@ghtriumph Have a Google defeciency? Google these reports/list. Actually read Mr. Attention Deficet Disorder: Consumer Reports Chrysler ranks dead last Toyota's Scion places first in predicted reliability Buick, Jaguar dethrone Lexus in J.D. Power reliability study consumerreports org best worst in car reliability findings Asian brands dominate car quality rankings; Scion most reliable J.D. Power Dependability Study - Which Car Brands Are Reliable
@ghtriumph How old are you? It's all above average? WRONG! I'm not talking about "ALL". I'm talking RELIABILITY AS A BRAND! I'm 49, driving for 33 yrs, owned many cars, have the money to buy any car I want. I've owned VW and Porsche. I've also owned Acura. I know bad VW dealer service sucks. My wife had a 2003 Bug, had electrical problems I had to find my self. They just denied it. The radio had an internal short draining the battery. I didn't need my Engineering degree to figure it out.
@cars4women In the USA VW comes out near the bottom, below average, not even close to the top 10 in reliability. Also service is generally crap at the dealers. Most reliable brands: 1. Scion 2. Acura 3. Honda 4. Toyota 5. Lexus 6. Infiniti 7. Subaru 8. Hyundai 9. Mitsubishi 10. Kia.... Another more international list, Europe: 1 Mazda 2 Honda 3 Toyota 4 Mitsubishi 5 Kia 6 Subaru 7 Nissan 8 Lexus .... BMW, Audi, VW don't make the list. Do you have a Google deficiency? Honda Accord most reliable.
@dotZodiac motorsm com/complaints/volkswagen/default golf I was reading the complaints on VW, lots of Golfs, GTI, Passat and Jetta. OH MY! The complaints are ENGINE FAILED EARLY or rocker arm broke off. LOL! Never see that on Honda! I can tell you VW dealers are reluctant to honor warranty. THIS IS WHY THEY HAVE A LOW RATINGS! You blow it off as the Jetta is bad, Golf is awesome? Delusion is useful I guess. Does your girlfriend cheat on you, get drunk & beat you, but you stay with her?
@dotZodiac You say the Jetta brings VW down? Google motorsm com complaints corner volkswagen problems Lots of Golfs on the list. They break & repairs are expensive. Do you even own a VW? A friends VW Bug had terrible electrical issues. Read the VW forums, love hate relationships abound. If you're not a car enthusiast, want a car to drive, never needs anything but routine maintenance, guaranteed 200,000 mi before any issue, VW is NOT for you. The handling of VW is a cut above.
@dotZodiac Good comment. They use to bash Japanese cars. Now Lexus & Acura are top brands. Don't laugh Hyundai may eat your lunch. I have no dog in the fight, never drove a Hyundai, but car review shows heap praise on some models. You justify VW's low consumer ratings w/ Jetta brings VW brand down? OK but VW dealers suck, and VW's are just not as reliable as Asian, but people like teutonic German VW farfegnugen engineering. I've had VW, Porsche and BMW, nice driving but expensive to maintain.
@gmcjetpilot That part about the warranty is true, but those reliability ratings do not represent the golf itself. The Jetta is somewhat unreliable and is made in Mexico while the Golf is made in Germany. Also, Hyundai does have a much better warranty, but at the end of the day you're still driving a fucking Hyundai.
It's only a restyling. between V and VI i prefer the IV edition. And i hav a V series Sportline 2.0 TDI. When a true Golf Evolution? I want a substitute for IV, not a restyling of the fifth. When Alfa 149 will be introduced is possible a disaster in VW group, with an old A3 and an old Golf.
VW absolutely does not have a reputation for building reliable cars. My MKV GTI has had numerous problems (ac going out, flapper motor, leaky tail lights, spoiler had to be sawed off just to change the light bulbs, etc). Half of these issues are just poor design, the other half I attribute to poor quality. Look at all the recalls and tsbs which they "fix" by replacing it with the same crap parts that will break down in another 10k. I dread the day my warranty runs out.
VWs do make enjoyable, albeit, unreliable, cars. I guess if you lease the cars, than the repairs would be on VWs dime, not yours. Anecdotal reviews are fine, but I would do more research. Keep in mind that VW has dropped its basic warranty from 4 to 3 years as they were allegedly getting hammered on warranty work that that would rather have the customer pay for. And know that the Gold VI will be out for only three years before it is replaced by the redesigned from the ground up, Gold VII.
