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Offline Rolfe

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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #20 on: 16 July 2009, 09:44 »
Hey, quite apart from the group test, take a look at page 84.  What Car? best buys for August 2009.  The "sports cars" category.

1st - Nissan GT-R, price £56,800
2nd - Ferrari 430 Scuderia, price £168,962
3rd - VW Golf GTi 3-door, price £22,415

There is absolutely no indication of what the other contenders were, or how that decision was arrived at, but not bad, what?

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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #21 on: 16 July 2009, 11:09 »
Finishing just behind a Ferrari that costs 8 times as much is fantastic :)
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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #22 on: 16 July 2009, 13:51 »
Simply is, the mk6 is the best hot hatch in the world right now.
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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #23 on: 16 July 2009, 14:16 »
I wouldn't actually have thought of the Golf GTi as a "sports car".  I tend to think of sports cars as low-slung two-seaters, probably with an open top.

What would be the correct definition, and what other cars would qualify?  It seeme to me the Golf must have beaten the Focus RS in that category too.

(I still wish they'd included the Focus ST in the hot hatch group test.  It's the version of the Focus that doesn't have the drawbacks they penalised the RS for.)

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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #24 on: 16 July 2009, 18:01 »
What size are the tyres on the Monza Shadows.  In What Car they give the size as 225/45 18, and I have just checked the Monzas on my MK5 and they are 225/40 18.
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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #25 on: 16 July 2009, 21:48 »
shadow's 225/40/18, the standard monza's are 225/45/17
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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #26 on: 16 July 2009, 22:29 »
How come my GTI with the poorly rated 225 Dunlops goes around corners better than the my scirocco with 235 P zero rosso's?
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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #27 on: 16 July 2009, 22:38 »
Quote from: gossa on 16 July 2009, 22:29
How come my GTI with the poorly rated 225 Dunlops goes around corners better than the my scirocco with 235 P zero rosso's?

Can only imagine it's the GTI's XDS coming into play ? Don't think the Scirocco has that ?
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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #28 on: 16 July 2009, 22:49 »
Coz the GTI kicks ass!!!
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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #29 on: 16 July 2009, 22:57 »
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