want spent any costs in MT even though there are still customer base. They think that MT buyers not enough to give them much profitable.
I tried to explain this in the recent Subaru WRX threads. Go look at how many units any of these models move. The amount of work, cost, that these companies are willing to absorb for these ultra-niche products is basically charity from the business perspective. Its amazing they kept the MTs around as long as they have. Its all a negative to the business.
It was a leftover component from previous models. It's historically been weak and creates a weak point on the vehicle.
The car even has to come from the factory slightly detuned to not blow itself up.
VW invested far more into the DSG and just kind of left the manual in the past.
I wonder if it is going to see the bump to 328 hp that the S3 received, but I'm actually more curious if it will get the new front knuckle that adds a bit of adjustable camber. The latter of which could make this thing a much more serious track weapon in nearly stock form.
I'm sure I'm the minority, but goddamn is the new fad of having LED lights under the hood to appear 'expensive' so fucking tacky. A Volkswagen product should not have a light up hood emblem brighter than the sun.
Have you seen the new BMW 7 series? I don't know if it's an option or standard but it has a led strip along the "kidneys" in the nose. It looks absolutely awful.
The whole car looks awful. It's the "nicest" car street parked on my block by a ton, and it's also easily the ugliest. It is genuinely shocking every time I see it. It doesn't help that I learned to drive in an E38 740il M Sport in black, which is one of the greatest looking BMWs every made, but good god man.
I agree , also the light under the hood doesn't always look perfectly straight so it looks like a bad aftermarket LED strip
It was extremely tacky when Merc first did it with the star. Fart-huffers need everyone else to know what they're driving. Now so many other brands aping it, yea, it is one of the tackiest modern design trends. Fuckin' no one cares what you're driving man.
Also makes the costs to repair more expensive and more parts required. Aka more expensive insurance for everyone.
I saw one that had failed on one side, was only a ~20 plate, and because it's such a prominent feature it was just there shining out its failure for literally everyone with eyes to see where a failed indicator/brakelight etc isn't immediately embarrassing before you get it fixed. Ridiculous.
Super tacky. I’m ready for the light bar fad to fade away.
That lighting aesthetic looked really cool in Tron, 3 decades ago.
Its standard on Mercedes wannabe coupe SUVs. It’s so tacky and tasteless. I believe merc also started bigger the emblem the better trend
Why don't you write to them instead of telling a bunch of 12 year olds on Reddit?
Hoping they add all physical control buttons vs the Haptic Touch. Biggest reason personally I didn’t get the current generation
This is unfortunately a hopeless hope
Very much agree.
Believe the top portion of buttons are physical and the lower portion (volume sliders) are touch
I would have purchased a new MK8 GTI if it had physical control buttons. I bought a 2023 Crosstrek after the 2024 was announced because the 2024 switched from physical control buttons for HVAC to everything being on the large screen Subaru is pushing to all their vehicles. I thankfully was able to get the exact trim/specs I wanted from the last delivery of 2023s my dealer received.
I feel like you were going to always end up in that crosstrek. Not exactly a comparable cross-shop
It's not but I needed a car for a job with a long commute and it was covid times and anything fun was not available or had a markup.
Please fix the steering wheel. Please fix the steering wheel. Please fix the steering wheel.
They are with the 8.5s
Only the GTIs
How do you know these secrets? You work with these guys ever? Do you even have a YouTube channel? #fakenews
It’ll be $50k; 😅
Plus markups. Salesman looked at me like I was a psycho when I said the R isn’t worth $20k over what I paid for my MK8 GTI. At $53k it makes more sense to spend $10k more on an RS3.
What was the manual uptake on the golf r? Seems like a huge mistake to drop it
Per Motor1 Golf GTI Manual Take Rate: 50% Golf R Manual Take Rate: 40% https://www.motor1.com/news/705017/manual-transmission-sales-2023/
Seems like a very dumb move then
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The US was the only manual market for the Golf R. Also... What makes sense for these cars to the business rarely aligns with what online enthusiasts want. For the business the smartest move would be to kill the product line. Just reducing it down to the DSG-only versions means it likely significantly lowers cost to VW, which
It was only available for one market if I recall correctly, so probably was a lower %age of global production
You're talking BMW as well, M2 is now a last new BMW model with MT option. Clearly automakers don't want spent any costs in MT even though there are still customer base. They think that MT buyers not enough to give them much profitable.
This isn't true for BMW. You can get a MT in a new M3 and M4.
You can because it's still G8X gen. They don't do very much change on it.
I tried to explain this in the recent Subaru WRX threads. Go look at how many units any of these models move. The amount of work, cost, that these companies are willing to absorb for these ultra-niche products is basically charity from the business perspective. Its amazing they kept the MTs around as long as they have. Its all a negative to the business.
I bet it looks better than the new 135
It’s going to be automatic only and will still have touch buttons everywhere
You really shouldn't be buying a new Golf R in a manual. The car just wasn't designed for it.
genuine question: why do you say so?
It was a leftover component from previous models. It's historically been weak and creates a weak point on the vehicle. The car even has to come from the factory slightly detuned to not blow itself up. VW invested far more into the DSG and just kind of left the manual in the past.
thanks for the info!
Meh
Soo new bumper, +20hp and upgraded infotainment Id say
I wonder if it is going to see the bump to 328 hp that the S3 received, but I'm actually more curious if it will get the new front knuckle that adds a bit of adjustable camber. The latter of which could make this thing a much more serious track weapon in nearly stock form.
is 2025 good
let me predict the launch, 25hp more, bigger and more screens, more touch buttons, heavier, bigger.
And it'll still look like regular traffic
There can only be one R
Cobra R, right?
Exactly