Best looking model in each mark

[seabrook132]

Out of interest who chose there own model as the best in the current mark?

I didn't lol

Nope, I didn't either. At the time budget didn't stretch to ED35 though.

[CraigW]

It always makes me laugh when I hear people say the GTD is better looking than the GTI. For gods sake they are bloody identical apart from a stupid coloured strip at the front and different alloys, both of which most people wouldn't even notice.

Anyway the GTI is better looking with the split exhausts

[GeoBog]

^ that. Some people are a bit biased here.

[monkeyhanger]

^ that. Some people are a bit biased here.

Or that from 3 sides the GTD does look better (lack of "stupid coloured strip"), and that for most people the alloys have a bigger visual impact than a pipe on each side on the rear vs twin pipes on one side.

The GTD got by far the best looking standard alloys. I'm habitually an options tightarse (i consider them dead money when the depreciate 2.5 times heavier than the base car and most won't have a massive impact on your driving experience), but I disliked the Cadiz so much on the R I was willing to spend almost £900 to get alternative shoes. Was nothing to do with size either, i'd have had 18" Prets (if there was such a thing) over 18" or even 19" Cadiz.

I don't feel like i'm being biased when i'm in an R and prefer the look of a GTD.

[CraigW]

^ that. Some people are a bit biased here.

Or that from 3 sides the GTD does look better (lack of "stupid coloured strip"), and that for most people the alloys have a bigger visual impact than a pipe on each side on the rear vs twin pipes on one side.

The GTD got by far the best looking standard alloys. I'm habitually an options tightarse (i consider them dead money when the depreciate 2.5 times heavier than the base car and most won't have a massive impact on your driving experience), but I disliked the Cadiz so much on the R I was willing to spend almost £900 to get alternative shoes. Was nothing to do with size either, i'd have had 18" Prets (if there was such a thing) over 18" or even 19" Cadiz.

I don't feel like i'm being biased when i'm in an R and prefer the look of a GTD.

So like you did with your  R, you spec the better wheels on the GTI (which are probably the pick of the entire range) then problem solved. 

Anyway what really makes the car visually more appealing is the last letter on the badge , 'I'. That's all that's important   

[Wo-Wo]

Out of interest who chose there own model as the best in the current mark?

I didn't lol

Sorry I did! Mk1,2&6.

[monkeyhanger]

^ that. Some people are a bit biased here.

Or that from 3 sides the GTD does look better (lack of "stupid coloured strip"), and that for most people the alloys have a bigger visual impact than a pipe on each side on the rear vs twin pipes on one side.

The GTD got by far the best looking standard alloys. I'm habitually an options tightarse (i consider them dead money when the depreciate 2.5 times heavier than the base car and most won't have a massive impact on your driving experience), but I disliked the Cadiz so much on the R I was willing to spend almost £900 to get alternative shoes. Was nothing to do with size either, i'd have had 18" Prets (if there was such a thing) over 18" or even 19" Cadiz.

I don't feel like i'm being biased when i'm in an R and prefer the look of a GTD.

So like you did with your  R, you spec the better wheels on the GTI (which are probably the pick of the entire range) then problem solved. 

Anyway what really makes the car visually more appealing is the last letter on the badge , 'I'. That's all that's important   

Not keen on the Santiagos as a GTI alternative, the last badge or the only badge, i'd have "R" over "I" - if only to have access to that Lapiz Blue (always been a fan of a strong blue car colour), and if tailpipes are your point of attraction for the GTI over the GTD then 4 is better than 2 surely?  The back of the R420 is going to look like a church organ. 

[Exonian]

Out of interest who chose there own model as the best in the current mark?

I didn't lol

The only model I chose that matched what I had was the mk5 (I prefer the black contrast bits of the standard GTI to the colour coded ED30 aside from the huge black rear bumper thingy).
The mk7 I chose pretty close to what I had, but that was my first ever new car.

[Gti_Jamo]

Mk1 - Gti
Mk2 - Early Small Bumper Gti
Mk3 - Early VR6
Mk4 - None
Mk5 - Don't care
Mk6 - Really don't care
Mk7 - Words cannot describe how much I don't care.

[Watts]

Not sure about Mks 1 to 6, never really paid that much attention to Golfs in the past. But as for the Mk7, mine is quite obviously the best looking