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Volkswagen Golf GTi – The Fine Wine Hot Hatch

a reasonable torque figure of 258lb/ a host of others too numerous to
ft it will demolish a twisting, turn- mention here, some of which will
ing road with breathtaking ease. It be found on the comprehensive
all happens in total security thanks options list.
to an array of safety and driver Our car was fitted with the Dis-
aids plus, in the case of the test cover Navigation Pro touchscreen
car, Volkswagen’s Dynamic Chassis navigation/DVD system with voice
Control with variable suspension activation. There’s an absolutely
settings to suit – Sport, Normal and brilliant 8” screen with many handy
Comfort. gadgets; the whole option adds a
For a three door car access to the healthy £1,765 to the bill but is
back seats is straightforward as the worth it, as are others - like the
Geoff Maxted of Drivewrite.co.uk takes the latest VW Golf figure-hugging front seats slide and DCC mentioned earlier.
GTi for a spin tilt with ease. Once in the back, If the GTi is too rich at around
passengers declared that they were £27,000 then there are other, tamer
Incredibly, 2016 will usher in the urge to relish an adrenaline fuelled really snug. If the back seats are to versions of the Golf of the same
40th birthday of this iconic fast driving experience will be happy to be used often then maybe the five quality build standard. If you are
German motor. Now in its seventh learn that the VW Golf GTi is also door would be the better buy. Isofix of the green persuasion then this
iteration it has matured like a fine available with five doors and, if you is standard for the ankle-biters. reviewer can attest to the fact that
wine to the extent that it now must, the flappy paddle DSG auto. Safety is handled by the technol- Golf GTE hybrid is outstanding but
transcends the ubiquitous term ‘hot If it seems like this review is ogy known only by acronyms – ABS, if it is expensive, as is the e-Golf,
hatch’, demonstrating that a car turning into a glorifying eulogy you HBA, ASR and ESP to name but four even with the government grant.
can evolve into a vehicle suitable wouldn’t be wrong. It really is this that go about their business quietly Those lusting after more power
for grown-ups without losing the good. The fact is, the GTi is a very and efficiently, keeping the car on are catered for too as VW, to cel-
fun factor that made it so popular complete car. No longer the fastest the tarmac. Some manufacturers ebrate the 40th anniversary, are of-
all those decades ago. or loudest in its class it has instead shout about their high tech gadgets fering the Clubsport special edition
The model tested here is perhaps become a pure drivers’ car that can but this VW is more restrained. For with a boost function, improved
the most similar to the original also handle the day-to-day chores example, if the car is judged to be aerodynamics and a heritage design
in that it has just three doors and with aplomb. The standing start too close to the vehicle in front a package. Potent. If you leave this
a great manual gearbox with the sprint to 62mph is a modest 6.5 discreet warning appears in the page with the idea that I really
regulation six ratios. Those with seconds but that’s not what this car dash. There are emergency braking recommend this great all-rounder
growing families yet retaining an is about. Instead, with 217bhp and systems, adaptive cruise control and then you would be entirely correct.

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