mk6 gti autocar test

[tonyh]

http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Volkswagen-Golf-2.0-TSI-GTI/238885/

[VWKev]

Hmmmm. Quote from the review.

"The heavily cushioned seats support and secure your body well, and offer a broad range of manual adjustment. They are, however, mounted higher than those in the VW Scirocco, so you get a slightly less sporty driving position."

The mk6 has height adjustable seats, doesn't he know this ?

[Robbie G]

39 mpg combined and 54g/km less CO2 than a Focus ST? That's quite impressive.

[Smoothcall]

Hmmmm. Quote from the review.

"The heavily cushioned seats support and secure your body well, and offer a broad range of manual adjustment. They are, however, mounted higher than those in the VW Scirocco, so you get a slightly less sporty driving position."

The mk6 has height adjustable seats, doesn't he know this ?

Just because they are high adjustable doesn't mean you sit as low as another car

Common complaint with the Focus ST

[VWKev]

Hmmmm. Quote from the review.

"The heavily cushioned seats support and secure your body well, and offer a broad range of manual adjustment. They are, however, mounted higher than those in the VW Scirocco, so you get a slightly less sporty driving position."

The mk6 has height adjustable seats, doesn't he know this ?

Just because they are high adjustable doesn't mean you sit as low as another car

Common complaint with the Focus ST

Fair point, but you would think he would have mentioned something like 'Even with the seats height adjustment It still didn't make me feel like I was driving in a sporty position' - But maybe thats just me.

[jv]

Better review?

http://cars.uk.msn.com/Reviews/article.aspx?cp-documentid=15440425

The new Volkswagen Golf GTI produces 210hp. That's ten more than the last one - discounting special editions - but not much cop for pub trumps in a hot hatch world currently dominated by the immense presence of Ford's 305hp Focus RS. Even the old Renaultsport Megane has up to 230.

But the GTI isn't meant to be like those cars. The GTI is, as the last version demonstrated with such comprehensive authority, the supreme all-rounder. As happy on the school run, or in the country club car park, as it is having the absolute life thrashed out of it on winding B-road.


We could go into the history, talk about how the original Golf GTI was the proto-hot hatch, explain just how much this new car has got to live up to - especially in the afterglow of its predecessor. But probably you know all that already. The GTI is a genuine legend.

[VWKev]

It certainly is, brilliant quote. 'The GTI is a genuine legend'