Volkswagen Golf 2020 ultimate review: the full truth about the 'new' MK8!

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    It’s the car that’s been 45 years in the making… Introducing the new Golf Mk8! It’s one of the most recognisable cars the world over, and the new version arrives with a sleeker exterior design and a total overhaul of the cabin, which includes a tonne of new tech! The most powerful edition of the Mk8 will be the GTE, which will combine a 1.4-litre TSI petrol engine with an electric motor to produce 241hp! But does this all-new class-leader offer enough to retain its crown? Join Mat for his ULTIMATE review to find out!
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  • @desmondmiles7471
    @desmondmiles7471 Před 4 lety +4249

    The law: no using your phone while driving
    Cars these days: everything is on touch screens like your phone

    • @senoow4215
      @senoow4215 Před 4 lety +34

      well those touch screens are related to the car, the phone not so much

    • @AwkwardYet
      @AwkwardYet Před 4 lety +166

      Literally Tesla’s fault

    • @SaintRampalSpiritualLeader
      @SaintRampalSpiritualLeader Před 4 lety +131

      @@AwkwardYet oh yes because they came up with touchscreen infotainment

    • @TheIrishmike1984
      @TheIrishmike1984 Před 4 lety +262

      Haha yeah, it's crazy how touching a mounted phone is illegal (UK) yet using a massive touchscreen in the car is somehow fine.

    • @ballathug8404
      @ballathug8404 Před 4 lety +44

      @@senoow4215 it's still distracting, as opposed to when cars didn't have apps on their menu

  • @Wakabatan
    @Wakabatan Před 4 lety +872

    Shouting "My ass is hot" to a car is probably a thing we'd never expect to do in 2020 but here we are now.

    • @MighyMe
      @MighyMe Před 4 lety +13

      Wakaba-tan Good it’s still 2019

    • @katmaur6949
      @katmaur6949 Před 4 lety +3

      IS it rude?

    • @Luis-cr1tw
      @Luis-cr1tw Před rokem

      If she answered would be amazing😁 grear feature

  • @yugen8382
    @yugen8382 Před 4 lety +308

    Noone wants voice commands..
    Noone wants gesture controlls..
    Noone wants touch buttons...
    They're annoying and never work properly.
    Either put one high quality, highly responsive , high resolution touch screen. Or traditional buttons.

    • @christianminga90
      @christianminga90 Před 3 lety +14

      They are although cheaper for the car manufacturers. It's cheaper to build in a touchscreen or a screen instead of analogue instruments. Most of the people didn't get that yet, but it's true. The cars should be cheaper because of that. Insider information ;)

    • @MashabaZA
      @MashabaZA Před 3 lety +2

      @@christianminga90 those trim items generally fade away after 4 years . Wear and tear etc. So perhaps with software upgrades, the digital systems can improve each year. VW drivers are very loyal. So will be good to see how this sells.

    • @caab0516
      @caab0516 Před 3 lety

      So basically either go Tesla or dont use touch?

    • @TheMstwntdLMSV123
      @TheMstwntdLMSV123 Před 3 lety

      Or both

    • @Quettesh
      @Quettesh Před 3 lety

      back in my days...

  • @naveen5126
    @naveen5126 Před 4 lety +162

    "honey, there's a car on my computer"

  • @baronvonhoughton
    @baronvonhoughton Před 4 lety +1453

    Apparently the brakes will be on a touch screen in the mark 9.

    • @jmml1
      @jmml1 Před 4 lety +36

      I believe you’re talking about a Tesla

    • @akairohoshi1872
      @akairohoshi1872 Před 4 lety +6

      You'd really like to stop time and progress, don't you?

    • @juliaalinaS
      @juliaalinaS Před 4 lety +74

      @@akairohoshi1872 "Progress" that makes it harder to use while driving is hardly progress.

    • @N1ckZ
      @N1ckZ Před 4 lety +15

      @@akairohoshi1872 I would. I definitely would

    • @akairohoshi1872
      @akairohoshi1872 Před 4 lety

      @@N1ckZ without technological progress we'd still sit in caves and use stone-tools to hunt animals, if that's what you want please go to some remote south American tribe. People are so ignorant these days...

  • @yesyesnono6969
    @yesyesnono6969 Před 4 lety +1575

    mat : didn't poke the fake exhaust with the stick of truth
    me : *everything is a lie*

    • @arctus4272
      @arctus4272 Před 4 lety +6

      Our life is a lie

    • @Bikerbob88
      @Bikerbob88 Před 4 lety +8

      The stick of Truth xDxD

    • @faysalmullaire2263
      @faysalmullaire2263 Před 4 lety +3

      Give us the stick!

    • @onoff314
      @onoff314 Před 4 lety +1

      Not worth it anymore with 90% of cars failing the stick of truth

    • @exoroxx
      @exoroxx Před 4 lety +1

      The new Golf is not even faking it. We're all lost!

  • @wolfschindler8921
    @wolfschindler8921 Před 3 lety +212

    Operating a touchscreen on a bumpy road is like trying to type on a keyboard after a bottle of whisky!

    • @icecreamforcrowhurst
      @icecreamforcrowhurst Před 3 lety +5

      Yes so make sure you don’t touch the whiskey before going for a drive

  • @akselihillman4580
    @akselihillman4580 Před 4 lety +1193

    At least VW hasn't oversized the grille, just saying ;)

    • @marcofernandes581
      @marcofernandes581 Před 4 lety +15

      I see what you did here mate 😏😉

    • @fckSashka
      @fckSashka Před 4 lety +46

      Big grills look good imo. It’s a matter of taste.

