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Title: GOLF 7 GTI
Post by: F17BAD on 07 June 2012, 19:20
Just read this

240 bhp, 1300kg

longer than theMk6, lower too...

looks..ermmm

(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3619/imageytdz.jpg)
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Post by: murraymint on 07 June 2012, 19:23
Looks like a fiat stilo
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Post by: Jay on 07 June 2012, 19:52
Looks like a Polo with sh!t wheels  :huh:
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Post by: Shady Pioneer on 07 June 2012, 19:54
Brad, not sure if you made a typo but that magazine clearly states a weight of 1300kg.  :grin: :kiss:

Does look pretty pants though, mind you I didn't like the MK6 all that much but it's grown on me.
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Post by: F17BAD on 07 June 2012, 20:12
 :laugh: it was indeed a typo, was curling out a bab whilst reading the article  :grin:
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Post by: s-l-i-x on 07 June 2012, 20:14
Looks like a fiat stilo

I thought exactly the same!  :huh: :sick:
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Post by: AlanD on 07 June 2012, 20:16
Ive lost count how many different versions of the MK7 I have seen.

Im assuming this is just Auto Expresses artist impression of what the MK7 will look and in no way have any confirmation from VW.

Does it state where they got this information on weight and power from?
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Post by: Jimble on 07 June 2012, 20:20
These are the most legit looking pictures i've seen of the mk7, obviously the GTI will look a bit better.

(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx265/blaarp1/02a70499.jpg)

(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx265/blaarp1/200631ed.jpg)
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Post by: F17BAD on 07 June 2012, 20:23
pictures in auto express are "Exclusive Pictures" whatever that means
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Post by: jeynesey on 07 June 2012, 20:25
Looks alright to me. :smiley:
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Post by: Shady Pioneer on 07 June 2012, 20:26
Just found this:

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/video-scoop-of-new-volkswagen-golf-gti.html
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Post by: Wayne on 07 June 2012, 20:48
Will be interesting to see what the real weight will be.
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Post by: AlanD on 07 June 2012, 21:20
pictures in auto express are "Exclusive Pictures" whatever that means

Exclusive in that no other magazine has them because its all bolloxs (imo).
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Post by: AlanD on 07 June 2012, 21:23
Just found this:

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/video-scoop-of-new-volkswagen-golf-gti.html

Journalism at its worst.

Up until it now, it was believed that the next GTI's 2.0-litre turbocharged four-banger would get a 10 to 15 percent boost from 207hp (210PS) to around 220hp-230hp, but Autocar magazine reported today that the hot hatch may make as much as 260-horsepower.

Its doesnt state anything about how it got this information. All it says is "reported" i.e someone has just plucked a figure out of the air and reported it to sell magazines. 260bhp in a GTI as standard is crazy talk.
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Post by: Shady Pioneer on 07 June 2012, 21:24
I was posting more for the video at the bottom.  :grin:
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Post by: AlanD on 07 June 2012, 21:25
I just love having a good moan, dont mind me :)
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Post by: Shady Pioneer on 07 June 2012, 21:53
I just love having a good moan, dont mind me :)

Must be due to having to join the dirty, dark, Aldi gang.
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Post by: Wooosh on 08 June 2012, 13:44
The front just looks like a wide Polo :undecided:
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Post by: Bellend on 08 June 2012, 13:54
(http://is03.thegumtree.com/image/big/126808283.jpg)
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Post by: mcgee9t2 on 08 June 2012, 21:26
front looks ok back not a fan of
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Post by: Mr GTD on 08 June 2012, 22:09
260 is crazy talk, think 240 tops and even that is a stretch  :laugh:
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Post by: dan_apps on 09 June 2012, 09:40
*sigh* looks the same as a mk6 GTI nowt exciting here.
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Post by: Hurdy on 10 June 2012, 00:52
Looks like I'll keep my Polo GTI a little longer if this is the best they can come up with!
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Post by: DSG_Steel on 10 June 2012, 02:11
Wonder what engine they will put in the mk7 golf r

Maybe 2.5 engine?
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Post by: Mr GTD on 10 June 2012, 07:49
Wonder what engine they will put in the mk7 golf r

Maybe 2.5 engine?

