You'll all be buying mk6 Gti's in the next few years, just you wait and see!
So true, I have seen coments like all these so many times. Last time it was mk4 R32 owners complaining about the mk5 R32. I even remember mk1 GTI owners saying similar about the mk2 when it came out 'not moved the game on' etc etc. Funny how history just keeps repeating itself lol.
But this time it really really is just a facelift! OK, the MK2 didn't look radically different to the MK1, but it was certainly an all-new car (I think?), a different body shell and bigger all round.
People also said the MKV was too similar looking to the MKIV, but the MKV was also a whole new car, from the ground up.
This time it really is just a face-lift. Facelifts never look 100% right to me, from some angles yeah, I can see it works OK, but grafting on a new face onto an old body usually ends up with mixed results
Often the car looks better as it was originally designed...