I bought a '15 GTI a few months after this thread started. Zero maintenance issues in 60k, although I bought an extended warranty (of course). I freakin love this car. APR has a CARB legal tune that adds 96 horsepower to the wheels with no other mods- they even compared that gain to ACTUAL wheel output, which is about what VW claims at the crank. I haven't bought it yet... yet. WHatever magic VW did with the MK7 I'm all for. Awesome machine.