VW Golf GTE or GTI?
OK, OK, I know neither of these are “Other Sports Cars” couldn’t think of any other Board to post on.
I’m retiring in a couple of months and will no longer need three cars, Boxster GTS - a definite keeper - my daily drive Volvo V40 D4 diesel and SWMBO’s Honda Jazz. We’ve narrowed the choice down to Golf GTE plug in hybrid or a GTI. Both are similar in price as here in the U.K. the government gives a decent subsidy to PHEV cars. GTI obviously would be the better drive, but we’ll be doing mainly local trips in the Golf with occasional 100km trips to see SWMBO’s family where we wouldn’t use the Boxster. Delivery times are becoming crazy on GTE models, I have one on order from November and delivery is now quoted at July (originally estimated at April when ordered). Demand is so high for the GTE that Volkswagen are no longer accepting any new orders for it. I could have a GTI in 15 weeks from order, so theoretically early April, not that the delivery date is all that critical. No penalty to change models. Our VW dealer will honour the part exchange values for the Volvo and Jazz despite the delayed delivery for the GTE.
So, what to do? Head says wait for the GTE due to lower running costs on the majority of the time and we already have a fine drivers car in the Boxster, but heart says go for the GTI...... Don’t want to go any more expensive than this, so VW Type R or Audi S3 etc not in the running. Looked at various other cars, including Honda Civic Sport or Type R.
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