The Volkswagen Golf GTE is coming to Malaysia next year. The announcement of the Golf Mk 7 plug-in hybrid’s impending arrival here was made by Weiming Soh, president of commercial operations, Greater China and ASEAN, at the Volkswagen Das Event showcase today.
No mention was made about pricing or exactly when the car – which premiered in Geneva in March – will make its debut next year. All that has been said for now is that it will be sold here.
The GTE is powered by a turbocharged, direct-injected 1.4 TSI engine offering 148 hp, and the mill is paired with a 101 hp electric motor. Total combined output is 201 hp and 350 Nm, and power is channeled to the wheels through a six-speed DSG designed specifically for hybrid applications.
Performance figures include a 0-100 km/h sprint time of 7.6 seconds and a 217 km/h top speed. Not bad numbers, considering that the GTE weighs 1,520 kg, nearly 170 kg more than its hot hatch sibling, the GTI.
The GTE can operate in pure electric mode at up to 130 km/h, and can travel 50 km on a single charge – this can be saved up for later use, for example while driving on a highway towards a city. The 8.8 kWh lithium-ion battery takes about three and a half hours to charge from a domestic socket, or about an hour less through a wall-mounted charging station.
Of note is the fuel consumption and operating range of the GTE – based on a NEDC test cycle, the combined fuel consumption is a claimed 67 km per litre, good enough to give the GTE a 933 km running range. Expect less in real world conditions, of course, but it should still be quite an eco warrior.
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Can’t wait to test drive this. It’s probably the first hybrid that I’m excited about. Not including the hypercar-hybrid like the P1 & 918 of course
So after 1km it breaks down, how?
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Jangan bodolah. This is 6 speed DSG, not the normal 7 speed DSG. Why need your non-original(fake) tow truck service?
VW still has not sorted their DSG issues. Better to have a car that works and does not breakdown with your child stuck in the car waiting for the tow truck to come.
VW in Germany already in black and white admitted that their DSG cannot be used in hot countries like Malaysia or countries where there is bad traffic jam (like Malaysia).
Please VGM, please sort your DSG before coming out with all sorts of initiatives and new models.
VGM Facebook does not lie. So many complaints even from 2014 models VW cars with DSG errors and breakdowns.
Are you working for the car tow service company?
Great to heard hybrid…. but in bolehland is cost how much after 100% taxes???
Lousy system by bolehland ministers.
To protect the P brand from going extinct mah
Ok lah, i give this car 100% tax free for first time car buyer just to shut the arrogant P1 supporters up about how their cars can smoke this, smoke that but in the end get smoked by GTE!
Oh you have mistaken that for T, lol
Suprima is doomed! With 201hp and 350Nm torque compared to Suprima’s puny 200Nm torque, this car can easily smoke it Suprima… it is using a 6 DSG, which means there is no DSG problem!
If this car sells at the same price as the Suprima, every car out there is doomed.
Should qualify for “EEV”
Suprima is not in same segment with GTE, even altis camry 2.0l cannot smoke those 205nm torquey engine!
Well done VW, although Toyota Hybrid has dominated the world market for more than a decade.
Where is Proton hybrid? Still testing it at the north pole due to the battery is extremely heat-sensitive?
Who gives a rat’s arse about toyota’s hybrids. They look like old people’s shoes and goes like one too.
Who cares about Proton? Proton only knows how to remove safety equipments for Suprima to make it “look” affordable. They don’t know how to progress. This car will smoke Suprima kaw-kaw while saving more fuel at the same time!
Of course any german-made cars will make any malaysian-made car look like a push-cart…
Obviously reall doesn’t sit or drive a Toyota Hybrids before and then talk nonsense.
Because Toyota Hybrids are so fuel saving, you can floor the pedal all time and still get 19km/l fuel consumption. There are a lot of drivers who achieve 30km/l with their hypermiling techniques (RM69 for 900km mileage).
You know what is the 0-100km/h for Prius C? It is 10.5s, only 0.9s slower than the Preve turbo (9.6s). Or 0.6s slower than the Suprima S Premium (9.9s). Faster than the Iriz 1.6 (11.1s).
Toyota Hybrids are slow?? hahahaha…
If you can’t afford one, don’t talkok.
Both this car and prius C are junks when arrive n bolehland coz its prices. Iriz or coming saga times better in saving money. Can pay for house, fuel too for many years!
Btw prius C is crampy car and the puny torque will drag it to a driving of a loser!
Hahahahahahaha
Oh before you say about protection, korean and japs protect their auto industries too!
Toyota hybrids are expensive thanks to the Proton high tax protection.
Why don’t you get one when it was tax free? Then you can save your money from car, petrol (RM50 for 500km) and maintenance (maintenance is same as Myvi) for your house??
