« Reply #17 on: 16 June 2013, 11:33 »
I agree with Snoopy; historically the two cars were seen as great rivals with the Golf being the bigger and better built more rounded car and the Pug being the smaller more focussed car. The 309 was the direct sales competitor for the Golf GTI but was made in Britain out of recycled bean cans and despite being more fun than a Golf to drive it was never a sales rival. The Golf and 205 were the ones to lock horns.
So I'd agree, although things have very much moved on in the 20 odd years since the two stopped competing it will be interesting (just as a magazine feature) to see how the two spiritual successors fare head to head.
Obviously the Polo GTI would be the direct rival to the 208 but nobody buys them...
If the 208 is a competitor to the Golf I'm cancelling my order 
Well for most people it won't be but it very much was 20 odd years ago so will be an interesting MAGAZINE feature.
Purely to see if VW steals the driving dynamics vote back from Peugeot which is smaller and lighter.
In fact I'd like to see how the Polo GTI and Golf GTI fare back to back when specced similarly. Just out of curiosity.
All sorts of people consider all sorts of things and we have a massive choice now which people didn't have back in the day.
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