by "Audistein" (Audistein)
Published 05/01/2017 at 15:36
by "Audistein" (Audistein)
Published 05/01/2017 at 15:36
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STARS: 9
If you don’t all go out and buy one of these you’re liars.
The VW.com configurator is showing that you can now get a Golf Sportwagen with 4motion and a manual in America. It seems to be that you can only get 4Motion on the base model; if you want more luxury you have to step up to an Alltrack. I guess this is fine because the Jalopnik/Oppo commenter zeitgeist prefers base models anyway. A stick shift is available on the Alltrak for the S and SE trim levels now though, so getting more features also means getting more ride-height. These are all 2017 MY cars, and the website’s dealer inventory tool is showing manual, AWD Golf wagons being “in transit” to dealers near me at least.
There are even reviews of this car from US media going back to January but I feel like coverage slipped through the cracks a bit. Jalopnik really, really needs to get their hands on a manual 4Motion for a review.
So many people asked for this and now its here. Now people need to put their money where their mouths are and buy these, showing VW that this is what Americans indeed want.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
05/01/2017 at 15:39, STARS: 2
Doesn’t this have the same powertrain as Jkm’s Jetta? That’s the spooky part.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
05/01/2017 at 15:40, STARS: 1
muh brown
"Audistein" (Audistein)
05/01/2017 at 15:42, STARS: 2
You can get it wrapped.
Or just spam VW with letters about how the Golf Sportwagen needs to get the brown from the Jetta.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
05/01/2017 at 15:44, STARS: 2
I’d totally consider it if I didn’t already have three cars tagged and two more as ill-advised project cars.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
05/01/2017 at 15:45, STARS: 1
This was really temping for me and my wife who are trading in our TDI sportwagen 6MT this week....but....its time to trade up in size and VW’s got nothing.
"LongbowMkII" (longbowmkii)
05/01/2017 at 15:46, STARS: 0
the problem is that the shifter is hardly better than a Mitsubishi mirage.
"Audistein" (Audistein)
05/01/2017 at 15:48, STARS: 2
Trading up in size? 6MT? I’ve got something for this...
https://www.carmax.com/car/14248655
That’s probably deserving of it’s own Oppo article.
"ZHP Sparky, the 5th" (e30s2k)
05/01/2017 at 15:49, STARS: 0
Wowza. So clean too! CarMax Warranty!
"Audistein" (Audistein)
05/01/2017 at 15:50, STARS: 1
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
05/01/2017 at 15:50, STARS: 1
You know, we considered Tregs but they realized they are really only bigger everywhere it doesn’t matter. We need more interior room.
"EL_ULY" (uly)
05/01/2017 at 15:50, STARS: 1
LOLNOPE :]
"TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts." (thebloody)
05/01/2017 at 15:53, STARS: 0
We tried out the Passat and Jetta and my wife hated them both, such is life I guess :/. So went with a lifted wagon.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
05/01/2017 at 15:54, STARS: 1
I did say “ill advised”. I have yet to ever buy a car for over $1500 or sell one for more than $2000. And yet, I’m typically way below any kind of car payment in expenses.
"Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero" (sampsonite24)
05/01/2017 at 15:57, STARS: 0
Atlas? or is the Manual crucial?
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
05/01/2017 at 15:58, STARS: 0
Spamming VW with letters + complaining on Jalopnik about it seems like a better financial decision though.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
05/01/2017 at 16:00, STARS: 0
If my wife’s Fit had 100,000 mikes more than if did, I would strongly consider it... and then buy a Honda
"wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
05/01/2017 at 16:00, STARS: 0
I’d prefer a bro-truck, a Chrysler 200 or maybe a nice CUV
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
05/01/2017 at 16:01, STARS: 1
We’re shopping this week, so Altas is out.
"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7)
05/01/2017 at 16:09, STARS: 0
I can’t believe this exists. I had no idea the 2nd gen Cayenne had manuals.
"Audistein" (Audistein)
05/01/2017 at 16:13, STARS: 0
That’s not a Toureg, it’s a Cayenne with a damn manual transmission.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
05/01/2017 at 16:14, STARS: 1
Same thing, only more expensive. Yeah its got a manual, but the rest of the car is a pass.
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
05/01/2017 at 16:37, STARS: 0
B6 Passat wagon. Possibly the most underrated car they’ve ever built, and mostly driven by little old ladies who maintain them at the dealer.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
05/01/2017 at 16:39, STARS: 0
Harder to find than decent Volvo’s...and thats saying something.
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
05/01/2017 at 16:42, STARS: 0
The real unicorn is the 2008 4motion with the 3.6L VR6. Basically the same engine in the Cayenne. Automatic only, though. I occasionally see them around town...it
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s the kind of car I want to track down and leave a note on them. One day they
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ll trade it into CarMax and get $3k when it
’
s worth $10k, but they
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ll never know because they
’
re little old ladies...
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
05/01/2017 at 16:46, STARS: 1
We looked at A4 Avants but they are TINY inside, like smaller than the sportwagen. Stupid wagon hating merica.