48 HOURS IN A GOLF GTE!!!
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There's a lot of people that keep saying in their reviews of this car that the battery is in the boot. If you have done 2 seconds of Google-ing you'd know that the fuel tank is in the boot and the battery pack is where the fueltank goes in the normal Golf (underneath the rear seats).
This is why the fuel tank in the Golf GTE is smaller then in a regular Golf.
The 12v battery is in the boot!
@philtaylor5053 no the fuel tank is now in the boot, battery under rear seats.
Refreshing to see a car review done as it's being used in a day to day scenario. Feels like I was there along for the ride experiencing the practicalities of range, charging, performance and comfort levels.
Yes! A refreshing change from those irrelevant motoring "journalists" who get all boring over red stripes, noisy exhausts, carbon fibre, and the traction control "off" button.
So happy you did this Andy!!
This is the best GTE review I've seen online, thanks for this.
Another great vid, Andy, thank you! I own a 2015 e-Golf - very happy with it - but would like the range of the hybrid Golf GTE. Alas, it's not available here in the USA. Looking forward to watching your future drive of the e-Golf here on UA-cam.
Yay happy doggies, nice video, covers all you need to know in a pleasant and straight forward manner👍
Had my GTE ADVANCE since May 2018, have 9000k and it’s an amazing motor. Had many Golfs since there introduction in 74 and this GTE is unbelievable. Love it ,better than imagined ,saved roughly £500+on fuel from my old car in the time I’ve had it.
what mode would you recommend driving in if you have to drive 49 kilometers to work 100km total round trip every day?
and is it necessary to take a hybrid if you drive 80 kilometers on the highway of the 100 km in total?
Fair Play for "actually" using the GTE as intended. I was glad to see you plugin as often as possible. I did consider the GTE for my daily commute (70 miles) but I don't have workplace charging. So, I decided on a full BEV instead. (Kia Soul EV 27kwh)
What a house, what a car. Your living a drean bro. You also got solar panels. Perfect!
We’ve had a GTE advanced in the family since Easter 2018, nearly 3,500 miles on the clock and still on only it’s third tank of petrol. (Averages 90pence stg to charge from nearly flat). The normal town runs; house to supermarket, house to office, house to gym, house to shops. All completed under electric only power, amazing car, so peaceful and quiet, a real change of experience in driving. As you say - a 50 mile range with good geographical electric recharge points and these type of cars would be a real game changer. Given a choice I’d not buy anything other than a PHEV now.
How is the self charging mode? Is it sufficient
I'm currently sitting with a similar predicament to yours. I also have a Range Rover Evoque however, it is proving to be very expensive to run. There is a new hybrid version out now but to get that with the same/similar spec to my 1st Edition, is around £60k which is crazy money. The GTE Advance is definitely looking like a viable option as I can easily commute to work and back purely on electric and I don't have to worry about running out of charge on longer journeys. Your review has been very helpful. Thanks a lot.
Got this car for 4 months now. 2016 model. Really impressive, I love it. Right now I just did 300 mi since last fuel filling and only 2,5l/km consumpsion (80% full EV). I already earned 250 more miles compared to a normal full fuel range on this car. My goal is to do between 1500 and 2000km between each fuel fill on a daily basis usage. and GTE mode is just.. woww when engaged on national roads or motorway.. Great review Andy.
Fuel tank and 12V battery is in the boot, HV batteries are under the rear seats.
Great summary of the GTE Andy - I cannot sponsor you, but if you'd like some time in my BMW 330e hybrid, get in touch and I'm sure we can work something out
What is the GTE long term reliability like? I have heard that once the warranty is over it can be very expensive.
brill Andy i want to have a go now !!
Thanks, for al information about gte .. have a nice time ..
Would you recommend the Gte?
Good car, nice video. Thanks and greetings from sunny Jamaica.
That's my car! Best car ive ever had.
My brother has that car haha
So when the battery runs out, does the petrol; engine charge it when driving?
It was a question!!!
