« Reply #9 on: 01 July 2014, 14:26 »
Yeah, I saw that thread too!
I do tend to avoid that forum, it used to be quite good but is generally just a "I can afford a Rolls Royce and a mansion but really want a Golf so I'll have to have the biggest baddest one money can buy and all else is in the range is insignificant"
Admittedly it's only one or two on the mk7 board and in the bad old days of this forum they'd have been slaughtered if they'd been on here! But it's enough to keep me away and if that's the mentality of Golf owners nowadays then it'll be a SEAT for me from now on!
Anyway, to the OP: Yes, the R is a better car, it's' bound to be with 4WD and 300 bhp.
But the GTI is still a very good car
for what it is and subjectively looks slightly prettier to most people.
The GTI has 258 lb ft of torque vs about 280 for the R so when you factor the weight and 4WD losses it's quite similar, so then there's just the small matter of 80/70bhp?
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