New FR Sport 1.5 DSG

[Kugaman]

Just agreed a deal on a brand new 1.5 FR Sport DSG for my wife.

Its replacing her 1.0 manual VW T-cross which has been a cracking little car.

Lets hope the Arona is just as good!

Any other 1.5 DSG drivers on here? Any thoughts on them?

Tried to search but the search facility isnt very good with short words!

Anyway, you know what they look like, but heres the car we have bought!

[Barty71]

You won’t be disappointed. I have just bought a brand new FR Sport but its the 1.0 litre engine but I am made up that I opted for the DSG. Hope you enjoy it as much as I am.
Here is mine Since these pics were taken I have de-badged it and blacked the seat badges and chrome grille surround

[lfcman]

I read good and bad reports about the 7 speed DSG,some say its smooth as silk some say its jerky and hesitant.Never driven one myself but must have a test drive one day to see what I think.

[Kugaman]

I do like the blue, but its my wifes car and she loves the red, so red it is!

Ive had the 7 speed DSG in a Golf and 2 Tiguans, never had any issues with any of them.

I just hope its as good as her T-cross has been! So many bits are identical, just a different body.

[Snowdaddy]

I read good and bad reports about the 7 speed DSG,some say its smooth as silk some say its jerky and hesitant.Never driven one myself but must have a test drive one day to see what I think.

After 2-3 years and 23k miles I would say DSG is smooth as silk

I think some VW group cars with electric parking brake had a problem with hesitation (may have since been sorted with new software), but the Arona with manual handbrake has never had a problem.

[MotorMan]

I'm intrigued to know why your wife wants to change from the T-Cross? As the T-Cross hasn't been around very long it can't be very old and as you say the Arona is so similar mechanically but an older design and, in some areas, a rather penny-pinching spec. I rather like the look of the T-Cross but it wasn't available when I chose the Arona. Hope your wife enjoys it anyway.

[Kugaman]

I'm intrigued to know why your wife wants to change from the T-Cross? As the T-Cross hasn't been around very long it can't be very old and as you say the Arona is so similar mechanically but an older design and, in some areas, a rather penny-pinching spec. I rather like the look of the T-Cross but it wasn't available when I chose the Arona. Hope your wife enjoys it anyway.

Simple enough, she wanted an automatic and a slightly more powerful car. Although she loves the T-cross, a 1.5 auto T-cross is £££££.
The T-cross was 2 years old and it was a “first edition” - spec wise, the FR Sport is very similar to the First edition.

Bottom line was it was literally £5000 cheaper to buy the Arosa rather than another T-cross, it was a no brainer for us.

[MotorMan]

Thanks Kugaman. Makes sense. VW prices do seem to be significantly higher than than Seat equivalent.