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Post by michael on Feb 27, 2020 13:22:00 GMT
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Post by michael on Feb 27, 2020 13:22:30 GMT
It has the mouth of a sock puppet.
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Post by racingteatray on Feb 27, 2020 13:25:20 GMT
Horrid alloys too. Not very appealing.
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Post by Tim on Feb 27, 2020 13:40:34 GMT
Is this going to have the distracting light bar all the way across the front?
What are the 5 lights below the headlights for or is it just DRL overload?
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Post by Blarno on Feb 27, 2020 15:23:58 GMT
I never thought the Golf GTi could get any more dull, but I was wrong. The wheels look tiny, the ride height is comical, the shape is achingly dull.
It'll sell loads. May as well have a Hotpoint badge on it.
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Post by Martin on Feb 27, 2020 15:34:18 GMT
Front is too droopy and the wheels are awful. The interior is more modern, but they've gone too far with removal of buttons.
All depends on how good it is to drive.
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Post by PetrolEd on Feb 27, 2020 15:49:33 GMT
Make mine a Megane Renaultsport RS if that's what the Golfs going to look like.
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Post by Martin on Feb 27, 2020 15:59:08 GMT
Make mine a Megane Renaultsport RS if that's what the Golfs going to look like. The does depend on whether you want to look at it or sit inside it.... The front end of the Megane has its own issues, but it is a lot more interesting to look at. |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Feb 27, 2020 16:14:37 GMT
I'm struggling to tell the difference between this one and the last. Is the front a bit longer?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2020 16:28:36 GMT
It's not lovely is it? The leccy Golf concept thing is much more appealing.
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Post by Martin on Feb 27, 2020 16:56:23 GMT
It isn't an improvement on the Mk7, but hopefully the R will look a bit better, it always has. and It's still the best looking hatch of recent times imho.    |
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Post by Ben on Feb 27, 2020 18:05:06 GMT
I'm sure it'll be great to drive, but it looks a bit meh.
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Post by PG on Feb 27, 2020 20:19:26 GMT
It seems to be another of those designs where having decided to go with new slimmer headlights, they just didn't know what to do with the rest of the front, so put a sodding great lower grille there to fill up the space. Not a good design.
And I agree that the wheels are horrid.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2020 20:26:36 GMT
Make mine a Megane Renaultsport RS if that's what the Golfs going to look like. Which, of course, is where they nicked the DRLs from... The Golf 8 is a proper munter and no GTI-ing or R-ing is going to save it. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2020 20:28:36 GMT
It's still the best looking hatch of recent times imho. After it's Spanish cousin. IMHO.  |
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Post by Martin on Feb 27, 2020 22:11:19 GMT
It's still the best looking hatch of recent times imho. After it's Spanish cousin. IMHO. Previous Leon wouldn’t be in my top 3. The new one could be though if it lost all the copper Cupra stuff. |
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Post by Tim on Feb 28, 2020 9:39:56 GMT
Are the headlights lower than the Mk7 or is the bonnet more bulbous?
Those flicks at the back of the headlights are unpleasant too.
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Post by michael on Feb 28, 2020 10:02:21 GMT
I think it's that they're narrower and wider that makes the look set lower and the bonnet more bulging. The picture above is typical of launch pictures which are taken from the perspective of a toddler. In reality we look down on cars more like in Martins first picture so it may look better in reality when we are more stood over it. I doubt it though.
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Post by Sav on Feb 29, 2020 10:28:11 GMT
242 bhp, a bit tame? Glad it still has a manual. I think I would go for an I30 N or Megane RS. Mind, the look of that Honda Type R with the lower rear wing does look better. It still looks like a mess elsewhere, unfortunately. I like the look of the mark 8, but not the GTI. Has nice silver round tail pipes though!  |
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Post by Blarno on Feb 29, 2020 16:03:57 GMT
242 bhp, a bit tame? Glad it still has a manual. I think I would go for an I30 N or Megane RS. Mind, the look of that Honda Type R with the lower rear wing does look better. It still looks like a mess elsewhere, unfortunately. I like the look of the mark 8, but not the GTI. Has nice silver round tail pipes though! It's a Golf, it probably weighs more than a small moon so 242 bhp is only just going tl make it reasonably quick. |
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Post by Roadsterstu on Mar 1, 2020 10:00:38 GMT
242 bhp, a bit tame? Glad it still has a manual. I think I would go for an I30 N or Megane RS. Mind, the look of that Honda Type R with the lower rear wing does look better. It still looks like a mess elsewhere, unfortunately. I like the look of the mark 8, but not the GTI. Has nice silver round tail pipes though! It's a Golf, it probably weighs more than a small moon so 242 bhp is only just going tl make it reasonably quick. I don't think the latter MQB cars are as heavy, compared to rivals, as earlier Golfs may have been. And the GTi has to be contender in the driving stakes, VW know that. I think it will probably drive well and the R will be on another level. This Golf does look a bit long and still has that droopy nose, though! |
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Post by Stuntman on Mar 1, 2020 18:09:54 GMT
I'm not writing it off just yet. It remains on my potential hot hatch shortlist, along with the GR Yaris (current favourite), Hyundai i30N, new Civic Type R Sport Line (with smaller wing). Other cars may be added to this list as they get launched.
My own buying decision is likely to be in a year's time!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2020 10:17:42 GMT
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Post by Tim on Mar 2, 2020 10:53:05 GMT
Since Martin posted photos of his car I've got a hankering for a Mk7 R in that shade of blue!
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Post by Martin on Mar 2, 2020 11:09:32 GMT
Since Martin posted photos of his car I've got a hankering for a Mk7 R in that shade of blue! Don’t blame you! |
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Post by Big Blue on Mar 2, 2020 13:17:11 GMT
The lower grille on that new GTi is simply gopping. Mk7 is cleanest and simplest in a long time.
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Post by Martin on Mar 5, 2020 11:54:25 GMT
Bigger wheels help a bit, even though I don’t particularly like the style. To Michael’s earlier point, be interesting to see it from a more natural angle, as this one is better than the first one in the thread. Still struggling with it though.  |
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Post by grampa on Mar 5, 2020 21:57:17 GMT
An object lesson on how to turn a boring car into an ugly car
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Post by Tim on Mar 6, 2020 9:00:50 GMT
I hadn't realised those wheels were available on the Mk7.5 Golf R but I saw one advertised yesterday.
They don't suit either iteration.
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Post by Martin on Mar 6, 2020 9:08:37 GMT
I hadn't realised those wheels were available on the Mk7.5 Golf R but I saw one advertised yesterday. They don't suit either iteration. They aren’t the same wheels you can get on a 7.5R. The ones on the 7.5R are optional on the standard car or come with the performance pack, the Pretoria is a much nicer wheel. |
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