MK3 Gti-Now moving on to a MK4

[golfvr6]

The reason a diesel will never be as quick 0-60 as a good petrol car is BHP, diesels have torque, petrol is better for BHP.

[Nimrod]

S11EPS is correct, it's mainly down to the gearing of the car (plus the extra weight of the engine itself)

Torque is the measure of the turning force of the engine, and is therefore directly correlated to the acceleration of the car by simple Newtonian physics:

Acceleration = Force / Mass, i.e. more force, more acceleration

BHP is the power of an engine, which is the rate at which work is done so it follows that BHP, rather than indicating how quick the acceleration is, it is actually a better indicator of the ultimate speed the car can achieve in any given gear.

[kniterider]

i know its hard to choose, if i had my money, and there was a gti t, and a pd tdi, mk5 golfs the one that i bought would be the one that pulled me in my seat and felt quicker!!! unless you have the 2 together to compare it would be a hard decesion