+Gordon Freeman I generally agree with you. :) Although something to note it depends entirely on the given car/engine/hardware/tune. My car makes peak BHP at 4200rpm and holds it flat till 5000 :-) (same base Common rail VW engine as this)

+Gordon Freeman Hasn't been the case in a lot of diesels for quite a long time. BMW, Merc, VW/etc all learned ages ago how to make diesels rev right upto where the fuel stops burning. Usually 5000-5200 is the new cut off and that's because they build soft limiters into the software to save engine damage after that. Look up piezo injectors in a common rail and you'll see just how flexible the new fuel delivery systems are.

That.. and it's manual dsg would've been better,faster and the car knows when to change gear which is not the case with this guy..

+Colin Garnett (ChaosphereIX) They shouldve never stopped making the Dodge Magnum and CTS-V wagon

+DesertStateInEu If people had bought them they wouldn't have.

Cursalock They were selling pretty well, they shouldve kept them around for atleast a decade till everybody got used to them.

+DesertStateInEu I knew about the magnum (terrific idea, horrible execution... No manual and a REALLY UGLY face) but the ctsv wagon is gone too? I FUCKING HATE SUVs. They're ruining Americas market for station wagons, and when people decide they don't want a big ol suburban/explorer they get some crappy/super ugly "crossover" which is just about the worst type of car imaginable. Bad gas mileage and not even utilitarian like a big ol SUV is.... God kill me now.

Thomas Lee SUVs are a major American thing, however you pointed out something important, the crossovers. They need to get rid of crossovers and bring back station wagons so people have an easier time making up their minds, and I guarantee more people would rather have a station wagon than a crossover.

I'm polygamous when it comes to cars ;)

+TheSmokingTire Matt i rly wanna know if u have bought a r32 gtr alrdy pls let us know :)

+nukem high yes, I did

+TheSmokingTire im happy to hear that i hope u get no problems with it and enjoy it :)... would love to know if u could make a video of it for us i would love to see it and i bet many other people too

+nukem high I believe he said on his instagram that he'll make a video.

Very impressive for a 2.0tdi. Have fun with it man :)

***** Hopefully going to make around 300-310hp soon with bigger turbo, built head and nitrous. And sadly im from the UK :( I would otherwise haha!

In the 3 years since this comment how many cams did you go through

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+im Schwaggy HAHAHHAHAHAH indeed

Ass backwards ;)

i never heard it before lol its kinda funny *****

That's the joke...

June. EPA testing delayed all new 2016 model cars coming to the US by 3 months

+Freak Nasty God damn government

He said into 4th. So 4th gear

Yeah or buying a gas car?

Old comment haha but do you think it's worth it over the newer golf other than the rear suspension?

+madoc do they really? They've done a great job masking that with the new body style. Maybe it's just the rearward weight distribution that gives the impression of longer wheelbase.

Front engine especially transversely mount/fwd = most likely nose heavy. I bet that extra rear overhang gives a better weight distribution than hatch

Even with the fixed calibration, the power is great honestly. I can't tell a difference between pre-and post tune.

It sucks, in a lot of modern cars the "temperature gauge" has become a glorified idiot light... People got concerned when the temperature gauge would fluctuate (as coolant temp fluctuates normally). So in most modern cars they just set it to dead centre over a wide temperature range... So by the time the car indicates hot on the gauge it's well and truly hot!

I did not know that. And that is the dumbest thing on earth. Why even put a gauge if it's not accurate?

+TheSmokingTire it's designed so that people who have no idea about cars don't freak out if it's a millimetre left or right of 90 degrees C.

+TheSmokingTire Same reason the Miata had the oil pressure gauge replaced by an idiot gauge in 94. Too many people came in saying their oil pressure fluctuates. I mean, they arent wrong, my oil pressure gauge will go from 30psi at idle all the way past 60psi when really getting on it or when its cold. This is nothing new though. My 2003 Focus SVT was the same way. There were 2 temp readings. One coolant reading at the t-stat housing which was really a switch for the fan. Another that was a probe in one end of the cylinder head that was connected to the dash but it was also buffered so it would not fluxtuate. It would sit smack in the middle as long as the car was running fine and there were no numbers on it. However the SVT got 2 aux gauges fro oil pressure and oil temp that were real gauges. In contrast my 1990 Chevy Suburban has a real gauge with number on it and you can watch the t-stat open and the temp drop. It cycles between 150F to about 190F.

