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Originally Posted by DLSTR
Its called good business. If you have the money, why not it makes you more. The GTi is the standard all hatches try to attain. No one has done it yet. Have you driven one?? Plus the new Mk7 is out here now and will be in the US next year.
My Gti is as quiet-almost as my S-model Audi was. For a hatch/economy car its amazingly versatile and luxurious.
My Abarth 500 was much more raw. I do miss that car as well. The GTi is nice but the Abarth had a very cool edge.
Here in Europe, hatch wise there is soooo much to choose from its crazy.
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That's the biggest bunch of hoo hah I've ever heard.
No I have not driven a Mk7, but I have driven more than one Mk6.
It wasn't any more comfortable than my MS3 was (when it was new) and versatile? i get it that Europeans have entirely different standards of utility, but come ON..
The MS3, I've carried half an apartment full of **** in the back of it, you can't get half as much stuff in the back of a GTI.
That back seat, even with the hilariously ugly 4 door model is so small, no adult can fit back there.
What does a GTI have that my MS3 (and this has been addressed in subsequent refreshes) doesn't have? Leather (if you pay for it) and a touch screen infotainment system (if you pay for it). Oh and an automatic (DSG) if you're lame.
It's slow. Don't get me wrong, it can get out of its own way and it certainly quicker than your average econobox car out there, but it is NOT a fast car and should NEVER be called anything like a "Sports Car" as it neither handles like one or goes like one.
It's not really more versatile than the cars it actually competes against in the real world. Only when compared to stuff like the Fiat 500 or small sedans with seats that don't lay down.
/rant