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Offline Juicetin

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GTI Clubsport Review
« on: 21 October 2015, 12:52 »
Just a heads up, driven review in next week's Autocar, on sale Wednesday 28/10.
Looking forward to this.

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Re: GTI Clubsport Review
« Reply #1 on: 21 October 2015, 15:30 »
There is a bit of a write up in the current VW Driver mag too.
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Re: GTI Clubsport Review
« Reply #2 on: 21 October 2015, 16:27 »
There is a bit of a write up in the current VW Driver mag too.

I was just about to post up the same thing!
Mine arrived the other day and it was an interesting read but as they say, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

It'll be an interesting car for sure, Leon Cupra dynamics in a Golf 'special edition' package - what's not to like?!!! (aside from the funny angled bumper add ons that look a bit like one of those ugly fish at the front end).
The power of an R with the character of the GTI (hopefully therefore minus some of the narcissitic owners that reside in a certain place). The only downside will be traction off the line, and possibly the lack of back doors if you really need a four door - but at the end of the day a ClubSport should be true to the original ethos and be minimum weight and therefore a 3 door.
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Re: GTI Clubsport Review
« Reply #3 on: 21 October 2015, 17:28 »
I understand if the Clubsport is only 3 doors due to the clubsport name and track oreintation  of the car.  But if it is only 3 doors with no 5 door option available, they have made my decision a lot easier as to which car I go for next year.  I will be looking for a 5 door car and was seriously considering a clubsport or R.  If it is true the Clubsport is 3 doors only, I will look more seriously at the R.   :smiley:

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Re: GTI Clubsport Review
« Reply #4 on: 22 October 2015, 05:25 »
The mag article says VW are hinting that it will be three door only.
Time will tell, I'm sure we will know soon enough.
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Re: GTI Clubsport Review
« Reply #5 on: 22 October 2015, 11:17 »
Can someone tell me when the special edition GTI's began to appear and were they here before the introduction of the R? The point i'm trying to make is that, is there still room in the line up for the clubsport? If you do a quick price comparison on DTD between a bog standard GTI 5dr DSG and an R 5dr DSG there is only a £4,000 difference which is not huge. So at what price point are they going to set the Clubsport and why would anyone choose it over the R if it ends up being only a couple of grand cheaper? Your getting AWD and an extra 40 or so bhp with the R which is well worth the premium IMO.

Given the crisis that VW currently find themselves in, and with what we have been hearing, it sounds like they will most likely shelve the R400 at this current time. However, why can't they introduce an RS for example? If they can eek out 400bhp from the current 2l engine then surely a few tweeks here and there could mean an increase in bhp from the current 300 to lets say 330 - 340. They could then introduce a slight facelift, different exhaust and the bucket seats from the clubsport at minimum cost.

Sorry this is really long winded but I think instead of a special edition GTI, they should be introducing a special edition R. If they statrted at £34k or so i'm sure it would be massively popular.

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Re: GTI Clubsport Review
« Reply #6 on: 22 October 2015, 13:07 »
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They've always done special/limited edition GTi's.

The R isn't a special edition GTI rather than just another model.

I reckon the Clubsport will be around £32k in line with the Focus RS?

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Re: GTI Clubsport Review
« Reply #7 on: 22 October 2015, 13:30 »
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They've always done special/limited edition GTi's.

The R isn't a special edition GTI rather than just another model.

I reckon the Clubsport will be around £32k in line with the Focus RS?

So more expensive than the R? That doesn't seem to make sense

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Re: GTI Clubsport Review
« Reply #8 on: 22 October 2015, 13:52 »
The more choice the better. If anything the special edition models have become less common from VW over the years. I think I think the Clubsport looks interesting but wish it was more extreme.
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Re: GTI Clubsport Review
« Reply #9 on: 22 October 2015, 14:41 »
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They've always done special/limited edition GTi's.

The R isn't a special edition GTI rather than just another model.

I reckon the Clubsport will be around £32k in line with the Focus RS?

So more expensive than the R? That doesn't seem to make sense

An R with similar spec to the CS would be more than £32k wouldn't it?