    • @lukezi3952
      @lukezi3952 Před 4 lety +60

      vanillo no, they dont. A 1.5l petrol doesnt need a massive grill for more and cooling performance. Looks ridiculous and out of place

    • @bigmac8160
      @bigmac8160 Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah, at least.

    • @stacia6678
      @stacia6678 Před 4 lety +5

      Lukas FoST They don’t need it, but how it looks is a matter of preference. I think big grills look bloody good.

  • @eddieallen6401
    @eddieallen6401 Před 4 lety +542

    Jesus when did pressing a button to switch on your heated seats become such a bloody hardship.

    • @justmechanicthings
      @justmechanicthings Před 4 lety +61

      around the time turning a key became too labour intensive

    • @kzero1499
      @kzero1499 Před 4 lety +7

      Truly the epitome of first world problems

    • @BFIFE22G35
      @BFIFE22G35 Před 4 lety +47

      @@justmechanicthings Push button start is at least more convenient than using a key. Those climate and volume controls will take more time and effort to get them to the setting you actually want than a normal knob

    • @justmechanicthings
      @justmechanicthings Před 4 lety +1

      @@BFIFE22G35 Not necessarily, in the early days of push button start you were still required to insert a key and turn the ignition on. like in the 2005 Civic f series. but yes the digital climate controls are more fiddly

    • @vitaliimykytenko8612
      @vitaliimykytenko8612 Před 4 lety

      IDK how disabled you are, to have to go through a struggle from using 2 fingers.

  • @zrzmtz93
    @zrzmtz93 Před 4 lety +710

    Mat: "My bottoms cold!"
    Golf: "Sorry"
    Mat: "It's not your fault"

    • @adnaanashraf3643
      @adnaanashraf3643 Před 4 lety +26

      Thanks for the subtitles. Arent you going to do them for the whole video?

    • @user-vs9to3ng5x
      @user-vs9to3ng5x Před 4 lety +5

      Mat: “Ma ba’em is cod”
      Golf: “Was?”

    • @mattcurlew9716
      @mattcurlew9716 Před 4 lety +4

      Yes I'm not deaf, thanks

    • @mubblemann
      @mubblemann Před 4 lety +3

      Yeah we heard it too.

    • @everburn
      @everburn Před 4 lety +1

      @@adnaanashraf3643 shots😂

  • @user4732_
    @user4732_ Před 2 lety +115

    I had the chance to drive a 2021 Golf and I can honestly say the the digital controls were very incovenient to use. In the dark, evening turning the volume up/down was a quite a task. Too much technology perhaps not supported by a well thought-out layout and usability, which is surprising being a VW.
    .

    • @marchiano5933
      @marchiano5933 Před rokem

      There is steering wheel buttons too right?

    • @nickgreen7954
      @nickgreen7954 Před rokem

      @@marchiano5933 yes there is

    • @Bahle_Gaji
      @Bahle_Gaji Před rokem

      @@marchiano5933 touch ones yes

    • @eek8605
      @eek8605 Před rokem +4

      I test drove and probably will pull the trigger on the 2022 golf, i quite like it all touch screen, but then again, my generation or age group grew up on tech, if thats the right choice of words, so it felt normal for me.

    • @katiecannon8186
      @katiecannon8186 Před rokem

      @@eek8605. I have a 7. I actually love the 8. And I’m old. Lol.

  • @atomalbert
    @atomalbert Před 4 lety +31

    Would’ve been perfect if they kept the mk7/7.5 physical buttons

  • @fatihsapanoglu3236
    @fatihsapanoglu3236 Před 4 lety +476

    “Size does matter”
    Confidence: aight imma head out

    • @JustinAbroad
      @JustinAbroad Před 4 lety +28

      My gf said Mines the smallest she's had

    • @abdullahsaleh3266
      @abdullahsaleh3266 Před 4 lety +23

      @@JustinAbroad That's sad man

    • @akrammlt
      @akrammlt Před 4 lety +12

      @@JustinAbroad brave fella, going where every man has gone before

    • @AwkwardYet
      @AwkwardYet Před 4 lety +9

      Tidwell imagine having a girlfriend, can’t relate

    • @user-sr6ys3ff8g
      @user-sr6ys3ff8g Před 4 lety +1

      Tidwell must feel weird to have a talking hand

  • @georgechivu4226
    @georgechivu4226 Před 4 lety +3528

    This is not a people's car anymore. It's a rich kid's first car.

    • @seanmcd72
      @seanmcd72 Před 4 lety +189

      George, it's 2019 now, soon to be 2020. Try and keep up.

    • @Mk7adxm
      @Mk7adxm Před 4 lety +172

      Sean M stfu people can drive what they want

    • @DaMafiaGamer
      @DaMafiaGamer Před 4 lety +71

      It’s a car that can have loads of problem, especially the mk6 tsi with the dsg gearbox and don’t forget the mk6 1.6 tdi with its ‘glow plug’ issues (hint, it’s never the glow plugs that need changing). As my second car it’s good but fairly unreliable, maybe I got two lemons. Who knows. My 2005 polo was more reliable lol! Good old German engineering...

    • @forza223bowe5
      @forza223bowe5 Před 4 lety +25

      DaMafiaGamer My MK7 has been fine, but I wouldn’t like to own it out of warranty

    • @DaMafiaGamer
      @DaMafiaGamer Před 4 lety +13

      Forza223 Bowe yeah I’ve heard the mk7 is quite reliable lol. All extras from the mk6 come by default in the mk7. But did you know that some mk6 1.4 tsi had a turbo and a supercharger (making it faster than the mk7 tsi) I had the max spec one which was 180bhp, although it had gearbox problems, value problems, hell the engine was replaced too! It was and still is a very fun car to drive, I think it also had a stage 2 tune done to it, it was literally a seat cupra in the shape of a vw. You’d get an adrenaline rush every time you’d floor it.

