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Written by Ollie Kew
VW"s 40th birthday pressie to fast Golfs is a massively more focused GTI that looks identical to the 306bhp "Ring-record-setting Clubsport S. This non-S has 261bhp in first and second gear, but overboosts to 287bhp in third and above for 10sec. Makes real downforce above 75mph too.Before VW"s Clubsport broadside, Honda"s 7min 50sec dash across YouTube"s favourite German circuit was the front-drive benchmark. Small wonder: the R"s 306bhp, deployed through a mechanical diff, is pasted on the road by the most brutal aero ever applied to a hatch.Photography: Simon Thompson
Date written: 2 Sep 2016
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ID: 4870
VW"s 40th birthday pressie to fast Golfs is a massively more focused GTI that looks identical to the 306bhp "Ring-record-setting Clubsport S. This non-S has 261bhp in first and second gear, but overboosts to 287bhp in third and above for 10sec. Makes real downforce above 75mph too.Before VW"s Clubsport broadside, Honda"s 7min 50sec dash across YouTube"s favourite German circuit was the front-drive benchmark. Small wonder: the R"s 306bhp, deployed through a mechanical diff, is pasted on the road by the most brutal aero ever applied to a hatch.Photography: Simon Thompson
Date written: 2 Sep 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 4870