Keep researching. Consumer Reports ratings are based on the reports from actual owners, not bloggers who happen to like VWs. As for VWs 'high point'? Consumer Reports does not recommend any cars from that period. In fact, they do not recommend any used VW because they are so unreliable. Believe it or not, I love VWs and have owned two of them. I am just pissed off that VW makes the choice to build unreliable cars, while passing off repair costs on to their customers.
Did you even bother to read my entire post? Did you understand it? I am not alone. Check out Consumer Reports and JD Powers for the facts- VWs, while great cars, are unreliable. VW fired several top executives whose marching orders were to improve reliability as VW was hemmoraging money due to recalls and warranty work. VW's quick fix was to shorten their basic warranty so they wouldn't have to pick up the tab of repairs- the customer would.
I am neither joking nor ignorant. Consider yourself a lucky anomaly that you are the proud owner of a VW that actually works. I am basing my comment on two main sources: 1. Consumer Reports, which ranks VW reliability as 33rd out of the 36 major manufacturers sold in the US and 2. JD Power, which also has VW at the bottom. And by the way, I owned a Golf II and Passat 1. Never again. Maybe lease, but never buy.
What is really amazing about this video is that the Golf is actually moving under its own power. Normally, to get from point A to point B, the Golf, like most VWs, is either towed or placed on a flatbed. You have to ask ourself this: why is VW dropping the standard warranty from 48 months to 36 months. Is it because they are tired of fixing their own unreliable cars and would rather have the customer pay for the repairs themselves? Just wondering...
Sorry i was referring that 97-02 was NOT Vw's Highpoint. I don't recommend any VW's from then either. I guess I may just be biased in favor of the Golf. I am too excited to buy the Mk 6 one when it comes out in America fall 09. Really the anecdotal reviews that I've heard, from family and friends is that VW just makes great, reliable, enjoyable cars.
The JD Powers review was average, not unreliable. I know the MkIV Golf was a little dissapointing, and the cars of the same period were not VW's high point, (which i believe is around ('97-'02), but I've heard nothing but high praise in terms of reliability for other Volkswagen's.
And PS: this car will only be around for 3 years as VW plans on releasing the releasing its replacement, the Golf VII, ahead of schedule. The VII will be smaller, cheaper to manufacturer and hopefully for VW, more reliable than the V, on whose architechture the VI is based.
you say vw is unreliable?! i bet you know nothing about cars!! I have a mk2 with 400000km passed already it is as good as new! my father has mk5 with over 100000km passed and he only changed oil, tyres and belts! And for European market they are produced in Wolfsburg,Germany!
It seems the only sign of a new Golf design is the wider headlights, and the more dented grill between the headlights. That thing is getting uglier every generation. Do you the Golf and the Porsche 911/boxster go to the same stylist?
me too.. i will never sell my 2005 mk4 TDI, it's my first ever car, and the last tdi mk4. There's just something about it. I love it.. i really do. I'll pass it down to my kid some day.
You are the first and only person that I've ever heard say VW was unreliable. Perhaps jpsnail isnt the lucky anomaly but rather you are the unlucky anomaly
YEAH MAN lets all sell our vw's and buy overpriced toyota's that look similar to a 1990 audi yet its 10 years newer and handles 10 times worse woo gogo ls400
@ghtriumph People like you can't be bothered with facts. As a brand, VW is average/below average in reliability (CR's list 21 out of 33). People who own VW (like I did) will tell you this. I guarantee it will be less reliable, cost more to own than Asian. Trust me I know. Go to VW forums of VW enthusiast; they complain about dealer service, honoring warranty (which is/was ridiculously short ). Hyundai (8/33) has 100k mi/10 yr warranty and more reliable & cheaper to own than a VW!
@geeflyboy I'm not saying Hyundai is bad, I'm just saying it's not a very fun brand. I realize VW isn't incredibly reliable, and if reliability was all I cared about I would have gone with a Honda or Toyota. To me though, a car being fun and to have personality is more important, and a Civic just don't have much of that. It's not boring to drive but they're freaking everywhere and that kind of ruins it for me.
@geeflyboy For the record I do own a MKVI golf. It's new and of course it doesn't have any problems at the moment, but I've heard all but good stuff from people I know, but as you say it's a hit and miss with VW. I'm hoping nothing bad will happen, but I feel like taking the chance is worth driving a fun car which is very nice for the price. All cars have problems, and while there's brands like Honda with almost no problems, VW isn't bad by any means.
