Comments on: Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk6 – full details unveiled!

By: PaulS

PaulS — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:02:53 +0000

TM how is your Gti now?still misbehaving?very sorry to hear of your problems plus the the inept service quality bein rendered by the dealers..hope the principal of VW takes note

By: TM

TM — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:43:25 +0000

Dear Umar,

You have made the right choice. Just to share with you, my car went into the workshop again for the 2nd time, just 4 days after they returned my car upon rectifying it. So far, it has been 2 weeks and I have not got my car back yet.

VW experts are not able to find the problem at the moment. They have changed 2 things,
1. Installed a component called ‘Megatronic’ (5/03 car went into the workshop – 20/03 received my car back)
2. Updated the TCU software (23/03 – car went into the workshop, have not got my car back till today)

VW has not returned my car since then and VW was unable to give me a specific timeline as to when will this problem be resolved, let alone guarantee that this problem will not happen again for the 3rd time.

All i was told by VGM management is that ‘We hope that the above 2 solutions would help resolve the issue’

Please dont not buy anything from VW car, cause obviously you’re paying good money for poor quality management of cars and poor quality of after sales service.

It is so easy to sell a car, but i will never ever recommend a VW to anyone having gone through this experience with a global, well known car company.

Please share this with your friends and family…. i dont want this to happen to anyone else =)

By: Umar bin Ahmad

Umar bin Ahmad — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 08:03:06 +0000

I realy plan to buy the latest GTI model but you are not recommend thank for your info

By: TM

TM — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:54:29 +0000

I have recently bought the new GTI model, delivered in January 2010. Its been less than 3 months (< than 5000 mileage) and I have encountered a gear box issue. Problem occurred 2 days in a row. Both incidents took place while driving on the road, speed suddenly drops, safe mode kicked in and the car could not engaged the gear. Pulled up to the side and had to restart.

Just this morning, i sent it into the service centre. They managed to diagnosed the problem, but the mechanic advised that the troubleshooting showed that this is not a permanent problem hence they cannot escalate it, or rather the mechanic said that its not a procedure to escalate a sporadic problem.

So I was told to drive home and bring it back when i encounter the problem again. Imagine if you're trying to over- take another vehicle and the speed of the car suddenly drops. I really don't see the purpose of this warranty which is meant to protect car buyers.

I was advised that if the diagnosis indicates that it as 'sporadic', it does not warrant for any part replacement,despite the fact that the mechanic has confirmed this is due to a gear box problem! Question- why not fix it for me, after-all my car is practically brand new, just came out of the first 1000 km service on Feb 10 2010.

Those who bought the new GTI model – dec batch, if you encounter gear box problems, please do share. Btw, according to the Wearnes VW mechanic, the 6 engine sensors apparently does not detect any fault if its due to the gear box. All GTI drivers mark 6, do share if you encounter a similar problem.

I do not recommend the new GTI m6 – overpriced & lousy service!

By: TM

TM — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:48:40 +0000

I have recently bought this 'to-die-for' m6 GTI , delivered in January 2010. Its been less than 3 months (< than 5000 mileage) and I have encountered a gear box issue. Problem occurred 2 days in a row. Both incidents took place while driving on the road, speed suddenly drops, safe mode kicked in and the car could not engaged the gear. Pulled up to the side and had to restart.

I do not recommend the new GTI m6 to anyone –looks good, but this car is crap crap crap. I hate it.

By: ALan T

ALan T — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:13:10 +0000

What colour should i get? Black or Red?

By: Benny Teh

Benny Teh — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:59:41 +0000

I heard mk6 is coming in this Saturday which is 5/9/09 at Auto City, Juru. gotta have a look

By: benny

benny — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:25:09 +0000

when does it come to malaysia ?

