128ti undercuts GTI

[Watts]

It may be a great car, I don't know, but those red trim pieces look tacky. They should be black. It's an okay looking car but nothing exciting about it, nothing to really put you off either other than just blandness. A different colour could make a big difference. I asked my OH for an unbiased opinion and she thought it a bit of a boy racer's car

[fredgroves]

Lol its a hot hatch, it doesn't come more boy racer than that 😉

[SRGTD]

What do people think?

I quite like it. I’d have to get rid of the ‘go faster’ red accents though - IMO they look like a Halfords add-on. With my aversion to diamond cut alloys, if there is a painted / powder coated wheel option I’d go for that. If not, wheels can easily be changed for a decent aftermarket set.

[fredgroves]

The wheels only come in pretty much the same design and then two sizes.

They aren't great but equally they aren't terrible. They are actually bi colour.

The red accents are a bit divisive, especially it seems with the accountants and bank managers that seem to make up their customer base. They are a very conservative bunch. Combine that with the idea of it being a fwd hot hatch and most have a seizure it seems. Those that don't seem to remove the red flashes and then order every option available, making the start of this thread largely irrelevant....

Makes me laugh though, they all spout on about how the mk8 is expensive too...

[king monkey]

The more I see it the more I like it. Very surprised how similar priced they are to the 135 on AT though.

[fredgroves]

It's apparently gti to the m135i's golf R.

Same pros and cons as we are used to here.

One is more powerful, more expensive and faster, the other lighter, nimbler and maybe more amusing. Also the big brother comes in ultra sensible clothes and the upstart wears a hoody and skate shoes.

[JoeGTI]

Don’t like that colour and the red bits look awkward and tacky.

[P6GTD]

I think the colour on that Beemer is v classy but the red trim is an absolute no-no. What are BMW thinking??
The only car in my biased opinion that has really managed to maintain and carry off the red trim details is the various versions of the GTI, both Golf and Polo. It’s a fine balance and initially I thought whilst owning a Mk7 GTI that they had blown it with the 7.5 front end.
How wrong I was!
Not sure whether that still holds with the Mk8 though.

[king monkey]

Also popped in to look at this today.

[fredgroves]

What did you think?