+TheSmokingTire It's designed so that people who don't know about cars, won't come and wine about any fluctuation. I'm guessing VAG thinks that a coolant temp of 70°C/160°F is an okay temp to beat on a car. No offence but, you might be a good example here: you tell the viewers VAG has a good reputation with not runing warm or cold a bit when pusing te car. Is a good repuation, not exactly wat you would want wen you manufacture cars? .. I'm guessing here, but me thinks loads of carbuilders do this...

+Toad Boy I've never seen any OTS tunes on a stock turbo/stock VW TDI engine that make over 200 hp. Is someone doing that?

+TheSmokingTire www.celtictuning.co.uk/en/component/ctvc/volkswagen/jetta-1b-2009/diesel/2-0-tdi-cr-138-bhp-2009/stage-1#t3-content 206hp 298lb/ft

+TheSmokingTire sv.bsr.se/trimsatser/t/2742 all in Swedish but basically 213 bhp with only a software tune 👍🏻

175 HP and 280 lb/ft of torque

+Willy Lamb-Orgel Most off-the-shelf tunes do not really affect MPG unless you're driving the car hard. If you're trying to get the most performance out of it, it will surely use more fuel than the standard tune. If you're just cruising on the highway, the tune's parameters are not that far from stock so MPG shouldn't be affected. In our Fiesta ST, highway fuel economy is not changed from stock, even though the car makes 50% more power than stock.

+TheSmokingTire I do in the Fiesta ST. I use COBB's the fly switchable tune to go into that economy tune on the highway to equal it out though, and flip back when I need the power. Otherwise I notice a few MPG loss. Conversely if I stick it in cruise control and go 65 with the economy tune, I've average over 40MPG. xD

+TheSmokingTire Fascinating. That's awesome.

+Bastian Visser we get the 150 HP/236 lb ft engine here.

+TheSmokingTire same one the, but here it's one of very few that is actually not being recalled. Got mine tuned by Swedish company BSR got a claimed 197 bhp. You can get the 2,0 tdi here from vw with 184 bhp but only in the golf alltrack model. Nice car in general though, very pleased with mine.

sportchips.com.mx/catalogo/p/REPRO-CHIP-TUNING,-REPRO-PARA-VOLKSWAGEN-GOLF-SPORTWAGEN-L4-2018-2.0L-TDi-TURBO-DIESEL-SPORTCHIPS-SCH-05732 LMK how it goes! I’m looking forward to upgrade mine too!

No Alabama travel plans at the moment

+planb1215 4MOTION (VW's term for their AWD system) Sportwagens are coming to the USA later this year. I believe AWD is available in Europe but I could be mistaken.

+Boot Shrew They are. We also have the R SportWagen, AWD of course.

we moved lol

agreed

Same but i don't have a diesel vw:(

+Gabriel Guerra Meneses Yeah, fuck people with asthma. My right to own a VW beats your right to breathe.

theshonen8899 i love to have asthma is way to have a good life

theshonen8899 I have asthma and love my jetta, I just don't breath through the tail pipe or stay in an enclosed garage with it or any car for that matter

No, they changed the body too. Car looks different

+Nik Brudar The previous generation of this car looked exactly like a Jetta with a wagon rear end on it and was called Jetta SportWagen www.newcars.com/volkswagen/jetta-sportwagen/2014

+TheSmokingTire de.autoviva.com/img/photos/531/volkswagen_golf_vi_variant_1_4i_tsi_122cv_trendline_dsg7v_large_13531.jpg Thats our european Golf Variant. They just renamed it ;)

+Adam Drumonde new car is based on MBQ platform and it is identical to latest Golf. Old car was based on the MK5/6 platform and had Jetta's front end at the start. MK6 Jetta Wagen had Golf's front facia, but they did not change the name at that time. New car is lighter and it is actually bigger despite the impression (it is almost the same size as old B6 Passat Wagon).