  • @mattseaman5397
    @mattseaman5397 Před 4 lety +110

    2:54 They moved the steering wheel from the right to the left side!
    What a revolutionary idea!!!

    • @nateisright
      @nateisright Před 4 lety

      Matt Seaman Progress

    • @stuarttimocin7929
      @stuarttimocin7929 Před 4 lety +4

      No in Europe they drive in the right hand side whereas in U.K./IRE they drive on the left. The models shown were most likely just different country models.

    • @romips9839
      @romips9839 Před 4 lety +13

      That's just how vw golf are. The first generation used to have steering wheel in the middle

    • @stacia6678
      @stacia6678 Před 4 lety +2

      Dylan Jacobs The third generation had it in the outer windshield, you had to face your arse forwards.

    • @reece005
      @reece005 Před 3 lety

      Lol 😂

  • @mikkostratos5177
    @mikkostratos5177 Před 4 lety +13

    Amazing video!! I like your energy while presenting cars! :D

  • @hananas2
    @hananas2 Před 4 lety +1122

    The front reminds me of a renault to be honest

  • @11LK
    @11LK Před 4 lety +538

    I’m glad manual gear lever is not on touch screen !

    • @danielleroux6490
      @danielleroux6490 Před 4 lety +14

      @mumad usman Real drivers drive manual, period. #savethemanuals

    • @roconnor01
      @roconnor01 Před 3 lety +2

      Or the steering wheel!

    • @henryzr23
      @henryzr23 Před 3 lety +1

      @@roconnor01 😂

    • @ethanstenner9397
      @ethanstenner9397 Před 3 lety

      roconnor01 Mercedes is typing...

    • @TheBizzle90
      @TheBizzle90 Před 3 lety +1

      I hope VW wont read this comment. You might bring them on idea's 🤫😮...

  • @rafaelmiranda4109
    @rafaelmiranda4109 Před 2 lety +6

    How funny is it to notice that you recorded this video around my town. Hope you enjoyed Castelo de Paiva - Portugal :)

  • @autonewstv86
    @autonewstv86 Před 3 lety +120

    *The fog lights looks exactly just like the Kia and Posrsche*

    • @j_hakann
      @j_hakann Před 3 lety +35

      Ah yes, the good old Posrsche

    • @mirilondondrift
      @mirilondondrift Před 3 lety +5

      Posrsche

    • @gedon4713
      @gedon4713 Před 3 lety +4

      John3:16
      For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son FOR OUR SINS so whoever believeth in him shall not perish but have eternal life

  • @jones780
    @jones780 Před 4 lety +203

    That opening of every model golf was beautiful. 😍

    • @stophatingmichael6767
      @stophatingmichael6767 Před 4 lety

      Ya

    • @RobRandomVids
      @RobRandomVids Před 4 lety

      I thought the mk2 always had twin headlamps though. What's going on there?

    • @RJ-qx2fy
      @RJ-qx2fy Před 4 lety

      Robert B im pretty sure twin lights was an optional extra.

    • @SilentPlayThroughs
      @SilentPlayThroughs Před 4 lety

      Robert B GTI models only have twin headlight

    • @heffe1557
      @heffe1557 Před 4 lety

      @@SilentPlayThroughs GTI's got them standard, but my normal mk2 got twins aswell

  • @saadalishaikh8300
    @saadalishaikh8300 Před 4 lety +1441

    Honestly I’ll always prefer pressing buttons instead of arguing with the lady 😂

    • @Preyser123
      @Preyser123 Před 4 lety +35

      Greetings from South Africa. I fully agree as a blind person (25 years old). Physical push-buttons are the way to go. Golf 4/5/6 1.6 petrol and manual transmition for the win!

    • @jasonb23
      @jasonb23 Před 4 lety +19

      @@Preyser123 how can you type if youre blind

    • @DAZZER435
      @DAZZER435 Před 4 lety +19

      @@jasonb23 Being blind does not mean no sight whatsoever.

    • @Alishaan2002
      @Alishaan2002 Před 4 lety +3

      Google speech to text?

    • @Preyser123
      @Preyser123 Před 4 lety +18

      To put it simply, it's text-to-speech software that is installed on my laptop computer.

  • @sandropeixoto2623
    @sandropeixoto2623 Před 4 lety +6

    Hello. It's nice to see high quality reviews in my country, specially near the city I live. Congratulations for one more great review.

  • @michaolegario5451
    @michaolegario5451 Před 3 lety +3

    at 13:08 I thought Matt was gonna say that the bottle would stand still on the lever..LOL

  • @johnmichaelcruz962
    @johnmichaelcruz962 Před 4 lety +219

    2:55 Mrk8 has a big change. Its steering wheel is now in left side 😂

    • @beangz2981
      @beangz2981 Před 4 lety +1

      isnt the one he's reviewing is in Germany or somethin?

    • @vasilepuscasu3048
      @vasilepuscasu3048 Před 4 lety +6

      It has a German registration number

    • @Anonym-kd5wf
      @Anonym-kd5wf Před 4 lety +19

      You Brits drive on the wrong side

    • @vasilepuscasu3048
      @vasilepuscasu3048 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Anonym-kd5wf everyone was walking on the left side hundreds of years back

    • @xavierwastaken6891
      @xavierwastaken6891 Před 4 lety +7

      Fun fact this video was actually recorded around my hometown of Castelo de Paiva, Portugal. Pretty much everyone i know has been seeing these golfs for a while now and we were wondering what they were for. Now we know.