Nah, it will be the 2.0ltr....emissions and all that, me thinks!
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Post by: F17BAD on 10 June 2012, 19:24
Says in magazine Golf R will have the Exact same engine as  the GTI but uprated power to around 300hp

ironically in the back of the mag it has a mini test thing between current Golf R and Focus RS.. they rate the Foucus and number 1 choice  :lipsrsealed:
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Post by: Mr GTD on 10 June 2012, 21:45
Says in magazine Golf R will have the Exact same engine as  the GTI but uprated power to around 300hp

ironically in the back of the mag it has a mini test thing between current Golf R and Focus RS.. they rate the Foucus and number 1 choice  :lipsrsealed:

Yes, I very much like the look of the RS it looks awesome in green...but pace wise I read a good while back the the R has the legs on the RS...don't know how much of this true tho, it wud be good to see a vid of them both up against each other...
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Post by: F17BAD on 10 June 2012, 21:49
well iv been up against a RS in my golf and i had him.. which put me off them a bit TBH... plus i keep hearing folk saying they under power by 20 bhp or so :undecided:

The Auto Express feature says the R can't match the performance of The RS....   

I like them both.. would be a hard choice for me
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Post by: Hurdy on 10 June 2012, 23:28
Says in magazine Golf R will have the Exact same engine as  the GTI but uprated power to around 300hp

ironically in the back of the mag it has a mini test thing between current Golf R and Focus RS.. they rate the Foucus and number 1 choice  :lipsrsealed:

Autocar said that they were expecting a Golf RS for the MKVII, which they are saying would be a 2.5ltr with 365bhp. I'd like to think so and I'd be knocking on their doors if they did, but somehow I doubt it and it is just Autocar's journo's wet dream! :laugh:
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Post by: tech1889 on 11 June 2012, 03:09
well iv been up against a RS in my golf and i had him.. which put me off them a bit TBH... plus i keep hearing folk saying they under power by 20 bhp or so :undecided:

The Auto Express feature says the R can't match the performance of The RS....   

I like them both.. would be a hard choice for me

Im not surprised you done the RS they are 300bhp out the box but weigh about twice your car... My friend has one which he has had tuned by JamSport to over 440bhp and its an animal but just keeps eating R888 tyres which are £260 a corner  :shocked:
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Post by: F17BAD on 11 June 2012, 09:18
well iv been up against a RS in my golf and i had him.. which put me off them a bit TBH... plus i keep hearing folk saying they under power by 20 bhp or so :undecided:

The Auto Express feature says the R can't match the performance of The RS....   

I like them both.. would be a hard choice for me

Im not surprised you done the RS they are 300bhp out the box but weigh about twice your car... My friend has one which he has had tuned by JamSport to over 440bhp and its an animal but just keeps eating R888 tyres which are £260 a corner  :shocked:

That one of your mates sounds awesome  :cool:
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Post by: tech1889 on 11 June 2012, 13:49
Its already killed one engine  :lipsrsealed:
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Post by: F17BAD on 11 June 2012, 22:17
really ? sh!t what happened.? bet it is a real beast tho :evil:
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Post by: tech1889 on 11 June 2012, 22:48
Im not sure to be fair i think it was running to much power on standard internals so they had to wind the power back a tad as forged internals are big $$$
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Post by: PenguinGTI on 13 June 2012, 00:12
I had my stage 1 GTI Mk6 up against a 435bhp (claimed) RS a few weeks ago. It pulled away from me in a similar fashion to how my Mk6 might pull away from a lamppost using launch control.

Typical... it was the one night it wasn't raining in Scotland  :laugh:. Might've been a different story if it had.