I just bought a 2010 Golf 2 door-- USA Stripped model with the five cylinder engine. The only options are rubber mats and tiptronic, yet it still feels as though I'm in a little Audi. it's my third Volkswagen and second Wolfsburg minted VW. I've also had a 1969 Beetle and a 1997 Jetta "Jazz" (base model + snazzy stereo & sunroof). I've owned 3 VW, 2 Mazda, 1 Hyundai, and 1 Toyota, and in that's how I'd place each mark in descending order in regards to driving enjoyment.
@scalper2009 hai detto bene... solo il nome... io possiedo la golf e oggettivamente ti dico che mi sono pentito di averla acquistata... non capisco tutti coloro che solo per il fatto di possederla buttano m**da sulle altre auto vantandosi di avere una golf... se a me una cosa fa cagare o non mi piace lo dico anche se si tratta della mia auto... e ti giuro che sarà la mia prima ed ultima volkswagen... tutto fumo e niente arrosto... abbiamo i migliori costruttori di auto in italia, apprezziamoli!
great looking car, better than mk7
@ghtriumph
Have a Google defeciency? Google these reports/list. Actually read Mr. Attention Deficet Disorder:
Consumer Reports Chrysler ranks dead last Toyota's Scion places first in predicted reliability
Buick, Jaguar dethrone Lexus in J.D. Power reliability study
consumerreports org best worst in car reliability findings
Asian brands dominate car quality rankings; Scion most reliable
J.D. Power Dependability Study - Which Car Brands Are Reliable
@ghtriumph
How old are you? It's all above average? WRONG! I'm not talking about "ALL". I'm talking RELIABILITY AS A BRAND! I'm 49, driving for 33 yrs, owned many cars, have the money to buy any car I want. I've owned VW and Porsche. I've also owned Acura. I know bad VW dealer service sucks. My wife had a 2003 Bug, had electrical problems I had to find my self. They just denied it. The radio had an internal short draining the battery. I didn't need my Engineering degree to figure it out.
@cars4women
In the USA VW comes out near the bottom, below average, not even close to the top 10 in reliability. Also service is generally crap at the dealers. Most reliable brands: 1. Scion 2. Acura 3. Honda 4. Toyota 5. Lexus 6. Infiniti 7. Subaru 8. Hyundai 9. Mitsubishi 10. Kia.... Another more international list, Europe: 1 Mazda 2 Honda 3 Toyota 4 Mitsubishi 5 Kia 6 Subaru 7 Nissan 8 Lexus .... BMW, Audi, VW don't make the list. Do you have a Google deficiency? Honda Accord most reliable.
@dotZodiac
motorsm com/complaints/volkswagen/default golf
I was reading the complaints on VW, lots of Golfs, GTI, Passat and Jetta. OH MY! The complaints are ENGINE FAILED EARLY or rocker arm broke off. LOL! Never see that on Honda! I can tell you VW dealers are reluctant to honor warranty. THIS IS WHY THEY HAVE A LOW RATINGS! You blow it off as the Jetta is bad, Golf is awesome? Delusion is useful I guess. Does your girlfriend cheat on you, get drunk & beat you, but you stay with her?
@dotZodiac
You say the Jetta brings VW down? Google
motorsm com complaints corner volkswagen problems
Lots of Golfs on the list. They break & repairs are expensive. Do you even own a VW? A friends VW Bug had terrible electrical issues. Read the VW forums, love hate relationships abound. If you're not a car enthusiast, want a car to drive, never needs anything but routine maintenance, guaranteed 200,000 mi before any issue, VW is NOT for you. The handling of VW is a cut above.
@dotZodiac
Good comment. They use to bash Japanese cars. Now Lexus & Acura are top brands. Don't laugh Hyundai may eat your lunch. I have no dog in the fight, never drove a Hyundai, but car review shows heap praise on some models. You justify VW's low consumer ratings w/ Jetta brings VW brand down? OK but VW dealers suck, and VW's are just not as reliable as Asian, but people like teutonic German VW farfegnugen engineering. I've had VW, Porsche and BMW, nice driving but expensive to maintain.
@gmcjetpilot That part about the warranty is true, but those reliability ratings do not represent the golf itself. The Jetta is somewhat unreliable and is made in Mexico while the Golf is made in Germany. Also, Hyundai does have a much better warranty, but at the end of the day you're still driving a fucking Hyundai.