  • @timotej292
    @timotej292 Před 4 lety +1059

    This trend of making all buttons into cheap lcd touch screens is so god damn annoying and dissapointing.
    LCD screens in cars age far worse than any button, making them look old and obsolete quickly.
    What happened to well designed physical buttons with that "ahh feels good" fellling when you hear them click or rotate.

    • @sten260
      @sten260 Před 4 lety +37

      its cheaper to manufacture the screens and put everything in the software than to build the physical buttons

    • @minciNashu
      @minciNashu Před 4 lety +58

      Built in obsolence.. That's the point, replace your car quickly

    • @sebastien4565
      @sebastien4565 Před 4 lety +28

      You're right, first thing I thought when I saw the interior and lack of physical buttons is: Holy shit, this is not gonna age well!

    • @streaky81
      @streaky81 Před 4 lety +15

      Inverse is true. If the manufacturer can be bothered they can update it as time goes on and make it better. I'd rather it was android but what the hey. I can show you cars from 5 years ago without LCDs where the controls look all kinds of outdated, don't think that's a valid argument. Strong argument for is it's less mechanical crap to go wrong. It's also, yes, cheaper. What I suspect will actually happen is you'll end up with a cottage industry of people writing new OS' for it and coming up with ways to reskin..

    • @timotej292
      @timotej292 Před 4 lety +9

      @@streaky81
      For my tase most of the time the car had a poor interior design, it had a bunch of screens. And they always came with a sloppy designed operating system.
      Of course it's cost savings. Companies are getting really good at optimising their processes - using screens, same technolgy, design, chassis for different car models, sharing what works between brands (škoda, vw, seat ...). It's become something of an art form, how to squeeze as much profit out of an existing product as possible, finding out what people dont care about, so you can replace it with a cheaper material. One example I can think of is fiat and jeep, both owned by the same company. If you look in the interior of both cars they straight up look the same. So it makes no difference if you buy a 40 000 jeep or a 15 000 fiat, you get the same shitty lcd design and copy pasted interior look.
      To be fair though fiat tipo has a nice combination of buttons and a screen in the center console.
      Making an elegant design combining both physical buttons and lcd screen would not be much more expensive. As we established though, why would they bother, lcd is cheaper and faster.
      And to top it all off, craming all this electronics in the car is making them more complicated to fix and preventing owners from doing their own repair.

  • @tatendaguzuzu4290
    @tatendaguzuzu4290 Před 3 lety +3

    One thing i like about VW golf is that it maintains ts original design.....you can follow it through from generation 1 of the golf up to the latest one

  • @lahonymanor2927
    @lahonymanor2927 Před 3 lety +2

    This interior Speedo design has been on Citroen C4 Picasso's since 2013. Most reviewers complained about there not being buttons and will all touchscreen! I guess it's good this vw incorporates the touch slide system and screen system. I do love the dual colour screens in my Citroen C4 Picasso and nice to see other manufacturers are incorporating 2 colour screen's.

  • @jolyonpalmer4527
    @jolyonpalmer4527 Před 4 lety +98

    7:15 why does this sound familiar lol

  • @xmarcika
    @xmarcika Před 4 lety +490

    It’s just me or The front of “new” golf looks like Toyota auris? 🤔

  • @francescodt
    @francescodt Před 4 lety +166

    Your reviews are sooo funny lol 😂😂 it's always a pleasure to watch them.

  • @martinmcgoldrick1357
    @martinmcgoldrick1357 Před 4 lety +183

    You deliberately missed all the cost cutting in the new golf

    • @thelatman9397
      @thelatman9397 Před 3 lety +11

      Yet picked up on them in the Leon...

    • @user-bx6lf3pb4v
      @user-bx6lf3pb4v Před 3 lety +1

      @@antonthompson7838 haven’t seen it live, but other reviews criticised the paint job ist lazy, interior gaps and material and the infotainment system.

    • @blahdiblah2169
      @blahdiblah2169 Před 3 lety +6

      I like Golfs, but I would buy a model a year earlier just to avoid the "gimmick touch" and swipe. That crap doesn't even work correctly.

  • @scottiesimpsons5229
    @scottiesimpsons5229 Před 4 lety +1053

    The 7 face lift is the nicest one they’ve made

    • @fredfinks
      @fredfinks Před 4 lety +9

      I bought my first ever new car, the polo gti. The changes theyve made to both are great. Everyone comments on how nice it looks, but i didnt buy it for other people, i bought it for me and am i happy! There a few things wrong with it though but i can live with it (the car is awesome in all other areas) 1. The brakes are super sensitive, too sensitive at low speeds / traffic. Ive seen quite a few other people complain about this also, its very hard to always come to smooth stop without a jerk forward from momentum. 2. the engine bay heats up the cabin air intake. i.e. outside ambient air temp is 19c, climate temp control set to lowest (aircon off). Drive around and air coming in is heated to ~28c. Thats just plain wrong. No other car ive ever had in my decades of driving has done this. You shouldnt have to use aircon all the time.

    • @darrenh5745
      @darrenh5745 Před 4 lety +29

      True! 7 exterior and this interior would be perfect!

    • @thomasthereal4067
      @thomasthereal4067 Před 4 lety +2

      @@darrenh5745 yea, Golf VII is great, I drive an used one. Any questions? ;)

    • @christianj252
      @christianj252 Před 4 lety +17

      Mk8 looks like a Toyota Corolla Hatchback now, although it has every right to be ugly and weird because it’s Toyota. Golf is supposed to look sensible and refined.