@@wolvoman1 you can set it to charge the batteries, but it can also run on pure petrol
There is a charge mode but it kills the fuel consumption, far better to plug it in.
When the battery runs out, it will switch to petrol, but hybrid driving keeps on loading the battery to some extent when rolling downhill or slowing down. It will use both forces and add still a few kilometres into the electric range while driving hybrid.
(The charge function that loads the battery while driving is not worth use, it`s just for situations when you are about to enter a town that allows only e driving. )
Hi Andy just spotted this one for some reason some UA-cam alerts are going to me spam box this was 1. I saw on insta that u were testing one so iv been watching for the vid. Really nice car me mother has an older version of that car. Its just petrol no hybrid but even after 6 years it still feels like a new car. I still find the auto parking thing as freeky as anything tho lol. Shes had issues with the led rear lights failing but other than that its an awesome car and like u say really fast. Great review guys !
You can take the girl out of Essex.......... enjoy your vids though
It's a 75kw electric motor I believe the gage is just showing power output as a percentage
Ahah makes sense!
that's the same garden center from top gear and the Peugeot episode
Nice review. Random question, but is your house a cladded bungalow?
In case someone is interested how sporty the GTE really is - Nordschleife Onboards here:
ua-cam.com/video/YGmW7KCc4uY/v-deo.html | ua-cam.com/video/8LBO6YxLdJc/v-deo.html
Brilliant video Andy.
Thanks!
It’s great seeing somebody local doing this stuff.
So, if you cant get access to a charge point, how long does the engine take to charge the battery?
Good question, it basically just works like any other hybrid vehicle, the system won’t let the battery completely deplete, when you run out of pure electric range it would switch to engine power and charge the battery from energy captured whilst braking and from the engine. It will probably take a while to save up a lot of electric range this way. I can’t really think of any circumstances where this would be annoying because using an engine to charge a battery is more expensive than plugging it in because you would be burning fuel to make electricity. With this car the benefit is getting 30ish miles of cheap electric range and a bit of extra economy in normal mode.
@@andykirby on recharge battery while driving about 1 mile per 2 miles driven or in GTE mode (which uses less fuel) on motorway under v light throttle about 1 mile every seven miles driven.
Bit of a snobby comment about the Range Rover :D You know it has a Ford Fusion engine :/
does it consume a lot of electricity
So was it good at recharging itself? You didn’t mention it
On 230V socket, it charges from 0 to 100% in 3h 15min.
My mate works on the range rovers. I can assure you they are NOT a high quality car. You are sold the brand, not true quality
I totally agree, I bought a brand new rr evoque dynamic, biggest pile of bad quality crap I wasted 43k on!!
I found that the vogue 2018 has pretty decent quality
My mate went to the moon
I was so surprised how low of an insurance quote I got for a GTE as a learner driver
Really nice them I like the golf R to its got 4 wheel drive 300+ hp they should do a golf GTE-R :)
Full charge on the GTE is about 7.2kWh from the wall, about £1.
E Cooper even less if you use off peak energy 😉
E Cooper
Hi
If I spend £1 how many miles can I go?
@@mrmanna123 30 (Downhill with a strong tail wind)
Good to have both of your input on the car.
Shame Sarah didn't get to drive it.
if you can try a Range Rover PHEV... only £96K. lol
I know it’s crazy money isn’t it!
The Jaguar i-Pace is the car you need to test drive.
Yeah agree. Hopefully soon😁
I agree with the I-Pace. Tesla should be worried. some of the EV cars coming on the scene will give Tesla a run for their money and be cheaper too
The Tesla supercharger network is a key differentiation at the moment & a key reason why Tesla have the luxury electric car market. The i-Pace is a weak offering until the charging network is resolved. CCS is the standard that is nominated as the future but there simply isn't enough chargers at key locations like motorway services and on major trunk roads. Polar charge monthly subscription plus charges on each charger for some chargers (not all). issue is that its not just the monthly subscription. I charge 99% at home on a type 2 32amp EVSE socket but motorway travel is a bit of a lottery with CCS. Thats why we also have a PHEV.
