GoAuto brings us news that the Volkswagen Golf GTD has “been put on the backburner” by Volkswagen Australia.

The GTD is essentially a GTI-spec Golf, but powered by a 125kW 2.0 litre diesel engine. As such, VW Australia are running with the same rationale for not bringing the GTD here as they have for the Scirocco. Namely, the GTD could hurt GTI sales.

Australia did get the previous generation Mk5 Golf GT Sport TDI, which was a great drive. While the old GT Sport was also essentially a GTI in diesel form, the chassis tuning and suspension were different. The GTD, however, has the same chassis and suspension specs as the GTI.

All this said, I still can’t see the major problem for Volkswagen Australia here. Surely it’s a no brainer—JUST BRING THE CAR TO AUSTRALIA!

[Source: GoAuto]