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The all-new Golf GTI is HERE!
Volkswagen’s mid-level sporty edition of the Mk8 Golf rolls up with all the classic hot hatch styling cues you’d expect, from the classic red striping across the bonnet (and throughout the cabin!) along with a more aggressive, honeycomb-style grille.
As for performance, well it’s certainly not too bad, as you’ll find a 2-litre turbocharged petrol engine that will deliver 245hp and 370Nm.
Sure, so it all sounds pretty good! The question is, does it really offer enough to sway you away from the competition? And more importantly, with the new Golf R already announced and just around the corner, are you better off just waiting for the GTI’s big brother?
There’s only one way to find out… Sit back, relax, and join Mat for his latest in-depth review!
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:38 Price
01:06 Exterior Design
02:39 Interior & Infotainment
04:20 Back Seats
04:58 Boot
05:21 Five Annoying Things
06:59 Five Cool Things
08:15 0 – 60mph
09:37 Twisty Road Driving
10:35 Town Driving
11:24 Motorway Driving
12:45 Verdict
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07:30 – Oops! We obviously didn't mean it's 0.3 Cd more aerodynamic. The new Golf GTI has improved over its predecessor from 0.3 to 0.275! That's still pretty slippery…
Im going to be honest, i really hate that cars are all going digital and touch sensitive. That just add extra costs for little cool look.
Seventh generation is way better than this.
The inside is gross
Damn… it looks a lot better than the pics release by vw. It’s starting to grow on me
I'm more interested in your mobile
Which phone ?
Yikes, when volks start looking like hyundai's
The stripped out golf, no knobs, no ovride on anti dazle rear view mirror, no covers on door locks, no draws under seats,
No lock on glove box, no door on centre console no draw drivers side,where u put tissues,glasses cleaning cloth and deodorant,no slide draw over centre cup holders no bass strut under bonnet .yes they have got back to the sevenys and Put a stick there to hold bonnet up,the 2.0ltr tdi is only 130 hp not 150 the info screen is at eye level and ruins night vision
How the xxxx can you safely operate the heating etc from a multi touch screen while driving,crap i am not getting no more golfs, cheap cheap cheap,shame shame shame ,
Oh man you killed my dreams of this version with a manual! I drove the current gen GTI w/ a manual and really liked it.. not too bad. Honda's shift feels better slightly.. although Im biased I owned an S2000, Prelude. Civic..
sorry but golf gti 5 to 7th generation is definetely for me….not this shit
Id much rather keep my MK6 Polo GTI. This new Golf lets down the GTI name
Ugly as.
Sorry VW, it's a no from me.
My old Mk 7 and now 7.5 look INCREDIBLY good to me right about now!
I think I'll just be content with what I have at this particular moment!
In my opinion, I actually like the design of MK8 Golf over the bland and boring design of the previous generation, but the people at VW really took the usability out of it.
Looks like a dogs dinner
These touch sensitive buttons and stupid screens need to go, hate this trend. its dangerous and just a bit shit really
Stop plugging the pop out every 2 mins, makes me want to click away.
Can you do a full review on a golf r if you can get hold of one
Genuinely this looks horrible, the interior looks so cheap and the touch sensitive buttons are ridiculous
Sorry it is only my impression but those alloys are not 21-century incarnation of swastica?
Only one word=ugly
Should be faster than Mk 7 and 7.5, very disappointing and along with the touch sensitive distracted driving controls will lose a lot of VW loyalists, likely including me ('16 GTI and '19 GLI)
Jesus, that cost £13000 more than the 2009 golf gti. Ridiculous
Monobrows never look good on any car.
Fugly alloys
i just bought a mk7 no aspiration to update to that shite
That dashboard is just a deal killer for me.
At that price point you can't really call it a "peoples vehicle" anymore. It's just a knock-off luxury brand.
05:40, I thought these cars allow one to change the ambient lighting, including the dial colour, as one wishes?
Wow that is one ugly car.
This is whack im sorry
my dream car as my first car
Wouldn't trust the fuel computer, more like 35mpg
I wish your editor would just make the audio levels consistent. It's all over the place.
Them wheels are dreadful
touch-sensitive buttons… on a steering wheel wth? this should be illegal for safety reasons alone
what a horribly boring POS car lol those touch buttons are aweful, you can't hear it and the dials are digital?? That gti is about as exciting as powering on your ipad lol. perhaps alfas breakdown more than your girlfriend every 27 days but at least they have life to them each time you sit in one.
This car is so ugly.
I hate touch sensitive buttons, everything today is made touch sensitive: microwaves, radio’s, portable phones, induction stoves, I HATE THEM ALL!!! Why does even the volume button needs to be touch sensitive. The only thing that needs to be touch sensitive is a WOMAN!!!!!!!!!
Don’t like the rims. Eeewww.
Literally touches the phone while driving:death or life in prison
Fiddles with infotainment system on the autobahn to open ur glove box: ……
I’m sorry but for the price compared to other hot hatches it’s just plastic and cheap looking ! Especially the interior !!!