MK 6 Hot or not

[illyun]

I agree the interior is better looking, but the front end just doesn't do it for me.

Ditto... front end looks weak and nasty - even too angular from certain angles (no pun intended)

[illyun]

The 'ordinary' ones look better than the GTI.

A very cynical vehicle from VAG.  The Mk6 Golf could destroy the company.

Tata GTI anyone?

Destroy VW?  Hardly... but if they keep it up, they will disillusion people like myself who love all things VW and the GTI.. especially after the 'mistaken' overproduction of the Ed30 - mistaken my ar8e.  I might buy the Mk7 in 2015 or whenever, but I think the Mk5 is just as good - note I didn't say better as I am sure this Mk6 is a great car, but it hasn't really moved on.

[BodyThief]

You'll all be buying mk6 Gti's in the next few years, just you wait and see!

I'd like one but cant afford it 

It looks a lot more finished that the mk5, no nasty black plastic bumpers here!

[monzablue16v]

Don't like it at all, but tbh I don't like the mk5 either

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I am sure this Mk6 is a great car, but it hasn't really moved on.

You nailed it. 

[golf-manic]

ill admit i put no on the poll
just on the basis that, to me, its a mk5 with a different grille and lights

[Snoopy]

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.

[JoeGTI]

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...

[illyun]

To those who want it go ahead and get it.. but as Joe has rightly pointed out, this time it IS only a facelift.  Even VW have admitted as much with a four year lifecycle penned for the Mk6.  Its just there to reduce costs and thereby increase profits for VW.  All I can say is, not at my expense.  As for the Mk1 being the same as the Mk2, I have had many examples of both and they are completely different cars.  I think this Mk6 GTI won't feel much different than the Mk5 GTI though. 

[Snoopy]

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.