mk5 R32 pictures in today's AutoExpress

[marcus123]

I am one of those people thats anti modern (although I did enjoy my A3 when I had her). I just like the classic good looks of the MK2 and the handling it provides (sure she could do with more power, but she is 14 years old now). I had the A3 and the Golf for about 4 months, using both on a regular basis. I had to lose one and it suprised my other half how easily I chose which one to let go.

As for the MK5 Golf - 10 a penny. You see one, you see em all. Pugs, Audi, VW, Toyota, Ford - all the same these days, there is no clear definition on a car.

(apart from the City Golf in South Africa which is a MK1 with a 1.8T engine as standard for around ?8k or so )

i agree with you so much dude, classic good looks for the mk2, great handling as well.

you could hardly ever call the mk5 classic, it looks like a fookin pug 307!

[Dizzie]

the advantage with the mk5 is it doesn't do a "dog and fire hydrant" trick when cornering fast on a track

[jv]

you've lost me there dizzie but I think with time the mk5 will be a quality dub. From the details so far about the mk5 GTI it seems they are well back on track with building a proper drivers car. you have to accept that the whole market place has evolved since the mk1. if you want a small, fun performance vw then a lupo GTI is almost identical dimensions and performance to the original mk1 GTI. VW are 'stuck' with the infamous, in this country at least, Golf GTI name..... doesn't necessarliy fit in with producing an above average family car, which after all is the market the Golf is aimed at

too much to drink, come all wordy  

[Mixologist]

i agree, in time the mk5 will be respected like the rest of the golfs, and as jv said, the golf is now aimed as being a family hatchback, not the hothatch of the mk1 and mk2.  And they dominate the Family hatchback market with some sucess!!

But looking at the r32, i think they still know how to make a car that rips the tarmac up with ease.

[topher]

I quite like it but whats with vw and that blue these days ?

Hopefully it'll knock down mk4 R32 second hand prices next year too    

[marcus123]

it'll be 2006 untill it nocks down prices.

i think that the new gti does look pretty cool, sounds cool too.

i know with new cars evolving looks need to change, but the mk5's that you see plodding on the roads nowadays look so sorry :-[

they look sh!t

roll on the gti to bring some kind of dignity back