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Offline monzablue16v

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Re: MK 6 Hot or not
« Reply #20 on: 08 October 2008, 23:43 »
So cheaper bits that cost more to replace :thumb: :)

Probably got lost in the "Great Crash of 08

Offline MooZ

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Re: MK 6 Hot or not
« Reply #21 on: 09 October 2008, 15:22 »
They're hot no doubt! Look at the vid of the GTi  on the other post in this section - sweeeeettt  :cool:
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Re: MK 6 Hot or not
« Reply #22 on: 10 October 2008, 14:23 »
To me its not just a face lift. They examined every single part and compared it to rivals and the current one for quality and build time and changed them where needed. There a hell of alot that's changed. ETKA update will prove that, granted its basically the same 'type' and layout but lots of components have changed by re-engineering them. People who are not Engineers or know the people involved don't know this and just judge a book by its cover or by what jounos say.

Erm - I am not a journo, and I can assure you it IS a facelift.  The floorpan is identical.  The firewall is identical, the front subframe is identical, the rear subframe is identical, the rear suspension is identical.  See where I am going.

Of course some bits have been "re-engineered" but that happens anyway - even within non-changed models.

Apart from new exterior body panels, a new dash and interior trim, and a new donkey - it is nigh-on identical to the Mk5.
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Re: MK 6 Hot or not
« Reply #23 on: 10 October 2008, 14:56 »
Erm - I am not a journo, and I can assure you it IS a facelift.  The floorpan is identical.  The firewall is identical, the front subframe is identical, the rear subframe is identical, the rear suspension is identical.  See where I am going.
Keep going  :wink: ,one of them is slightly wrong and your slowly running out of things the same lol.  :tongue:

The thing is when you dig down, and i noticed you chose your choices and words carefully :wink: theres more that has changed than not. So its far more new than is not.
Hell i could disect the mk2 golf part by part compared to the mk1 and come up with more thats the same than changed but no one calls that a facelift, (not nowadays anyway).


I normally agree with your posts especially the technical ones, this time I think I will agree to disagree on this one. :smiley:
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Re: MK 6 Hot or not
« Reply #24 on: 10 October 2008, 16:47 »
What specifically did you not agree with then?
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Re: MK 6 Hot or not
« Reply #25 on: 10 October 2008, 21:52 »
Love the front/side the back looks dodgy

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Re: MK 6 Hot or not
« Reply #26 on: 11 October 2008, 00:09 »
The engine is completely different is it not?  :rolleyes:
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Re: MK 6 Hot or not
« Reply #27 on: 11 October 2008, 00:16 »
Love the front/side the back looks dodgy

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Re: MK 6 Hot or not
« Reply #28 on: 12 October 2008, 11:41 »
new movie

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=h-k41CgnZkU

edit: sorry wrong topic........
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Re: MK 6 Hot or not
« Reply #29 on: 14 October 2008, 19:12 »
i think it looks alright, a progression more than a leap forward in design. Hopefully they will spend the next five/six years developing something with a bit more flair whilst learning     
how to it more cost effectively than the mk5.