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    End Of Production: MK6

    This may be of interest to the Mk6 crowd (if you don't already know)

    End of production is scheduled for November 2012. Dealers last orders for November delivery need to be placed June 7th!
    Last edited by volksweapon; 06-06-2012 at 01:28 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by volksweapon View Post
    This may be of interest to the Mk6 crowd (if you don't already know)

    End of production is scheduled for 7th June 2012.
    Source?
    The Mk7 hasn't even been released at a motorshow yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by volksweapon View Post
    This may be of interest to the Mk6 crowd (if you don't already know)

    End of production is scheduled for 7th June 2012.
    Not quite. Dealers are not able to order any more Mk6 Golfs after 7th June (Excluding Golf R). They will still be building them up till around November.

    Mk7 production is not planned untill January 2013
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    Quote Originally Posted by dubstyle View Post
    Not quite. Dealers are not able to order any more Mk6 Golfs after 7th June (Excluding Golf R).
    Interesting - source? Does that include the GTI? Seeing as it's unlikely the GTI will be launched at the same time as the standard Golf, as per VW's usual staggering of model launches.

    Assuming the Mk7 will be built in Wolfsburg, presumably they'll need a couple of months complete downtime between ending production of any Mk6 and commencement of manufacture (pre-launch) of the Mk7, to allow for line tooling.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dubstyle View Post
    Not quite. Dealers are not able to order any more Mk6 Golfs after 7th June (Excluding Golf R). They will still be building them up till around November.

    Mk7 production is not planned untill January 2013
    Quite correct - I should have titled the post End of ordering. It still means that if you want to order a unique specification of Mk6Golf including GTI you would need to do it fast.
    I don't know if Golf R will actually be allowed to order or if VGA will just import a selection of cars and distribute them amongst dealers that want them?

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    I've just had confirmation from my dealer that VGA is the source of this info. (Thanks Ashley!) It's presumably being disseminated to dealers now.

    Quote Originally Posted by volksweapon View Post
    Quite correct - I should have titled the post End of ordering.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AdamD View Post
    Assuming the Mk7 will be built in Wolfsburg, presumably they'll need a couple of months complete downtime between ending production of any Mk6 and commencement of manufacture (pre-launch) of the Mk7, to allow for line tooling.
    A friend that works for VW UK was at Wolfsburg 18mnths ago and they were putting in the robots for the production line to build Mk7. I'd say they are pretty much right to go any day. We'll still be at least 6months behind the european release.
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    Golf GTI (Mk6) supply drying up

    From the Golf Mk7 thread -- Golf Mk7 Officially Revealed !! (Now with First Drive Reviews on page 8)

    Apparently GTI production stops in the next month.

    Looks like there will be a black out period in 2013 when there will be no GTIs available.

    Drive - Volkswagen Golf GTI Supply Running Out

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    Interesting how they say the 0-100 time of the new one is only 6.5 seconds, despite it having slightly more kW, a lot more torque, and a lot less weight. I assume they're understating on purpose as I'd expect it to be closer to 6- flat.

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    recent wheels article got 6.5 out of the current GTi. A few times. (article to be published I believe)

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