« Reply #39 on: 17 July 2009, 15:48 »
Why can't you compare the RS to the GTI, only the ST ?
Of course you can compare the RS to the GTi, that's exactly what the What Car? test did. The RS lost by a whisker, apparently on the grounds that is wasn't as versatile - that it looked like a boy racer's car that you wouldn't want to drive up to a five-star hotel in. However, the ST isn't nearly so chavvy as the RS, so arguably might stack up better against the GTi if this is going to be your dealbreaker criterion.
I just thought it would have been interesting to see the GTi and the ST compared. That was the choice I was looking at making - I would never have considered the RS. However, they obviously weren't going to include two Focus models in the test, and the RS was the obvious model to include.
Rolfe.
The ST vs GTI was done to death with the mk5 GTI. I guess the mags are jumping on the RS as it's the new one and the GTI is billed as being new too and, as said, ££££ wise they're similar. The mags generally go for road tests of the latest model as that's what their readers want. Next year it will be the next VXR vs the GTI, the following year the next Type R vs the GTI. The GTI is normally regarded as the benchmark as the allrounder and that's always the 'one to beat'. For the last 30 odd years every couple of months the mags headlines scream ''This is the car that steals the GTI's crown''. How many times has the Golf GTI lost its crown?
And while we are at it, I can't see myself pulling up outside a 5 star hotel in a GTI either, Travelodge maybe....
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