It's only a restyling.
between V and VI i prefer the IV edition.
And i hav a V series Sportline 2.0 TDI.
When a true Golf Evolution? I want a substitute for IV, not a restyling of the fifth.
When Alfa 149 will be introduced is possible a disaster in VW group, with an old A3 and an old Golf.
VW absolutely does not have a reputation for building reliable cars. My MKV GTI has had numerous problems (ac going out, flapper motor, leaky tail lights, spoiler had to be sawed off just to change the light bulbs, etc). Half of these issues are just poor design, the other half I attribute to poor quality. Look at all the recalls and tsbs which they "fix" by replacing it with the same crap parts that will break down in another 10k. I dread the day my warranty runs out.
VWs do make enjoyable, albeit, unreliable, cars. I guess if you lease the cars, than the repairs would be on VWs dime, not yours. Anecdotal reviews are fine, but I would do more research. Keep in mind that VW has dropped its basic warranty from 4 to 3 years as they were allegedly getting hammered on warranty work that that would rather have the customer pay for. And know that the Gold VI will be out for only three years before it is replaced by the redesigned from the ground up, Gold VII.
Keep researching. Consumer Reports ratings are based on the reports from actual owners, not bloggers who happen to like VWs. As for VWs 'high point'? Consumer Reports does not recommend any cars from that period. In fact, they do not recommend any used VW because they are so unreliable. Believe it or not, I love VWs and have owned two of them. I am just pissed off that VW makes the choice to build unreliable cars, while passing off repair costs on to their customers.
Did you even bother to read my entire post? Did you understand it? I am not alone. Check out Consumer Reports and JD Powers for the facts- VWs, while great cars, are unreliable. VW fired several top executives whose marching orders were to improve reliability as VW was hemmoraging money due to recalls and warranty work. VW's quick fix was to shorten their basic warranty so they wouldn't have to pick up the tab of repairs- the customer would.
I am neither joking nor ignorant. Consider yourself a lucky anomaly that you are the proud owner of a VW that actually works. I am basing my comment on two main sources: 1. Consumer Reports, which ranks VW reliability as 33rd out of the 36 major manufacturers sold in the US and 2. JD Power, which also has VW at the bottom. And by the way, I owned a Golf II and Passat 1. Never again. Maybe lease, but never buy.
What is really amazing about this video is that the Golf is actually moving under its own power. Normally, to get from point A to point B, the Golf, like most VWs, is either towed or placed on a flatbed. You have to ask ourself this: why is VW dropping the standard warranty from 48 months to 36 months. Is it because they are tired of fixing their own unreliable cars and would rather have the customer pay for the repairs themselves? Just wondering...
Sorry i was referring that 97-02 was NOT Vw's Highpoint. I don't recommend any VW's from then either.
I guess I may just be biased in favor of the Golf. I am too excited to buy the Mk 6 one when it comes out in America fall 09. Really the anecdotal reviews that I've heard, from family and friends is that VW just makes great, reliable, enjoyable cars.
The JD Powers review was average, not unreliable. I know the MkIV Golf was a little dissapointing, and the cars of the same period were not VW's high point, (which i believe is around ('97-'02), but I've heard nothing but high praise in terms of reliability for other Volkswagen's.
And PS: this car will only be around for 3 years as VW plans on releasing the releasing its replacement, the Golf VII, ahead of schedule. The VII will be smaller, cheaper to manufacturer and hopefully for VW, more reliable than the V, on whose architechture the VI is based.
you say vw is unreliable?! i bet you know nothing about cars!! I have a mk2 with 400000km passed already it is as good as new! my father has mk5 with over 100000km passed and he only changed oil, tyres and belts! And for European market they are produced in Wolfsburg,Germany!
It seems the only sign of a new Golf design is the wider headlights, and the more dented grill between the headlights. That thing is getting uglier every generation. Do you the Golf and the Porsche 911/boxster go to the same stylist?
me too.. i will never sell my 2005 mk4 TDI, it's my first ever car, and the last tdi mk4. There's just something about it. I love it.. i really do. I'll pass it down to my kid some day.
