Okay, so I've been road testing some of the GTD's closest rivals. I have tried a new Ford Focus ST petrol (Ford quote 250bhp)and a new Focus ST diesel(180bhp quoted).Now the GTD is quoted at 181bhp by our leaders (I mean VW) and without a hint of biased, I can report that the GTD felt a lot more powerful than the ST diesel!
TBH I reeeeally liked how both versions of the Focus ST drove, but the diesel ST felt it had around 20bhp less than the GTD. The petrol version of the ST, felt like it had about the same power as the GTD. I drove all three (GTD being mine) back to back, so had a very good memory of all three cars.
I have heard that VW do under rate their power figures, or maybe Ford is over rating..
How about that!?