Originally Posted by
Mitsu3000gt
My dad is looking to downsize into retirement (selling his A6) so we looked at a loaded GTI for him the other weekend. It's badly in need of an update IMHO, but that is not surprising being at the end of it's ~6 year cycle. What stuck out to me was: Inefficient center console/storage area, no power passenger seat, no heated rear seats, no lane keep, no brake hold, no wireless charging, no digital dash/clusters, no heated steering wheel, manual E-brake, and probably a couple other minor things I'm forgetting. DSG and power-train though are tough to beat in the category. If the MY2021 addresses the tech/interior deficiencies (relative to the competition), it will once again be a very compelling option as per usual. And if it truly gets 300HP, that's icing on the cake especially if they can engineer it with zero torque steer.
Audi and BMW are asleep at the wheel it seems. The A3 needs an update and the hatch option back, and BMW doesn't even have anything with 4 doors in the segment.