Golf GTI 8.5 reviews

[Rudedog]

Porsche for a long time have been investing heavily in synthetic eFuel production based in Chile - they obviously have plans to run either new ICE cars or keep their current motors running for some time yet.

https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2022/company/porsche-highly-innovative-fuels-hif-opening-efuels-pilot-plant-haru-oni-chile-synthetic-fuels-30732.html

[Exonian]

Carwow

https://youtu.be/lX8eDqXsFI0?si=RfsD87Lql0221X2K

[Exonian]

Evo

https://www.evo.co.uk/volkswagen/golf/gti

[DrivenToDistraction]

Evo

https://www.evo.co.uk/volkswagen/golf/gti

This is one the rare occasions when anyone has had anything nice to say about Bridgestone Potenza tyres. Although if you understand the journalistic gibberish used you are a better man than I:

"We suspect some of this is due to the Bridgestone Potenza S005 tyres; they aren’t an especially aggressive compound but seem to bring out the positivity in the chassis without sacrificing progression".

[fredgroves]

Nothing really wrong with the S005... Its a far cry from the S001...

[jon87]

Autogefühl's review has just been uploaded:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cvpAWnrBpU

He mentions the crisis VW are in too. i can imagine it is all over the news in Germany.

[fredgroves]

Autogefühl's review has just been uploaded:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cvpAWnrBpU

He mentions the crisis VW are in too. i can imagine it is all over the news in Germany.

https://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=290650.0

[david25]

September 25th edition of Autocar

They managed 0-60 in 5.3 seconds

But end with slick and effective but not a big enough step forward, 3.5 stars

[fredgroves]

Not a big enough step forward in a face lift?

OK autocar...

[Exonian]

I’d imagine most of you have seen this by now but it’s another from Carwow which I just remembered after watching another of theirs yesterday.
8.5 GTI vs mk8 Clubby vs 7R

As usual with that lot it’s entertainment based and thin on facts but it highlights a couple of things of interest to GTI owners:
How well the smaller turbo car pulls from lower revs (and therefore more relevant to real world use) and how well the Clubsport handles (albeit the GTI is on production tyres and the Clubby wearing semi slicks on a baking hot & dry day)

https://youtu.be/CAVmHBM62gw?si=6Q_dooiAz1Ndx-1A