« Reply #129 on: 15 November 2014, 16:47 »
I'm firmly in the camp that this should be a special model with special looks.
If you're going to produce a model that is three times as expensive as a base model car and has three times the power then at least make it look a bit special.
Yes, it should be a halo model proper with three doors and flared arches and f**k off big wheels and spoiler bits (by VW's conservative standards at least) and not just yet another model in an ever increasing sporty line up.
The sporty models are just getting more and more diluted in the Golf range with each new incarnation of 'more poweeeeeeerrrr' model, and although it's nice to have the choice it's all getting a bit much.
When I was 18 or 19 and bought my first GTI with 110bhp this was the stuff dreams were made of; a 420bhp Golf with 4wd, nearly four times the power and all wheel drive to boot, so yes, make this a slightly lairy uber desirable special hatch, built in very limited numbers with a very focussed brief. I'm not so sure on the stripped out theme unless they do it in two variants, a lighter stripped out Rallye and a loaded Lux version maybe?
Oh, and if they're leasing them for 50p a month then maybe I'll sign up this time instead of thinking "nah, I'm not signing up for two fixed years as there's bound to be something more appealing popping up within that time in todays mass produced throw away market"
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