    • @maxi-g
      @maxi-g Před 4 lety +1

      @@darrenh5745 no norlt true

  • @MischiefMan111
    @MischiefMan111 Před 4 lety +116

    No one likes golf when the fresh one comes out but after abit everyone fells in love with it

    • @LittleLightIsaOnce
      @LittleLightIsaOnce Před 4 lety +17

      Im pretty sure the mk5, 6 are the uglies and ppl agree. Well now its the mk8
      (The ass looks good tho)

    • @nathandepasquale9571
      @nathandepasquale9571 Před 4 lety +12

      Noooo they don't.

    • @Ryo-xx1lm
      @Ryo-xx1lm Před 4 lety +50

      The 7 was beautiful since the start.

    • @aryarock22
      @aryarock22 Před 4 lety +18

      Don’t know why everyone’s shitting on this I think it looks good

    • @xxxmass
      @xxxmass Před 4 lety +2

      @@Ryo-xx1lm BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • @send0gz
    @send0gz Před 3 lety

    I've just started watching u tonight in search for a car for myself....and...I couldn't stop! always crack me up! and is that a steve furtick /elevation worship ur listening too? no wonder . good man!

  • @andrewmontague2636
    @andrewmontague2636 Před 4 lety +12

    Looks terrific. Can’t wait to see and to drive one. Great review 👍🏼

  • @aleksandarpetrushevski2095
    @aleksandarpetrushevski2095 Před 4 lety +169

    12:14 old guy staring at Matt from the van lmaoo

  • @kevink1595
    @kevink1595 Před 4 lety +33

    I’ve owned 16 VWs over the years...thrilled I got my 2018 Golf R 7.5....WAY better looking!

    • @KING0SISQO
      @KING0SISQO Před 4 lety +1

      Only now after seeing it. You’re finally thrilled 😂

  • @AbdellahIdazzi
    @AbdellahIdazzi Před 4 lety +4

    I love your reviews, informative and funny at the same time LOL

  • @halilhadzisadikovic672
    @halilhadzisadikovic672 Před 2 lety +5

    Golf 8 has amazing driving feeling, its built like tank and it is SOOOO so comfortable i have 1.0 TSI on open road it is consuming 5.5 liters per 100 km its amazing car and it has so good equipment

  • @anassberrady5878
    @anassberrady5878 Před 4 lety +234

    "Size does matter despite what anyone may claim" matt watson late 2019

    • @puttitat2851
      @puttitat2851 Před 4 lety +2

      So does the number of T's

    • @jansteen5640
      @jansteen5640 Před 4 lety +3

      @TANORWAY That's not what she said last saturday!

  • @yobama8344
    @yobama8344 Před 4 lety +370

    This is what 2019 did to the golf

  • @SilverShamrock71
    @SilverShamrock71 Před 3 lety +45

    I think VW have pretty much optimised the chassis design, hence the new versions are basically face-lift design tweaks, love the new rear badges

  • @tiagoagfaria
    @tiagoagfaria Před 3 lety +1

    Hello Mat, how did you like Portugal? Big fan of your reviews.

  • @lagundafire
    @lagundafire Před 4 lety +425

    Emissions down 80%. Sounds like VW been sniffing the paint again.

    • @johnnste1
      @johnnste1 Před 4 lety +13

      They’ve been producing lower emission engines than most of their competitors for a long time. www.theguardian.com/technology2016/sep/19/many-car-brands-emit-more-pollution-than-volkswagen-report-finds

    • @jay-uo2bi
      @jay-uo2bi Před 4 lety +21

      @@johnnste1 wooosh

    • @vitaliimykytenko8612
      @vitaliimykytenko8612 Před 4 lety

      I mean, they have sniffing batteries that they are going to instal into their lineup of electric cars.

    • @kojobaidoo5422
      @kojobaidoo5422 Před 4 lety +1

      hahahhahahahahahhahahhaah

    • @derweiehelge9087
      @derweiehelge9087 Před 4 lety +15

      @@johnnste1 There's a difference between making engines that actually create less emissions and developing software that regulates them to get through emission tests, but then gets disabled while on the street.

  • @93Alexchelsea
    @93Alexchelsea Před 4 lety +92

    I thought at the beginning that this was an Auris 🤣

    • @edwardvalivonis23
      @edwardvalivonis23 Před 4 lety +2

      Looks more like Astra

    • @Alishaan2002
      @Alishaan2002 Před 4 lety +1

      The front gives me a Renault clio vibe (the new ones)

    • @edwardvalivonis23
      @edwardvalivonis23 Před 4 lety +3

      Today's cars just wanna be the same. I remember my second gen Golf, that was nice

    • @TheJango997
      @TheJango997 Před 4 lety +2

      I thought it was a Renault when I saw the thumbnail :D

    • @glorious_help
      @glorious_help Před 4 lety

      Despite looking just like golf 7 or 6 or 5

  • @driniavdullahu7795
    @driniavdullahu7795 Před 3 lety +2

    Helloo a question pleasee the first 1000km of the brand new golf8 should o drive max 80km/hr and 2thousand rpm or this new golf doesnt need the BREAK-IN procedure?????

  • @monyepaomaake7334
    @monyepaomaake7334 Před 3 lety +2

    I like this guy's review, makes the review more interesting 😁

  • @numbereightyseven
    @numbereightyseven Před 4 lety +995

    Mk 7's are going to retain their values well, aren't they.

    • @xblfanatic360
      @xblfanatic360 Před 4 lety +13

      numbereightyseven very well lol

    • @brandonlee7382
      @brandonlee7382 Před 4 lety +55

      After a second look the mk8 does look alot better
      I own the mk7 btw

    • @haraldkaindl504
      @haraldkaindl504 Před 4 lety +128

      @@brandonlee7382 Did you have a lot of alcoholic beverages before your second look?