Range Rover do a PHEV. It's worth looking into
Hi Andy great vid, i have BMW's answer to this the 330e it's great, i love it. What you really might be interested in is... i also have a Zappi charger which only uses my solar energy that i would have otherwise stuck back into the grid meaning the electric cost is zero. At least it was until the days got shorter last month but since April it was free till about 2 weeks ago. Good news i have a time of use tariff like you mentioned so even now it's costing me about 30p to fill overnight.
You can't call the electricity zero cost as you would have been paid something for it. The true cost is what you would have received for it plus any interest you are paying or would have received for the cost of the panels.
Still a lot cheaper than diseasel or petrol but not free.
*Reminds me of a 'Smartphone' at **4:20** - When you add up all that extra time spent 'plugging it in, packing leads away etc to save a few beans is it worth it ?*
*Well YES I would say as most journeys are less than 30 miles, and even if in "real world" it can only manage 20 odd miles, still consider worthwhile as totally pollution free. However take into account current price of Golf GT Petrol 5 Door at £21,230 and Golf GTE 1.4 ltr TSI PHEV at £31,045.00 so £10,000 more expensive. You ain't gonna live long enough 'fella' to get 'payback' Case referred to DS Arnott AC12 for further.*
GrrMeister Bet you’re fun at parties. If £ is the only reason, buy a 2009 Golf GTD & get 50mpg average, invest the £25,000 you’ve saved on initial purchase and let the return fully pay for your car usage.
If you like the 'e' aspects of the GTE then wait until you drive the e-Golf. I own one and its a joy to drive. It gives a range of around 145-150 miles for me and I have no problem with the fact that it is battery EV only. We are a two car family so if we have a very long journey we take our plug in hybrid Mitsubishi. Some facts: the GTE has a 75KW motor, but the e-Golf has a 100kw motor. The dash shows power in percent i.e. 100 = 100%. The e-Golf has combined (CCS) charging so can rapid charge in around 40 minutes from flat to 80% charged. If you get the e-Golf take the optional Heat Pump which extends range in the winter and gives instant heat when started & of course the heater runs on a timer so you can warm up the car before you even get in it!
ho u do 140miles with e golf??
It takes up to 3 hours to charge the battery from flat from a 3-pin 13A socket. Real world electric only range is more like 22 miles in my experience based on average speed of about 20mph. Charging costs about 85p overnight based on my 11.74p/KWh tariff
Are you sure it's not 0.133 GBP for a full charge? 🤔
The petrol tank is under the boot, the batteries are under the rear passenger seats
I really want to know what the vegan options were at Bills haha. I'm a vegan and car enthusiast. Ha great earthy review guys
Real questions being asked! 🌿
What about having a look at the Jaguar Ipace or have a look at Bjorn channel he did a big test and race in the Ipace + a lot of others ua-cam.com/users/bjornnylandvideos
How much r these vehicles going to cost when they go wrong😱
Well that’s the question isn’t it, the battery isn’t massive so it wouldn’t cost as much as say a fully electric vehicle battery to replace. It will still probably outlive the car though to be honest. Don’t know what the battery warranty is...
I’m looking at a 2018 GTE. Commute is 35km round trip so should be able to squeeze that out of it and will be cheaper than my E Class E250CDI or my C Class C200 Kompressor. No car tax in tot he bargain. Can’t wait
Chargeing is no problem. And rangerover is not premium.
Range Rover is a premium luxury car. If it’s not then please tell me what is.
Mercedes, RolceRoyce, Lamborgini and co@@andykirby
stili774 Mercedes no way, tacky,blingy and plastic. Cheap materials, Rolls Royce is not premium it’s extreme luxury, Lamborghini, Ferrari also.
A Lambo is not a luxury or premium car. Just a sports car (personally i think's it's more a show off car)
Get a Range Rover evouqe hybrid
Just bought a 7.5 , Well pleased.Wife =battery ,ME = gte .Goes like s of a s
2:48 Eww with cold engine to rev limiter? Not good
14.5 pence!
