That made us wonder if the same will be in store for the US market 2019 GTI. We reached out to Volkswagen USA product and technology communications manager Mark Gillies who confirmed that "As things currently stand, the US market is due to have both DSG and manuals on the 2019 GTI." This makes sense given the manual (which comes standard) take rate is pretty high, about a 60/40 split in favor of the DSG, according to Gillies. Through April, US GTI sales are comparable to the same time last year. Furthermore, overall 2017 sales saw around a 30 percent sales decrease from the previous year.