« Reply #42 on: 10 September 2015, 09:23 »
I quite like it, especially the seats and like the Clubsport decal on the side but that will probably look better on some colours than others. I even like the spoiler, but hate those wheels. It's got much more about it than the standard GTI. Agree with Mr Ex about the front bumper looking a bit weird, as it's sort of the other way to a standard GTI, but it does add some additional intent to the front.
Hope not too much is lost when it comes to the production model. Look forward to seeing wigit's pics from Frankfurt.
Unsurprisingly a very similar thread on vwroc today has met with apathetic and dismissive response. 
If you look at the front bumper of the latest Polo GTI it has the same sort of lines to the CS (going the opposite way to the Golf GTI).
I think VW are gradually easing a new corporate face in for the GTI with slight changes on each facelift.
The MK6 moved slightly away from the Beetle nose of the mk5 but kept the U shape lower grille and the mk7 followed a similar pattern moving it even more to a flatter wider face like the (uglier) new Passat. My guess is the mk8 GTI will have a nose along the same lines at the CS & Polo GTI (and R for that matter) with more of an X than a U.
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