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March 19, 2008 by George Skentzos
An all-wheel drive 169kW Subaru Impreza WRX against a front-wheel drive 147kW Volkswagen Golf GTi around the track is a no-brainer right? This latest installment of Fifth Gear may just surprise you.
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Volkswagen Golf GT W12-650 Video
Remember this Golf? The Volkswagen Golf GT W12-650:
We were very impressed with the specs, 0-100km/hr in just 3.7 seconds with
Volkswagen Golf GTi W12-650 Video
Our lucky friends at Autocar.co.uk recently had the pleasure of driving every Golf owners dream, the Volkswagen Golf GTi W12-650.
Video: Volkswagen Golf R against Scirocco R
Following its official debut at the Frankfurt motor show, the new Golf R has been propelled to the top of
2012 Volkswagen Golf VII leaked and rendered
In a recent promotional video to showcase their creative process, Volkswagen accidently included a full-sized clay model of the next
2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STi Official Video
Subaru has released an official video of the MY08 Impreza WRX STi. Excuse the music.
The car is slowly starting to
NM,
yes!!!!!
now thats the sharing caring spirit.
perhaps i should give him my trailer tyres. they would be wider than anything toyota fits
SteveR32. I don’t know how you could say the R32 Golf has a “supple ride” the suspension is alot harsher than the new STi and the noise in cabin is terrible!
It’s that frigging superb engine in the GTI that shits on the Subaru boxer; there’s torque everywhere in the rev band, ie. 280Nm flat from 1800 to 5000 rpm. Let’s see subaru design a masterpiece like that!
JAV
“Superb engine in the GTI”. There is NOTHING special about the GTI engine.VW don’t really make engines because they use hand-me-downs from the AUDI group.
The Subaru has been let down by poor/soft chassis dynamics.
The 2009 WRX will certainly make the GTI look pedestrian.In terms of torque,the GTI competitors all have more torque and power and the manual GTI has always been last in performance reviews, but first for it’s interior touchy-feely soft rubbers and plastics-you know,it’s what GTI owners regard as the most important attributes of a hot hatch.