Mk4 faster than Mk3,2 and 1 (oh and Mk3 second fastest!)

[Gavv8]

To be honest i don't really give a toss, i love my crappy old mk3 despite all its faults and if i was lucky enough to own a mk2 or a mk1 i'd love them too.

[Sam]

I have a MK2 with turbo bolted on... it's definately the slowest out of all of them at the moment 

[SimonG]

Looks like its a 16v Mk3 and a 1.8T Mk4. No mention of the other two marques.

Very surprised that a Mk4 with the same bhp but heavier than a Mk3 is faster?

Fortunately I have the article and all I can say is what an odd selection of Golfs to compare.

Mk1, 1.6
Mk2, 1.8 8v
Mk3, 2.0 16v
Mk4, 1.8T 180PS (Anniversary)

And if you saw the images from the article, the Mk2 looks the softest handler of all and the Mk3 a bit tail happy. But then this is dramatized for an article.

Perhaps if a later Mk1. with the 1.8 engine was used and a Mk2 16v the lap times would have been so much different. If everything was kept 8v then perhaps older would still be better. A pointless test. I hope this brings the thread into line.

[boneybradley]

Fortunately I have the article and all I can say is what an odd selection of Golfs to compare.

can you scan it and post on here??

[Len]

Well no wonder the Mk4 won then!

[Waspy]

Fortunately I have the article and all I can say is what an odd selection of Golfs to compare.

Mk1, 1.6
Mk2, 1.8 8v
Mk3, 2.0 16v
Mk4, 1.8T 180PS (Anniversary)

Hmm seems fair...

[Agreeable Slick]

I would just like to add that on the latest autotrader advert, mk3 get's binned off in favour of a mk2.

[danny_p]

need to go to coomb and set some times.  mk2 16v ftw

[mrsaunders]

Come on guys it's the saxos/clios/106s/corsas etc that we should be picking holes in not each other, anyway we all know the mk5 is clearly the best

[Foreveryoungaus16v]

Yeah Mk5 Gti edition 30