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Originally Posted by chumley
I think pricing is a huge challenge. There's no way this won't be above $40k if the R32 is mid-upper $30's. That's ok if you're cross shopping X1's or even X3's or some other $40-$50k German entrant.
The problem with these types of cars for me ALWAYS is that the car it's based on was designed to sell profitably for 1/2 the money. Whether Jetta or Golf, most of what you touch and interact with was designed to sell at an $18k starting point.
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That may have been true in the past but recent iterations have had fantastic fit and finish. For a $26k GTI, I thought mine had great seats, nice leather wrapped wheel, the controls were plastic feeling but I did have a stripper other than the leather. I will say that the Golf R has that same interior at a $10k premium and at that entry point, you start to feel a little short-changed.