VW Golf GTE

Owned 3 of them. Summer maybe 35km or so. Winter close to half that. They are a very nice car. The 7.5 model with digital dash and upgraded centre screen is particularly nice.

Depends how often you charge it. I think they do 50mpg on the motorway with a dead battery.

I was trying to find the old GTE forum where I posted some of my efficiency stats (couldn't find it) but this is what I had in donedeal blurb when I sold my 2015 GTE:

Max electric range 47km (warm weather, flat ground, driving like a saint).

Genuine range of 25km - 30km in winter or 35km - 40km in summer (8.8kWh battery). Max charging rate of 3.6kW.

Hybrid range of 500km - 600km on a full charge and tank of petrol. (See one picture showing 938km between petrol fills).

Mixed long term petrol consumption over 2750km of 4L/100km (70mpg).

Best/favourite car I've owned

THere is the eTSI PHEV version too with a less powerful electric motor (or software limited). Comes in Style Trim. I have a 2021 version. They are quite rare. I went in to the dealer expecting to order a GTE but they had the eTSI PHEV there and then so got that instead. The 1.4L ICE engine and the ~13kWh battery are the same in both. In summer if I switch everything off I can get >50km on the battery. In winter, again with loads of clothes on and an unpleasantly cold cabin maybe 35km. The heater kills the range to mid to high 20s. No spare wheel, just one of those useless gloop kits and a compressor.

It did come with the option of a sunroof. I’ve soon them. Check the UK you’ll find a few. Its a Golf, nobody specs a sunroof on a Golf apart from maybe the highest spec GTI’s or R’s.

Hybrids don’t come with spare wheels, and neither do most new cars anyway.

Efficiency figures have been explained above. It all depends on how often you charge the car. I’d argue its less efficient than a regular hybrid if you don’t charge it. But if your willing to charge it every day and don’t do long journeys you can easily go 3 or 4 months without putting fuel in it.

I think at one point I didn’t put fuel in it for 6 months, just using what I had left from bringing it back from the UK.

Thats lovely. Not much difference cosmetically between that and the mk8 GTE. mk8 GTE has 100bhp more tho I think.

That colour is quite marmite. Officially known as “black rubin” but definitely not black. More purple or even brown. Local dealers had a GTI in it and it sat for a very long time.

I wanted a 7.5 GTE but until recently they were very overpriced. The software is limited also. But it does has buttons which I much prefer. Lovely to drive too.

The extra range of the newer car I would like if I was getting one. I don't like the touch interface though. But might live with it for the better range and newer software.

eGolf is has very short range. Only viable for someone who almost never does long trips in it.

I think the Golf had a smaller batter than the Passat.

My Passat GTE was great, 45or so km in the Summer, 35 or so in winter. I'd get a couple of thousand of km in a tank with my approx 40km commute.

It was so much better than my old Mercedes PHEV. Awful range on that.

Yes, 200Km would be more of a year round average. Winter was typically 180Km and Summer nearer 240Km on the 2020 one I had. Great fun to drive though. If the OP needs a Golf for regular long journeys, I’d be going for a GTD rather than a GTE.