---
title: "Volkswagen’s Two-Door GTI Will No Longer Be Sold in America"
description: "The death knell sounds as VW axes the coupe version of the small hatch."
date: "2016-09-13"
modified: "2016-09-13"
authors:
  - name: "Aaron Brown"
    job_title: "Staff Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/aaron-brown"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/5188/volkswagens-two-door-gti-will-no-longer-be-sold-in-america"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Volkswagen News"
tags:
  - "compact"
  - "Golf GTi"
  - "Hatchback"
  - "sports car"
  - "Volkswagen"
---

# Volkswagen’s Two-Door GTI Will No Longer Be Sold in America

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Future car buyers considering the [Volkswagen GTI will be without a two-door](<https://jalopnik.com/the-two-door-volkswagen-gti-is-dead-in-america-1786577333>) option. Going forward with the 2017 model year, VW will only be offering the hot hatchback as a four-door in the United States.

VW told *Jalopnik* that its American dealerships and buyers have told the automaker that, for the most part, [everyone wants four-doors.](<https://jalopnik.com/the-two-door-volkswagen-gti-is-dead-in-america-1786577333>) To give the people what they allegedly want, VW will only be offering the four-door in America. Megan Garbis, a Product Manager for the VW Golf, [told](<https://jalopnik.com/the-two-door-volkswagen-gti-is-dead-in-america-1786577333>) *[Jalopnik](<https://jalopnik.com/the-two-door-volkswagen-gti-is-dead-in-america-1786577333>)*:

*“Our buyers and our dealers say that they want a four-door. We’ve reduced the complexity, which allows the customer to configure the GTI he or she wants online and go to the dealership and pick it up today.**Obviously, the Golf R has been a popular car in four-door trim, so we don’t feel that it will be a deterrent. Our GTI customers have families, and they want to be able to take them with them wherever they go.”*

If you try to spec out a 2017 model year GTI on VW's American website, you will find that the two-door option is already missing. From the sound of things, it appears that most of the people buying GTIs nowadays are just somewhat rational people who desire a reasonable amount of room in their daily driver. While there's nothing wrong with that, still, the two-door GTI will be missed.

*The Drive* has contacted VW for comment and will update if we hear back.

***UPDATE: 11:00pm, September 13th, 2016:** VW has responded to* The Drive's *request for comment with the following:*

*-Production ends within the next couple of weeks on the 2-door S trim GTI – which was the only 2-door GTI trim planned for MY17*

-Therefore there will be a handful of 2-door MY17 GTI units “in the wild,” but the trim is no longer orderable and will end production this month

-This change comes about as a direct result of dealer feedback on reducing complexity, and buying trends that indicate the 4-door version of GTI is more popular, and that the 4-door-only Golf R situation doesn’t deter people from buying these cars

-There is no 2-door Golf TSI for MY17, for the same reasons as GTI

## Author
Aaron was previously a contributing writer with Jalopnik and has also written for Business Insider covering cars. When he's not in the office writing the news, you'll probably find him thrashing a beater car around a RallyCross.

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