By: borabora

borabora — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:38:26 +0000

but RS's 410Nm came from a 2.5L engine..280Nm for a 2.0L can be considered ok,though Peugeot's 1.6L got 240,now that's outstanding,hehehe

By: klaka seram

klaka seram — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:18:10 +0000

with our tax structure, most of us can only dream of having good car.. very unfortunate

By: Mark Leong

Mark Leong — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:50:40 +0000

"The GTI has generation II of the Park Assist system, which requires only a space of 1.1 meters, down from 1.4 meters. With Park Assist II, the GTI can reverse into a parallel parking spot automatically, with the driver only needed to control the brakes and accelerator (and clutch in the manual). There is also Adaptive Cruise Control, which requires less intervention from the driver as it brakes and accelerates the GTI while looking out for the distance to the car in front via a laser sensor in the rear view mirror."

~ This is magic. It's future here now. ~

By: quak58 of Aussie

quak58 of Aussie — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:52:35 +0000

[quote comment="224362"]looks like a refined version of the Mk5. Its hard to believe the engine FWD setup can deal with so much torque. Does the car have some sort of torque management system like Focus or Mazda3 does?[/quote]

280Nm of torque is nothing int he world of hot hatches. Check out the new ford focus RS. It has 410Nm of torque. NOw that is massive! You don't really need a torque management system for 280Nm. =P

By: James

James — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:06:21 +0000

looks like a refined version of the Mk5. Its hard to believe the engine FWD setup can deal with so much torque. Does the car have some sort of torque management system like Focus or Mazda3 does?

By: beachboi

beachboi — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:55:33 +0000

of all the vw cars, the golf has always been my fav… handsome, fun and sexy

someone buy me one pls heheheh

By: initial R

initial R — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:00:19 +0000

u can ask the info more at VW car PJ, the curve, Bangsar (near junction before dataran Maybank), also ABT bangsar.

By: quak58 of Aussie

quak58 of Aussie — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:41:39 +0000

The VW golf has always been a 'king' of hot hatches in terms of popularity. The looks of the new one seems to much better in my opinion compared to the previous version. The Mk5 was plagued with all sort of lemon issues due to the manufacturing process. Now if they have solved all the problems with the previous version this would be a real killer.

Only problem… whats with that old fuddy duddy checkered interior??? Time to move on I say.

By: Rulered

Rulered — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:26:22 +0000

Looks like a fun car to drive. I hope VW will maintain it's 2 din audio system if it comes here. The rim in this photos looks like it can hurt people : )

By: mystvearn

mystvearn — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:39:09 +0000

The Mk5 looks better IMHO

By: michaelooi

michaelooi — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:58:13 +0000

I just came in my pants

By: Alamak

Alamak — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:59:09 +0000

for preown vw check out – http://www.volkswagen.com.my/preowned

The GTI MK5 also have some differential. Check out the MK5 brochure download from VW website – Electronic differential lock (EDL) ensures optimal traction on every ground surface.

Did they just change name EDL to XDS and market it as something new?

By: Noname Takadanama

Noname Takadanama — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:35:48 +0000

Scirocco later this year? Woohoo!!! =D

By: Noname Takadanama

Noname Takadanama — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:05:40 +0000

I want one!

By: Zaff1984

Zaff1984 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:55:03 +0000

Like the interior very much, sophisticated yet maintain the interior quality as previous model.

By: dr_farnz

dr_farnz — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:02:48 +0000

Paul..do u have any idea bout the VW preowned program..Wonder the price of the Golf GTI mk5.hmmmm..

Lovely MK6..damned..

By: EO

EO — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:49:31 +0000

So when? How much?

By: Maibatsu Thunder

Maibatsu Thunder — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:25:37 +0000

Kraft durch Freude! You've come a long way VW, and you're always in my heart!

By: kington

kington — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:06:16 +0000

Good to see this MK6, but once again, mere mortals like us can only drool over cars like these.

I agree that the rims would have to go, it's just to widely replicated these days.

By: I my

I my — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:05:04 +0000

A lower compression ratio … mean can give abit more boost.

By: vivio

vivio — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:57:03 +0000

look at the old one mk1

pewww nice loking car there

By: Littlefire

Littlefire — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:51:50 +0000

If i not mistaken is normal turbo, but the new engine is now timing chain driven, compare to the old 1 which is timing belt.