carrering

this is off-topic and moderator should kick you out for posting :-p

love the polo gti! i didn't know you could get them without those led strips! i think you will like the dsg in traffic, but miss the stick on open roads.

FFaust

Strip it!

964C4

The BMW engine is a jewel, but the car is a pig !

Carrera GT

The seat design is explained by a new parts-bin engineering project, code named "Das Sporran" resulting from the VW acquisition of a Scottish kilt manufacturer.

1198r

reminds me of when the first GTi came out. 20 years time it will be a classic!

kyrocks

How Euro...
I think my daughter would like that car.

Kidding aside, great car! Enjoy!

Xristos anesti.

IMGT3

The closest I can get is a Golf GTI which is on my shopping list as a DD! Hows the room in the second row with a 2 dr John? Enjoy! Chuck

911SLOW

Thank you all for the comments and wishes!



They used the same cloth like in the original Gti 30 years ago..

I will quote this for the fabric..

"There's also more modern door trim that you might be forgiven for missing, and the tartan cloth seats, the nostalgic inclusion of which was so welcome in the Mk V GTi, have gone contempo too. It still looks great, and retains a fairly obvious reference to VW's past, but reminds you that as time marches on, so must mock-Jock upholstery.."

True they try to be creative and drop the plain monochrome pattern for something more funky that usually looks terrible..


No lag for this one, at least none in my test drive. Maybe the test drive car is a special version for the press and customers ala Ferrari : )


The DFi took the best new engine award in 2009.
http://www.ukipme.com/engineoftheyear/previous04.html



Yes this red was the only one there and without the led strips that btw look terrible , and you know that you can't have a manual gearbox in this GTi.. but perhaps you are right, I will soon find out..

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...ti_review.html



btw we can hope that Porsche will learn something from VW for the 991..
This Polo has almost the size of the Golf 5 and weighs 120kg less and still got 5 stars in the crash tests..



Top Gear's title was "VW shrinks Golf GTI...

...creates Polo GTI, the hot hatch for the slightly smaller human" lol

but the truth is that I fit in it fine, and rear room appears to be similar to the previous Mk5 3-door Golf.



How you know all these things? : )

http://www.5min.com/Video/VM-Polo-GTI-Review-263232051

tcsracing1

i love the seats!

Carrera GT

Entertaining review. The Polo makes the Golf look like a Cadillac. And over 45 mpg is quite an achievement (it's best fuel consumption is almost as good as the average our dear, old '05 Prius delivers on every tank fill ... and continues to have the local dealer suggesting we get the alignment checked because of the "unusual" tire wear ...)

996FLT6

There was a polo in san Francisco with Mexican license- nice drive up : ). Congrats!!! Love gti's : ). Mike

Riz

Nice car for my daughter, if we got it here. I would love to see the Audi RS3 for the U.S. but probably won't happen.

911SLOW

The dear Prius.. I think I will refrain from commenting.. : )

The performance of this engine together with the excellent consumption is the main reason that this car killed the completion in the category.

And as you would expect it also killed Golf Gti sales.
It is, at least here, 10k cheaper has half the tax per year and half the insurance premium.





I don't understand why the don't import it there.

But I am under the impression that things will change; The Smart arrived, (without the decent turbo engine) Fiat launched the 500. Electric cars have a long way to go before they become practical. (if ever)


About the Audi and as an old S3 owner , I have to tell you that the hype is unjustified and probably exists there because you never had the cars . The first S3, besides the excellent motor and build quality, was a terrible car (heavy, under-steered, a haldex 4wd system that was neither a 4wd nor a front wheel drive, bad brakes, compromised rear suspension design), the newer 2.0L version is better but still not good enough to buy..



[B]EDIT: update .. CAR is SOLD Jim was right..

https://rennlist.com/forums/8815236-post32.html

996FLT6

I want the focus Rs from Europe!!! Mike