You are the first and only person that I've ever heard say VW was unreliable. Perhaps jpsnail isnt the lucky anomaly but rather you are the unlucky anomaly
YEAH MAN
lets all sell our vw's and buy overpriced toyota's that look similar to a 1990 audi yet its 10 years newer and handles 10 times worse woo gogo ls400
well edleast you can drive it... im not even that old to drive it.. no drivers licence... plus it will get in my country in 5,6 months maybe a year :(
i own also an golf v tdi (sportpacket) and had a iv before, the golf v hasnt great isolation as iv, you get too much noise from the engine to inside.
"The 6 is the best ever, just like the 5 was better than 4, and so on..... "
my arse, the mk6, 5, 4, 3 or the 2 will never be better than the 1
i dont know about you, but this video just put shivers down my spin.. it's great =) i have a mk4 TDI, and i'm going to keep it forever.
I like the new look a lot. I've got a Rabbit MkV and it's been a fantastic, fun-to-drive, reliable car. Wish it were a diesel though.
He's not comparing a V8 to a V4...he's comparing a V8 to an inline 4. He's also comparing a full-sized luxury car to a hatchback...
must drive the car, great one. much more better than the mk V, especially the engines and the interior quality.
apart from the hedlamps sorry guys but there is nothing really new enough to call it the ALL new golf is it?
That may be... but this looks, as it should, like a Volkswagen. I can't wait to get one stateside.
mondeo is far better dont argue with that otherwise it would not have one car of the year
I think this is one I think this is one highly overrated car. Good but overrated!
Sublime espectacular, lastima que nunca va a llegar a la Argentina
Freu mich schon auf die Probefahrt. Bin mit meinem V'er super zufrieden, aber der IV'er reizt sehr :P
@ghtriumph
People like you can't be bothered with facts. As a brand, VW is average/below average in reliability (CR's list 21 out of 33). People who own VW (like I did) will tell you this. I guarantee it will be less reliable, cost more to own than Asian. Trust me I know. Go to VW forums of VW enthusiast; they complain about dealer service, honoring warranty (which is/was ridiculously short ). Hyundai (8/33) has 100k mi/10 yr warranty and more reliable & cheaper to own than a VW!
an alfa for reliability...you're in for a world of hurt
Ahh but he might decide to sell it.
@geeflyboy I'm not saying Hyundai is bad, I'm just saying it's not a very fun brand. I realize VW isn't incredibly reliable, and if reliability was all I cared about I would have gone with a Honda or Toyota. To me though, a car being fun and to have personality is more important, and a Civic just don't have much of that. It's not boring to drive but they're freaking everywhere and that kind of ruins it for me.
@geeflyboy For the record I do own a MKVI golf. It's new and of course it doesn't have any problems at the moment, but I've heard all but good stuff from people I know, but as you say it's a hit and miss with VW. I'm hoping nothing bad will happen, but I feel like taking the chance is worth driving a fun car which is very nice for the price. All cars have problems, and while there's brands like Honda with almost no problems, VW isn't bad by any means.
the looks are kinda weak compared to the mk5
the frost side is a bit similar to scirocco
I just bought a 2010 Golf 2 door-- USA Stripped model with the five cylinder engine. The only options are rubber mats and tiptronic, yet it still feels as though I'm in a little Audi. it's my third Volkswagen and second Wolfsburg minted VW. I've also had a 1969 Beetle and a 1997 Jetta "Jazz" (base model + snazzy stereo & sunroof). I've owned 3 VW, 2 Mazda, 1 Hyundai, and 1 Toyota, and in that's how I'd place each mark in descending order in regards to driving enjoyment.
with what engine did you bougt it?
I can barely see a deference. :D
another good car from Germany
@scalper2009 hai detto bene... solo il nome... io possiedo la golf e oggettivamente ti dico che mi sono pentito di averla acquistata... non capisco tutti coloro che solo per il fatto di possederla buttano m**da sulle altre auto vantandosi di avere una golf... se a me una cosa fa cagare o non mi piace lo dico anche se si tratta della mia auto... e ti giuro che sarà la mia prima ed ultima volkswagen... tutto fumo e niente arrosto... abbiamo i migliori costruttori di auto in italia, apprezziamoli!
awesome
I strenuously disagree!
Iceland is magic.
good work...
I want roads like this in Portugal to drive my Golf...
Golf 6 novi Srpski fica
ssij ...
Don't we all do.....
che brutta auto... pessima... lo stile dov'è? Alfa Giulietta 4ever
vai a cambiare la pompa dell'acqua alla tua gaylfa
I absolutely love my VW Golf MK6^^
me too
i agree with GrahamCrackers94...