You want cheap and speed? Get a kapchai. Honda EX5 is your best bet. No one will think you are a loser.
There is no winner and loser in driving cars, but there are big difference between Syok Sendiri and Everyone Around You Happy.
Why dont u bring ur diesel car here instead of hybrid
For obvious reasons la bro….questionable diesel quality..
France is banning diesel.
FIY, countries in Europe are phasing out Diesel engines. It may be efficient & produce fewer CO2/km compared to petrol, but it also produces Nitrogen dioxide which can be a potential health risk.
So, what’s the difference…same old design
If you want new skin old engine old transmission old chassis old safety gadgets choose T / p2
If you want new skin new engine new transmission new chassis new safety gadgets choose p1
Choose Suprima if you want to get smoke by this car
Choose Suprima if you want to die
Suprima premium got ESC lor, get your fact right. Your car must be smoked badly by suprima so you are butthurt, lol
hahaha…read dude, read..
You’re a knob.
If you can’t tell the difference, then this car is not for you
The car for me is toyola coz it can smoke GTE gao gao
Fake same lorrr detected
WANT… !!!
Any guesstimates on pricing?
Saving the environment is all good but if the purchase price hurts the wallet + high electricity tariffs (higher next year?), it makes more financial sense to take the KTM / LRT to work still…
Government be like…
“Wow, so hitech so much power..only really rich people can use this..lets slap 400k price tag on this thing”
hahahahahahah! So true bro.
Wow… that was unexpected. Seriously looking forward to it, though it would be interesting to see how many EV stations we’ll get out first… and the price.
Dei VGM still have their hands tied sorting out all the problems with their existing cars and now they wanna bring in more complicated tech….at least start bringing in diesel models la since we’re getting better diesel fuel in a year’s time.
If wanna go for hybrid also at least bring in normal hybrid and not the plug-in types. Dare I say all condos here in Bolehland do not have charging stations and its the same for most shopping malls too.
well, landed property will boom then :p
so many VW posts in one go… VW sales must be impacted by the reputation they get from the scandalous DSG gear box issue.
Why? Proton salesman butthurt that they can sell the “downgraded” Suprima?
Why butthurt? The price won’t be even close. Different buyers altogether.
No la.. DSG issue had resolved already, i think it’s because they really want to improve their after sales quality and increase their sales volume.
Agree with you, i can see they are trying hard to solve everything and improvising their after sales quality. Last time, my friend’s Polo 1.2 TSI has gearbox issue and he had sent it to service center to fix it. After that, his car didn’t have any issue.
another warranty claim waiting to happen
Pretty cool, though I wonder what the lifespan is on the battery and how much it costs to replace it.
The good ol’ GTI will last for decades without any major maintenance costs but I suspect a battery replacement on this GTE might not be as friendly on the wallet.
it should qualify for gov’s EEV’s incentive then.
RM200k minimum?
dont expect below 250k
No more tax relief for hybrid cars
if civic and crz hybrids are priced at 180k, golf would be at least 250k
unfortunately, but can’t blame the government
What makes this kinda nice is it’s actually a “plug-in hybrid” rather than the none plug in types offered currently by Toyota and Honda or the full electric ones offered by Mitsu and Nissan. I will just wait a few month after launching for them to iron out the issues… which I hope won’t be much.
But see… Is the electricity enough to power a car?! Power out then how?
Kanasai…no wonder my kain pelapik got stolen. All went to golf seat.
To VGM,
I am worried about your after sales service. We are not even talk about hybrid here yet.
I think along with this they will be looking to fix their after sales as well. It;s just not mentioned here cz its all about the hybrid.
They are trying to fix their after sales as well…
But just because they are having other problems doesn’t mean they can’t continue innovating. I’m sure they have people in R&D working on several things at once right?
Ini baru R&D, not R&D of Proton which takes out more safety equipments
How about Vios overpriced B segment still dun have VSC?
Wow. Battery capacity is bigger than 918 Spyder’s. 8.8 kWh vs 6.8 kWh.
1.4hp engine = 148hp
electric motor = 101hp
combined hp = 201hp
Epic fail..
Bodoh tu tolong simpan sikit…
How to calculate? Tolong ajar
148 + 101 = 249 hp
but somewhere along the line from exiting the car factory to the showroom, the hp got songlap by you know who, along with the prices
so the hp that comes with the car is now 201 hp and the price is now 2 times higher
faham?
Lagi bangang
VGM, back to the basic before step in Plug in Hybrid.
Most of your SC and your technician not familliar to VW car and how to fix!.
MOst people will not buy VW again due to terrify after sales service!
Well.. At least VW dare to try something new and finally i can see a hybrid version of Golf. Give VW a chance!
More problems, more money four us… Dey machia…
I’m excited to see this, even though it’s a plug-in. Can give the other brands in the segment some competition.