No other manufacturer has an equivalent to the Golf GTE. For a PHEV the battery is huge. Additionally with 272ps it is seriously quick. Well worth the wait.

 

I agree with this. Had mine just over a week and it's an awesome car. Comfortable and efficient with great tech, yet absolutely rapid when needed.

 

There is a major software bug which makes the 12V battery go flat. I don’t think VW has a fix yet.

 

I just got an 8.5 GTE last week and am absolutely loving it so far. What is the issue with the 12V battery? I read something a while ago about the "Charging Location" not showing in the options, but I have that option available on my car?

 

I bought the Audi A3 40 e TFSI equivalent of the GTE 6 weeks ago and can thoroughly recommend it. I found the more user friendly buttons on the infotainment better than the Golf e-hybrid I tried.
The finance went through quickly and Audi seem to have a lot of cars available for quick delivery.
You’re right about the efficiency of the electric motor/battery set up. For local trips I can see between 70 and 80 miles on a charge.

 

Had my 2025 GTE a month now and I’m really impressed. Definitely a fun car! Not entirely sure what the comment about the gearbox is about - it seems perfectly good to me.

70 miles is definitely achievable on battery.

 

Had my 2025 GTE a month now and I’m really impressed. Definitely a fun car! Not entirely sure what the comment about the gearbox is about - it seems perfectly good to me.

70 miles is definitely achievable on battery.

Is 70 miles when charging at 80 or 100%?

 

Today I did a 48 mile round trip on pure electric. I arrived home with 13 mile electric range remaining (unless you suddenly change driving style the range display is pretty accurate). That is 61 miles in total with 80% charge. Too much traffic to give it the beans but a cross country route which included hills plus the A/C was on.

 

New car coming Friday at last just quick question sure illl have more what profile does everyone use do they use individual and if so what settings are best ?

 

Did you add Adaptive DCC? I’ve got it so I’m not sure what part of the Individual settings are only available with DCC.

As for best settings - there can’t possibly be “best” ones. What sort of road? What is your driving style? What are your preferences?

If I want to have some fun on a twisty road, I’ll stick everything to sport and max out the dampening stiffness. Otherwise I’m generally happy with it in Comfort setting and I just put the gearbox in S if I want to for example overtake pretty quickly.

The other setting I’ve grown to like is putting the brake regen on high. This basically enables one pedal driving whereby if you lift off the accelerator, you begin so slow down quite quickly. I got used to it very fast and enjoy it.