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Re: STIG topgear, in a GTI, Harewood Hillclimb.
« Reply #1 on: 22 June 2010, 19:28 »
If you look very carefully, you can see the GTD he is chasing  :laugh:

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Re: STIG topgear, in a GTI, Harewood Hillclimb.
« Reply #2 on: 22 June 2010, 19:29 »
Wonder why he didnt have the DSG  :rolleyes:

Anyway, anyone got the mag to see what car came out on top ?


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Re: STIG topgear, in a GTI, Harewood Hillclimb.
« Reply #3 on: 22 June 2010, 19:30 »
If you look very carefully, you can see the GTD he is chasing  :laugh:

Thats a actually a good point you've kind of made. As the GTD is quicker, I wonder why he didnt drive that instead and got the slower GTI ?


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Re: STIG topgear, in a GTI, Harewood Hillclimb.
« Reply #4 on: 22 June 2010, 20:08 »
I got the magazine today .. well worth buying if you like hot hatches

They did some night shots in the tunnels around Leeds Inner Ring Road too ! :laugh:

The GTi and Golf R both get good reviews ... the Scirocco R slightly less good IMHO

The winner of the hill climb is not surprisingly the £50,000 Subaru Cosworth  :wink:

The winner of the whole test is ..... EDIT.....:evil: :evil: :grin:  (don't want to spoil it for you but it was'nt a GTD, sorry Steve30!)
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Re: STIG topgear, in a GTI, Harewood Hillclimb.
« Reply #5 on: 22 June 2010, 20:25 »
Jonny: Do tell please. :rolleyes:
My guesses: The Ford RS500 or the Renaultsport 250? :undecided:
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Re: STIG topgear, in a GTI, Harewood Hillclimb.
« Reply #6 on: 22 June 2010, 20:55 »
Wonder why he didnt have the DSG  :rolleyes:
Anyway, anyone got the mag to see what car came out on top ?

Because none of the other manufactures do an equivelent :lipsrsealed: :rolleyes:


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Re: STIG topgear, in a GTI, Harewood Hillclimb.
« Reply #7 on: 22 June 2010, 20:59 »
Jonny: Do tell please. :rolleyes:
My guesses: The Ford RS500 or the Renaultsport 250? :undecided:
Since it was you who asked, it was the clio 200 cup that won the test but was not the quickest.
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Re: STIG topgear, in a GTI, Harewood Hillclimb.
« Reply #8 on: 22 June 2010, 21:19 »
Jonny: Do tell please. :rolleyes:
My guesses: The Ford RS500 or the Renaultsport 250? :undecided:
Since it was you who asked, it was the clio 200 cup that won the test but was not the quickest.

Thanks Snoops.
So Evo Mag and TopGear are in agreement. :rolleyes:
I drove the Cleo 200 and the Ford RS before settling on the VW GTi. Yes, the Cleo was an absolutely brilliant drive but, oh so low rent inside, had only 3 doors and was a Renault afterall! RS again only 3 doors, too chav looking and a Ford afterall! Cleo better then RS IMO. Renaultsport Megane 250 just plain ugly, with terrible visibiliy and I did'nt bother to drive it!.
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Re: STIG topgear, in a GTI, Harewood Hillclimb.
« Reply #9 on: 22 June 2010, 23:43 »
Guys I have the mag too.

The clio is a worthy winner I reckon. I was quite pleased to see a 16k hatch back (without a turbo) do so well in our current climate of huge turbo'd 25k+ hatches.

I reckon however that a GTD should have been included. It would have been interesting to see how it compares. Certainly the mid range punch would have worked well on the test course.

My favourite however out this group was the 500 Abarth. Second to that was the Clio. The Ibiza and the Polo I reckon have lost the plot a bit by trying to be too grown up with the 7 speed DSG's.

A golf GTI suits a DSG more because it is more a cruiser... a small nippy hot hatch... think manual is best in that case guys.

But hey this is just my input... so don't take any heed  :smiley: