Autocar: New Golf GTI versus GTI Legends

[phope]

Really interesting article in the print edition of Autocar that came out last Wednesday - a group test of several of Volkswagen UK's GTI collection

You'll need to buy the mag for the full feature - it's not on their website

They test the Mk1, Mk2, Mk5 and Mk7 against each other, having discounted the Mk3 and Mk4 as not really being worthy of the badge, and the Mk6 and not being different enough from the Mk5

...we had few qualms about skipping versions three and four. Six was also left in the lorry because we felt sufficiently close to five...

The Mk7 GTI gets a really good write up, although not the overall winner

..the most coherent re-imagining of the original GTI philosophy there has been in these past four decades...the Mk7 does it to a world class standard...

https://www.autocar.co.uk/magazine

[phope]

Anyway, part of the reason for my ramble is that I genuinely think that VW UK are missing a trick with not offering an option to have classic GTI colours on the Mk7 at extra cost, or make a strictly limited run of cars with classic colours and interior trims as part of a "GTI Legends series"

The Oak Green picture I posted the other day is a good example of what they could do with a little imagination

Discuss...

[davyk31]

I don't like green cars normally but would buy that GTi as it stands out against the current poor colour range.

[2007GTI]

and which did they vote the best?

Really interesting article in the print edition of Autocar that came out last Wednesday - a group test of several of Volkswagen UK's GTI collection

You'll need to buy the mag for the full feature - it's not on their website

They test the Mk1, Mk2, Mk5 and Mk7 against each other, having discounted the Mk3 and Mk4 as not really being worthy of the badge, and the Mk6 and not being different enough from the Mk5

...we had few qualms about skipping versions three and four. Six was also left in the lorry because we felt sufficiently close to five...

The Mk7 GTI gets a really good write up, although not the overall winner

..the most coherent re-imagining of the original GTI philosophy there has been in these past four decades...the Mk7 does it to a world class standard...

https://www.autocar.co.uk/magazine

[CHB100]

Oak green lovely colour.
I owned a new Lhasa Green Mk1 GTI with multi spoke alloys, must find some pics,gorgeous colour, Helios blue another nice colour.
Amazing how the cars have advanced yet choice of colours remain stagnent.

[LRWmotorsport]

Never liked Oak Green.
I have both feet firmly in the Atlas Grey camp.

[TurboTrev]

Me neither, I've never liked oak green, although under the VW showroom lights it looks better that it really is.  For me the mk2 looked great in capri green, bright blue and the 16v colour monza blue.

[a9wyn]

Loved the Oak Green in the Mk2, and if it was available would seriously consider buying one. There is a Bottle Green ( lighter shade ) available for the Beetle but its not shown on the configurator. I suspect it won't be long before it's available for the Golf as its already available I suspect under a different name for an Audi.

[scanesare]

What CBH100 really means is that the best one among them is the R 

[phope]

Autocar reckoned that of the cars they tested, a well sorted Mk5 is the overall winner if you were buying today

...whereas a brand new Golf GTI like this costs £27,950, a clean low-mileage Mk5 can be yours for around £5000. That's more than 80% of the ability of the best front drive hatch in the world for less than 20% of the money...

On the question of the R, the writer is obviously a GTI fan 

...Remember too that Volkswagen has been making Golfs go faster than the GTI for years. Remember the Golf G60, the Golf Limited, the Golf Rallye, the Golf VR6 and the Golf R32? They all came and went, the GTI alone has endured.