^That's what I was getting at more or less. Not the difference between a Mk6 and Mk7, but VW's uncanny ability to seemingly use Jetta and Golf almost interchangeably. "Introducing the all new 2016 Golf Mk7 Sedan!"

This is incorrect

We dont have S1's in the US.

+TheSmokingTire That's a shame, revo do some cool stuff. Putting my fiesta in once the warranty is over.

+TheSmokingTire Oh how we wish we could bring the S1 to this half of the world!

They should be offering one with AWD and a 0.9 inch increase in ride height next year. It'll be called the Golf Sportwagen Alltrak. But, unfortunately for now no TDI engine and no manual transmission. Just the 1.8T and a DSG will be offered.

+igotlobsterhands In California you will have two years to do the fix and then the State will get a record of VINS with no fix and you will not be able to register the car. Not all states are that way but this can be enforced.

+ralfdcat holy I live in BC Canada and my mom owns a Jetta TDI and all she got was a letter but no one is making her bring her car in.

That's right but I guarantee if people bring it in for normal maintenance they will install the different tune.

The Mk7 isn't even affected by this emissions issue. I don't get why Matt was banging on about VW installing slower tunes on these cars - they won't, they aren't recalled.

+alexaescht yes they are.

+CUZC0M Because "full-on" videos are expensive to make and the revenue from KZfaq is not enough to cover the expenses. I say we should be happy for getting cool, free videos regardless of the format. Edit: if you want something else than one takes, go here ;) vimeo.com/ondemand/allcarsgotoheaven

+Lazar Janjusevic Yes, but this is a manual gearbox car, and so the shift times come into account. If you can rev the engine to redline in between corners to avoid making two shifts (one up, one back down), the net will be in your favor. Furthermore, if you drive an automatic or dual-clutch diesel, put it in automatic, and floor the accelerator pedal, it will shift at redline, not at 4,000 RPM, leading me to believe the engineers who designed the car are of the opinion that the fastest way to accelerate a diesel car is to shift at redline. If someone can show me proof otherwise, I'd be happy to hear it. But I would love to see a drag race between two diesel cars where one car is run to redline and the other is short shifted at 3500. I'd bet the redline shifted car wins the race.

+Lazar Janjusevic +TheSmokingTire Tuned TDI has completely different torque curve, you get way more torque up the rev range compared to the stock map one. So, standard maybe, tuned - rev it!

TheSmokingTire Hey man,you have a great chanel here,you test a lot of cars,and you could probably organise a small drag race and film it...I'm sure a lot of us are interested to see what happens when you shift at max torque,max power or pedal to the metal :)

+BigCarKilla I'm a gear higher than the gas car, yes, but I still don't like upshifting before redline when I'm on the straightaway. The car doesn't pull as hard above 4500 as it does below it, but the last 500 RPM are still worth using if you're trying to go as fast as possible. The time and momentum lost with two extra shifts isn't worth it to me when there are still revs left in the gear.

+TheSmokingTire Matt, after looking at the power curve of this tune, I really am going to stand firm on this - as from 4,300rpm the power drops like a cliff. You'd be pushing to redline for no reason, and slowing your progress. If you get the car again, do a 1/4 mile time shifting at 4,500 and again at 5,000 - you will see an advantage. The amount of torque and power you lose in those last few revs is massive, this isn't a gas car, the drop off isn't progressive so there isn't a reason to whip a dead horse. While up shifting earlier places you back in the meat of things and gets you progressing faster.

fart* fuck lol.

Gooch queef

Those who buy tdis are for the most part either: looking for the high mpg (close to 50) or vw enthusiasts or both. The same person buying a focus st will not think "let me try the golf tdi instead, I bet it'll be more fun and faster". It's two different markets. Therefore your comment is irrelevant sir.

+Reginald R yeah 50 mpg and a huge boot/lots of backseat room. It would just be a positive that its 190+ hp and manual for a car guy.

+Reginald R not true. I've cross shopped a tdi golf manual and a focus st.

+Sandro you're not the typical buyer my friend.