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Offline Exonian

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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #10 on: 15 July 2009, 18:00 »
VW must have offered more!


On a tangent from that though, as long as the GTI is winning press plaudits it can't but help increase the desireability of the car which in turn will help re-sale prices no end. Same happened with the mk5.
Maybe not so good for people like me who would rather buy an ex-demo than a new car (for purely financial reasons!) as the order books will be full and the things will be flying off the shelves.
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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #11 on: 15 July 2009, 18:27 »
Quote "We'll be honest here the vote almost went to the Focus RS.  How can you resisit a car that puts down 300bhp so effortlessly, that provides supercar performance for £25,000 or thereabouts and that retains a regular focus's practicality?  Then again, how can you resist a car that does eveything you want of a hot hatch one minute yet has the dignity and the gravitas to pass as a busines car the next, and that's built as though its creators' lives depended on it?  The thing about the Golf GTI is that you can use it anywhere for anything.  We're not sure that's the case with the Focus RS"
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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #12 on: 15 July 2009, 18:47 »
Quote from: gizzywizzy on 15 July 2009, 18:27
Quote "We'll be honest here the vote almost went to the Focus RS.  How can you resisit a car that puts down 300bhp so effortlessly, that provides supercar performance for £25,000 or thereabouts and that retains a regular focus's practicality?  Then again, how can you resist a car that does eveything you want of a hot hatch one minute yet has the dignity and the gravitas to pass as a busines car the next, and that's built as though its creators' lives depended on it?  The thing about the Golf GTI is that you can use it anywhere for anything.  We're not sure that's the case with the Focus RS"

Just about sums it up. Not to mention that for about an additional £1k you too can probably put 300bhp though your front wheels.. without looking like a t1t the rest of the time :lipsrsealed: :grin:
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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #13 on: 15 July 2009, 19:26 »
It was a slightly strange summing-up for the Golf, as at least 50% of the text was about the Focus!  Still, I agree with them.  The RS is a monster, a cop magnet, and altogether way too much.  Horses for courses, but I wouldn't have wanted anything quite that blatant.

It's a shame they didn't factor in the Focus ST, which is more comparable to the Golf.  It's relatively restrained to look at while being in the same general power bracket and so on.  Still, they couldn't test everything.

What else did they miss out?  What else would you have liked to see in that lineup?

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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #14 on: 15 July 2009, 20:04 »
There was quite a few cars that were missing, S3, Seat Leon etc.... instead they had a Renault twingo.
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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #15 on: 15 July 2009, 20:55 »
Quote from: gc76 on 15 July 2009, 20:04
There was quite a few cars that were missing, S3, Seat Leon etc.... instead they had a Renault twingo.

A Renault Twingo in the same class as the GTI? hmmmm its like comparing Bette Midler and Beyonce...

WTF?

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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #16 on: 15 July 2009, 21:51 »
Quote from: gc76 on 15 July 2009, 20:04
There was quite a few cars that were missing, S3, Seat Leon etc.... instead they had a Renault twingo.

The S3 and Seat were there... They just had their VW Golf dress on that day!!  :grin:
I know what your saying though but I guess there are only so many cars they could have in the test. I read it and thought it summed up the Golf about right. I think I would enjoy the Focus for a weekend but then it would start to grate on me after a while.
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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #17 on: 15 July 2009, 22:04 »

Grabbed it on the way home, read on the train and was disappointed it was such a short review.  I still prefer the longer write ups from Car, Evo, Performance Car etc.

Notice how many white cars there were?  White is the "in" colour right now!

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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #18 on: 15 July 2009, 22:41 »
Quote from: gc76 on 15 July 2009, 20:04
There was quite a few cars that were missing, S3, Seat Leon etc.... instead they had a Renault twingo.

Maybe they were considered but didnt make the top 10.
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Re: What Car Hot Hatch test
« Reply #19 on: 16 July 2009, 09:10 »
Good to hear the Golf won.

I just love What Car, it's so British, so 'nice', as if it were published by Marks & Spencers :) Still going to get a copy when I come back to England on Sunday :)
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