    • @slantblant1
      @slantblant1 Před 4 lety +4

      I agree. They did a good job with the GLI this time around. The golf on the other hand doesn’t look too enticing.

    • @deadeye770
      @deadeye770 Před 4 lety

      Doubt.

  • @dakrontu
    @dakrontu Před 4 lety +104

    Like all screen-based control systems, you can't adjust anything without taking your eyes off the road to do intricate actions that require visually selecting between widgets and hand-eye coordination to make precise contact with the screen. Back in the old days, every car control could be handled by groping for it and recognising it by its shape, while keeping one's eyes on the road.
    Just as using mobile phones while driving is illegal in the UK, use of touch-screens needs to be regulated too, and car companies producing cars depending on these screens need to re-think how they work.

    • @minstrelofMir
      @minstrelofMir Před 4 lety +1

      good points

    • @tdpg12
      @tdpg12 Před 4 lety +2

      This is very true. Mazda has researched screens and distraction. Their cars have a very minimalistic screen. Which is controlled by a knob. Some don’t like it, say it’s too basic & not much flare . But after test driving I do see it as less of a distraction. Guess it depends on your liking.

    • @prinsfloor
      @prinsfloor Před 4 lety +7

      Being an interaction designer I know for a fact that tactile feedback from physical buttons offers safer and better interaction in a car than any touch screen.

    • @1blackballed
      @1blackballed Před 4 lety +2

      For this reason I took my touchscreen media system out and replaced it with a new one with buttons for all my media functions and it's much easier to work with while driving.

    • @1kiwigary
      @1kiwigary Před 4 lety +2

      Too true mate. Try using the touch screen on a bumpy New Zealand road in a Golf R. Can't touch the same place twice. Great drive though

  • @ricolasbest6861
    @ricolasbest6861 Před 11 měsíci +3

    MK8 looks best. But, in the UK, it costs exactly the same as the Audi A3. Why on earth would anyone in the UK pick the golf over the A3?

  • @naoyukisasanami
    @naoyukisasanami Před 4 lety +10

    I decided to invest and stay with GTI mark 5 that has cuteness i want as "hatch"

  • @AshleyTyagi
    @AshleyTyagi Před 4 lety +130

    12:14 the man looking into your golf

  • @coltontennis2012
    @coltontennis2012 Před 4 lety +153

    12:17 anyone else notice the man just starring at Matt? 😂

    • @msquared6695
      @msquared6695 Před 4 lety +3

      Colton Hess thinking what wizardry is this before my eyes 😂

    • @danielpovoas1
      @danielpovoas1 Před 4 lety +1

      It’s Portugal 😂

  • @gordonwilkinson4389
    @gordonwilkinson4389 Před rokem

    Awesome love you're reviews

  • @AS-el4ft
    @AS-el4ft Před 4 lety +32

    I was almost sure to replace my current mk7 with the mk8 until I had the chance for a test drive. Trying to change ac temperature or turning on the heated seats while driving turned out to be pretty dangerous because you can't do it without browsing through menus on the touch screen. In addition to the heavy use of hard plastics the test drive was pretty sobering and I decided to do a direct comparison with the new Mazda 3.
    Result: I bought the Mazda.

    • @hamzasbai3831
      @hamzasbai3831 Před 4 lety +1

      Wise choice! These VW cars have no soul anymore.

  • @super8927
    @super8927 Před 4 lety +94

    Mk 7.5 best golf ever
    Mk 8 Mehhh
    I want buttons while I'm driving!!! Carmakers, give me back the buttons!!!

    • @NA-mm5nb
      @NA-mm5nb Před 4 lety +1

      7.5 is awful had mine 6 months and already getting rid. Base golfs are criminally overpriced.

    • @sushi777300
      @sushi777300 Před 3 lety +2

      The 8 won't be a success
      The 9 will have real buttons again

  • @cherryave5707
    @cherryave5707 Před 4 lety +47

    12:20 that guy in the van is starring at Matt like he is crazy 😂

  • @damionmandy7978
    @damionmandy7978 Před 2 lety +2

    I like the regular golf, a shame it isn't available in the US only the GTI and R models are sold here.

  • @TheGloryx112
    @TheGloryx112 Před 3 lety +5

    13:55 , why did the logo flip ? Im so confused xD
    Looks so funny

    • @Carcode
      @Carcode Před 3 lety +4

      It’s the reversing camera retracting, hope this helps :)

  • @doestrei
    @doestrei Před 4 lety +44

    Thanks, I‘m going to drive my Mk7 a bit longer then..

  • @yashwin8342
    @yashwin8342 Před 4 lety +41

    11:36 because you have changed the back to front parking

  • @jerryrawlings8885
    @jerryrawlings8885 Před 3 lety +5

    If it werent for the touchscreen heater controls I'd give this car a 9 out of 10 more roomy up front than the mk 7 handles better just not sure if it will be reliable, the one I tested would increase in revs after the car stopped.

  • @Captaincorez
    @Captaincorez Před rokem

    Hands down funniest but informative vid iv seen you do!

