I had a look at the GTD, I was told by my VW dealership they can’t provide vehicles that aren’t ordered as motability orders and cancelled (open slots for whichever spec of car) and that if the system doesn’t show a motability number then they can’t order it or put it through motability as such with orders placed by private customers then cancelled these can only be sold to private customers, I’m not sure if it varies by dealership franchise? But this is consistent in two separate VW franchise dealerships I have been to. Both said the same thing.
The OH wanted the GTD I wanted the R-Line.
I ordered a R-Line also having had a VW two years ago with issues the GTD has the tech on it as standard with the issues I had with my Tiguan R-Line previously and the R-Line Golf it was an optional extra (Travel with emergency assist) For me there’s no where I could use the 200bhp to its full potential where I live anyway! But having the tech issue (car pinging every 30 seconds that was loud over the speakers and couldn’t be switched off) I was glad to see on the Golf R-line it wasn’t standard (won’t catch me paying extra for something I know has a common fault give it a google!)
Loved the DSG 2.0 Diesel on my Tiguan, tried other autos by other manufacturers and some are awful!
We all like different things though. I found the Golf comfortable and economical for my needs compared to A3 or 1 series which are similar size.