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Written by Ollie Kew
The best VW Golf GTI you can buy right now is the Mk7.5 Performance Pack, preferably with a manual gearbox and three doors. It"s got 245bhp, a limited-slip front differential, and carries you aloft a tartan seat from 0-62mph in 6.2 seconds. It"s the quintessential hot hatch. Or is it? The new Golf GTI can trace its lineage back over three decades, and, of course, seven and a half model generations, to the original Mk1 Golf GTI. Launched at the 1975 Geneva Motor Show, the very first version of the icon boasted 110bhp from its 1.6-litre engine, a dimpled gearknob, and a 0-62mph sprint of around 9.0 seconds. So, if you had between 28,000 and 32,000 burning a hole in your pocket, you"d obviously buy the new one, wouldn"t you? Okay, it weighs 500kg more than the old-timer, but it"s roomier, safer, and has USB sockets and cupholders. A no-brainer
Date written: 17 May 2018
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ID: 11873
The best VW Golf GTI you can buy right now is the Mk7.5 Performance Pack, preferably with a manual gearbox and three doors. It"s got 245bhp, a limited-slip front differential, and carries you aloft a tartan seat from 0-62mph in 6.2 seconds. It"s the quintessential hot hatch. Or is it? The new Golf GTI can trace its lineage back over three decades, and, of course, seven and a half model generations, to the original Mk1 Golf GTI. Launched at the 1975 Geneva Motor Show, the very first version of the icon boasted 110bhp from its 1.6-litre engine, a dimpled gearknob, and a 0-62mph sprint of around 9.0 seconds. So, if you had between 28,000 and 32,000 burning a hole in your pocket, you"d obviously buy the new one, wouldn"t you? Okay, it weighs 500kg more than the old-timer, but it"s roomier, safer, and has USB sockets and cupholders. A no-brainer
Date written: 17 May 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11873