  • @tomrichter7979
    @tomrichter7979 Před 4 lety +48

    2:55 yeah they even put the steering wheel on the correct side ;)

    • @everburn
      @everburn Před 4 lety

      You mean wrong side

    • @everburn
      @everburn Před 4 lety

      You mean wrong side. Right hand steering wheel is the way😂

    • @everburn
      @everburn Před 4 lety +1

      @ I catch your drift😉

  • @thomaseggett
    @thomaseggett Před 4 lety +51

    The only negative thing for me is having to go through the information screen for the heater / climate control settings bad move VW means having to take your eyes of the road ahead

    • @cg3511
      @cg3511 Před 3 lety

      I literally can’t figure it out

  • @Jusbaus
    @Jusbaus Před 3 lety

    13:56 finally the boot release/badge popped back

  • @chrisgregory5531
    @chrisgregory5531 Před 3 lety

    Matt, I had a golf gti on hire last week, the little narrow storage next to the DSG is the ideal size for a Mars Duo bar 👍😂🤣

  • @vladen14
    @vladen14 Před 4 lety +50

    I absolutely hate this "touchscreens are better than buttons" NO THEIR FKING NOT

    • @bulviutechnika
      @bulviutechnika Před 4 lety

      Jealous? :) touchscreens are great for me

    • @vladen14
      @vladen14 Před 4 lety +4

      @@bulviutechnika tell me one thing a touchscreen can do that a button can't. Of course I'm not talking about the infotainment.

    • @bulviutechnika
      @bulviutechnika Před 4 lety

      Touchscreen less boring. Less scratched, easier to clean. Just looks modern - just like a phone, unless you prefer a button phone as well :)

    • @CartubeCoIl
      @CartubeCoIl Před 4 lety +6

      @@vladen14 Yap, I hate the touch buttons on the steering wheel all benz models - you have to swipe uncomfortably to change songs. Touch climate control? such a stupid idea....

    • @vladen14
      @vladen14 Před 4 lety +3

      @@bulviutechnika less scratched is bullshit, it's way harder to replace you almost certainly can't use it without looking at it and in this golf the "touch-button" only leads you to the infotainment section of the climate control for example. What kind of bs is that?!

  • @TheMrskateTV
    @TheMrskateTV Před 4 lety +38

    5:50 "Aveiro, Portugal" sempre a representar

  • @jo--jw7hv
    @jo--jw7hv Před 3 lety +1

    Great review!

  • @martinm2921
    @martinm2921 Před 3 lety +4

    really didnt like the front of it at first but the more i see it the more i like it. and now i think i like the look more than the mk 7.

  • @TheAshlovesu
    @TheAshlovesu Před 4 lety +42

    2:14 me pulling on a Friday night

  • @olivershutt2885
    @olivershutt2885 Před 4 lety +95

    Mat: places water bottle on gear stick
    Me: he's never going to balance that...

    • @joesimpson4473
      @joesimpson4473 Před 4 lety

      I was left wondering why he didn’t just use the cup holder

  • @ThboyzOG
    @ThboyzOG Před 4 lety +3

    I would love to have one! Looks awsome

  • @kuzzad
    @kuzzad Před 3 lety +5

    I'm ngl I love this car and own one - it ain't as bad as many people are making it out to be - step to the future, best Golf so far 👌🏽 you can't judge it if you haven't driven/got used to it really

  • @dun8410
    @dun8410 Před 4 lety +212

    I will vote on the look when they release the GTi and R

    • @privatniprofil5762
      @privatniprofil5762 Před 4 lety +5

      Kings Man when they do Trim Facelift GTD I will judge too

    • @MrTARIQSs
      @MrTARIQSs Před 4 lety +3

      ThunderGoatz yeah, the gti will basically be a lowered version of that with red stripes and slightly larger rims

    • @privatniprofil5762
      @privatniprofil5762 Před 4 lety

      Tariq you forgot another seats, materials, grill, exhaust, and many more things

    • @richboy900
      @richboy900 Před 4 lety

      Wasn't there a picture of the mk8 GTI testing, looked very similar to this one, but it was in black

    • @MrTARIQSs
      @MrTARIQSs Před 4 lety +1

      Ajde Važi there actually has been a leaked pic of the gti and many thought it was the r because of the Pretoria rims but it’s clearly identical to the camo’d prototype in both stance and bumpers

  • @uvesan7603
    @uvesan7603 Před 4 lety +37

    You forgot to poke it with a stick😂😂

  • @Jake-ie6bi
    @Jake-ie6bi Před 2 lety +3

    Not normally a VW fan, but the Mk6 still looks great today

  • @teyodeeyt783
    @teyodeeyt783 Před 3 lety +9

    That "what the fuck is it doin?" Killed me xDDDD

  • @stijnhs
    @stijnhs Před 4 lety +79

    Matt: I got a hot ass
    VW: *searching for harbour nearby*
    Well, technically you can go to the harbour to dip your bottom in the water in order to cool it down, soooooo....

    • @acchaladka
      @acchaladka Před 4 lety +2

      Stijn de Heus I was thinking the sailors would quite like Mat’s bum but, that water thing too, yes.

    • @ryuhayashi97
      @ryuhayashi97 Před 4 lety +2

      The golf learnt humour. Most advance AI for a car

    • @yosangle
      @yosangle Před 4 lety +2

      @@acchaladka wtf

    • @gtigaming3059
      @gtigaming3059 Před 4 lety

      lol

    • @acchaladka
      @acchaladka Před 4 lety

      yos angle Obviously you are unaware of the homoerotic history of this channel and Mat. That’s okay tho.

  • @gandoreeduard6481
    @gandoreeduard6481 Před 4 lety +26

    2:56 wow they really redone it ,they even put the steering wheel on the other side

    • @ws5712
      @ws5712 Před 4 lety +1

      The right side is on the left side

  • @edgarmagalhaes18
    @edgarmagalhaes18 Před 4 lety +2

    Not a single shout out for testing it in Portugal, you bastard! 🤣🇵🇹
    Great reviews Matt, keep up the great work! 😃

  • @viswanathannair4596
    @viswanathannair4596 Před 3 lety

    Hey mat am glad to see you
    Love you bro
    VW they are fantastic car making brand badge they always keep there own standards on their vehicles its make them ever sageous
    Without any lade its aweaome omnipotent god bless you man

  • @Rabidus289
    @Rabidus289 Před 4 lety +149

    Yes, lets lose the normal, standardized knobs and switches that are intuitive and replace them with barely functioning touch buttons and convuluted smartphone menus.
    How's the backlight bleed on the rev-counter? lol

    • @TheSoundOfTwang
      @TheSoundOfTwang Před 4 lety +6

      Taking your eyes off the road for several seconds has never hurt anyone. Lol

    • @rastaman4813
      @rastaman4813 Před 4 lety +21

      TheSoundOfTwang Never hurt anyone, killed them.

