 The vehicle is great to drive.  We live in a mountainous area and it eats hills.  We can drive from Kamloops to Vancouver in 6th without much problem.  It has loads of passing power.  Even with hills and high speeds combined fuel use is 6.7 L/100km.   That said, vehicle totally failed at 1000km and had to be towed to a VW dealer for repair.  The problem was identified as a leaking turbo hose.  This was fixed but the engine warning light subsequently came on frequently until the engine computer was "re- mapped".  Carpet in rear is coming out from the interior sill and the carpet on the back of the rear seats is falling off.  This is all scheduled for repair but is a bit disappointing.