« Reply #15 on: 27 August 2020, 16:21 »
Isnt this Clubsport coming out really early in the production lifecycle? In additional it was a limited run for the MK7.
I like the Pretoria wheels, brakes and exhaust, but not the new lower plastic front grill, which has even more black plastic on it.
Next year is when the Ed45 is due hence the special edition model so early in the model life.
I think the hot hatch market is shrinking away but is a lucrative niche that VW group previously had more or less a monopoly on for volume sales in recent years, particularly the Golf R 300 bhp 4Wd segment.
The public at large is slowly (being brainwashed into) adopting the idea of owning an EV which on the face of it is no bad thing.
Now Diesel has been demonised people are quickly discovering small capacity petrol turbos in aerodynamically challenged mini SUVs aren’t a happy match. Electric with its instant torque and ease of driving is going to be a massive draw to those that see their car merely as white goods transport.
Hot hatches will become even more marginalised until sexy fast affordable smallish EV’s become available so the manufacturers will have to keep the segment on the boil offering products petrol die-hards will want in a fast changing world.
If Mercedes and BMW have watered down the 4wd 300PS monopoly VW had then the latter needs to bring back in sales from fast FWD cars once more.
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