    • @vitaliimykytenko8612
      @vitaliimykytenko8612 Před 4 lety

      Unless you drive a Japanese car, the screens are actually better and more responsive

    • @1986Unlimited
      @1986Unlimited Před 4 lety +1

      @ThesSoundOfTwang I hope that's sarcasm.

    • @Christian---
      @Christian--- Před 4 lety

      @@vitaliimykytenko8612 Literally no different to the smartphone which was the first real infotainment

  • @andersforsman4289
    @andersforsman4289 Před 4 lety +93

    5:48 - "Hello Volkswagen, I've got a hot ass!"
    Volkswagen AI replies - "Search for a harbour nearby"
    Now, that's an interesting answer... 😉

    • @MarkJT1000
      @MarkJT1000 Před 4 lety +4

      To find you some water to cool your hot ass in.

    • @murattek
      @murattek Před 4 lety +1

      @@MarkJT1000 or search for harbour workers

  • @staceyismine
    @staceyismine Před 2 lety +2

    Can you review the Golf R Line ETSI

  • @Mickthetechnerd
    @Mickthetechnerd Před rokem +7

    After 2 years of watching the vw golf mk8 and watching it on the road i still believe that the mk7.5 had a bit less technology but it was a better golf.

  • @HH-ph3gq
    @HH-ph3gq Před 4 lety +35

    12:11 He's thinking "What the f is wrong with this man" 😂🤣

  • @C2xBB
    @C2xBB Před 4 lety +19

    6:14 Matt listening to Steven Furtick and Elevation Church, I like it.

  • @ts3867
    @ts3867 Před 4 lety +5

    Thank god I have bought my Golf on time!

  • @milinddixit6583
    @milinddixit6583 Před 3 lety

    I hope they use a normal size DSG stick in the Golf R and GTI because changing gears using that micro-stick will be tricky. Not to mention being a weird feeling. I use both paddles and stick in my MK7.

  • @patricksalvio5347
    @patricksalvio5347 Před 4 lety +87

    I can’t be the only person that died, when he said, “it looks melted” 😂😂😂💀

    • @davecrawley4634
      @davecrawley4634 Před 4 lety +1

      Patrick Salvio you didn’t die.
      No one would die as a result of saying “it looks melted”.
      This is stupid. Use English correctly.

    • @MaximeD_Alps
      @MaximeD_Alps Před 4 lety +4

      Dave Crawley asshole. Can’t you correct him more gently? It is not a crime to not speak english like it was you native language if you are not born in an english-speaking country

    • @Jaykae_t
      @Jaykae_t Před 4 lety +6

      @@davecrawley4634 ok boomer

    • @kioftor
      @kioftor Před 4 lety

      Yes you can..

    • @mohammadfarajpour4485
      @mohammadfarajpour4485 Před 4 lety

      @@davecrawley4634 ok boomer

  • @djmaciiii
    @djmaciiii Před 4 lety +158

    That interior looks way way cheaper than my 2019 Golf Highline. The LCD screen looks really cheep, and I prefer to have real buttons. If I want my heated seats on I just press the heated seat button. Try navigating a touch screen while driving city streets in Taiwan.

    • @froesesp
      @froesesp Před 4 lety

      Dieselgate strikes again and forever moving forward.

    • @DJG333
      @DJG333 Před 4 lety +1

      Disagree about the screen but everything else is trash on that dash

    • @revolutions88
      @revolutions88 Před 4 lety

      Does Taiwan ever get cold??

    • @djmaciiii
      @djmaciiii Před 4 lety

      @@revolutions88 maybe 50-55F for a couple months. Not super cold but cold enough to turn on the heaters.

    • @rich8305
      @rich8305 Před 4 lety

      djmaciiii you obviously haven't driven the car?
      It's amazing in every way, in face; the interior quality is the best ever in a Golf

  • @Mr.tech-it
    @Mr.tech-it Před 4 lety +9

    11:38 It seems that you changed the way it would park by touching the screen.

  • @Sander00
    @Sander00 Před 4 lety

    12:11 lol, that guy might think you’re a noob to park😂

  • @siouxnd
    @siouxnd Před 4 lety +27

    “Take over steering caution” beep sounds really like AIRBUS aircraft “master caution” sound.
    So cool

    • @mydimeisup5103
      @mydimeisup5103 Před 3 lety +1

      Haha I thought the same exact thing when I heard it.

  • @MRDNATION
    @MRDNATION Před 4 lety +66

    The 2012 Version looks the Best 🔥

  • @meteshefik4056
    @meteshefik4056 Před 4 lety +3

    You should be the leading host for the top gear you are so great. You deserve it.

  • @firstnamelastname-zo5gd
    @firstnamelastname-zo5gd Před 4 lety +42

    4:20 its for your blunts

    • @stefanharverd2571
      @stefanharverd2571 Před 4 lety +19

      time code is perfect as well

    • @TheoDaJunk
      @TheoDaJunk Před 3 lety +1

      Lol dude all my friends would've made that joke 😂😂😂I miss my friends now