This didn't age well 🤣
It take 3h slow charging 2 fast charging
Kinda shocked to hear the 30 or so miles cost £1.33. Petrol or diesel would be a lot cheaper.
You sure of the numbers?
Yes, I was shocked too BUT if you charge it at night (with off peak energy) or from free charge points then it would be a lot less.
@@andykirby actually when I thought about it £1.30 is cheap. I was mixing up miles per litre and mpg. 🤔.
A car doing 40mpg currently costs over £4 to do 30 miles.
Also I should have said thanks for the videos. I just found your channel and am enjoying going through them.
Ali Bro haha I think I did the same 😅 it had me thinking at first too. Those 30 odd miles are a lot cheaper in this car vs an ICE car even though in real world it will be bit less than 30 miles range in pure EV mode.
Glad you are enjoying the videos👍
@@alibro7512 but first you need to buy an expensive car....
Like me I just drive 30-50 miles a week.. so for me i might just need 2 charges a week and this will cost under a 10er a month lol a lot cheaper than petrol! Really considering this!
What happened to you being on TV?
It happened, been and gone lol!
I own a Prius and i can choose to run on pure electric. Not to sure who gave you that misinformation
Ahha bad news Andy the wife is with you....it's going to cost you the twizzy and half of your ebike.lol..little visit to see the bank manager...lol.....what colour did she choose....@#$%hahaha.😁😂🤣❤
Noooo, Zap Map isn’t the one Andy, PlugShare is far better
Yeah your right, I use both but that one just came to mind first 😉
Range Rover isn’t quality is very very cheaply made an is mostly parts made in Slovakia an just assembled in the uk
Problemcar
48hrs in a golf gte and you didn't take any footage in gte mode :S arghh
Yeah I did, right at the end!
Ah I missed that bit. I thought you were wrapping up at the end. Apologies 🙂
*You folks look 'young enough' to eventually 'pay back' the "saving" I have a Mercedes B200 AMG CDi which regularly delivers over 60 mpg, and have seen 72.4 mpg (Latest Model 2019 £30,825 and emissions tested as 'too low to register') Therefore current cost of fuel @ £5.76/Gallon to cover 30 miles = £2.88 so you save on all 'Electric Mode' £1.55 - however have calculated (assuming you are now 30) that you will need to be nearing 90+ before quids up. EG 60 Years by which time the car will be History. Pioneers are great for leading. I am very conscious and aware of the 'damage that ICI Engines can produce' but would point out that my current car produces less harmful emissions in 20,000 miles that a Diesel Bus or HGV does in 1,000 Miles.*
_PS Don't compare it to a 'Range Rover' at __12:20__ - Try out a Mercedes_
u can do 60mpg on motorways only city u will do 40mpg max recalculate again
@@paguliukas *Overall on 'Trip Computer' over 19,000+ Miles average 51.4 mpg. This includes a lot of short trips, particularly during the Winter Months, other than a **_high speed_** return trip to Saalbach for ski holiday, with many miles covered in excess of 100mph, and 142 mph on one section (A8) near Munich when my son driving. (Shown on Sat-Nav as true speed)*
GrrMeister Are you trying to tell me that you drive from UK to Germany for skiing holidays. You lucky rich bastard. Respect ✊
@@roninesce8362 *Not Germany, **_through Germany_** en-route to Switzerland or Austria.*
refused to read this because it's in bold
What a snobby pair.
Even tho its new and electric it will probably still be a viable usable car in 5 years unlike a piece of shit range rover
I’ve had this since Halloween 2017, this car will do 30 miles on battery fully charged if you have a dry, no wind, full tyres, no information centre on, no ac, basically put it in the Sahara and have nothing on. The car at best delivers 12 miles on battery and with its 1.4 engine and 45 ltr tank motorway travel is a hit to the pocket.
Great town car, shit distance car......
The performance however is good, can’t beat a GTI but will leave a GTD for dead
Worst car I have ever had lasted 6 months with it .lost a 7000 on a trade in at VW dealers even they said they are crap
Could you elaborate