VW Golf GTI Clubsport S: PH Videoblog
We all know what it can do on circuit, but what's the fastest GTI like on a British B-road?
But can it really deliver as a truly thrilling hot hatch in Britain? Because the Nurburgring has a habit of making any car seem rather more interesting, particularly when you have to chase the guy who set the lap record. So in this videoblog, Dan has the Clubsport S and a typically testing B-road to establish some definitive answers.
Obviously this isn't the place to reveal any conclusions - full written review to follow tomorrow - but the Nurburgring development time certainly hasn't been wasted. Conveniently this road is exactly where the Civic Type R and Megane Cup-S were tested too, so there are some interesting comparisons to make. Is this the best Golf GTI ever made? Is it perhaps the best front-wheel drive hot hatch? Over to Dan!
Watch the video here.
ill tell you what ill take the rear seats out spend the extra 3k on amd chip and exhaust and get 400bhp
see how the club S fairs then oooo and i can buy one today aswell thats useful most of these cars wont be drivers just garaged and polished everyday to hold there value
pointless of VW making this car apart from a quick buck and i wonder if you actually get the right parts underneath being as VW are going though a tierA supplier problem ?? might get a rusty turbo from a GTI and spinn it up to the max in the software lol
cheer stu ..
Has full set of seats, same suspension hardware, can be optioned with the Clubsport S seats, wheels and Cup 2 tyres and is still actually on sale. You can even have it with five doors and DSG if you want!
Cheers!
Dan
Has full set of seats, same suspension hardware, can be optioned with the Clubsport S seats, wheels and Cup 2 tyres and is still actually on sale. You can even have it with five doors and DSG if you want!
Cheers!
Dan
S1 would leave it for dust .......... I will get my coat
Anyway, we are discussing fun hot hatches, not Audis. I'll get your coat for you.
1360kg is too heavy. Modern cars handle their weight really well, but you cant disguise it on a B road even if it covers the ground really quickly.
Anyway, we are discussing fun hot hatches, not Audis. I'll get your coat for you.
Gti Clubsport 30-70 through gears 4.9
Audi S1 30-70 through gears 5.2
Seems to me that a cupra 290 with their not quite as good bucket seats and the sub 8 pack so it benefits from better brakes than the clubsport S is just as good a proposition. Granted, it won't hold value but it does make the Clubsport S seem not that special.
1360kg is too heavy. Modern cars handle their weight really well, but you cant disguise it on a B road even if it covers the ground really quickly.
I don't think 1360kg is 'too heavy'. The CS's weight is about right for it's size and configuration and a useful 100+kg lighter than the R.
Personally I would not want a road car that resorts to plastic wings and windows, A/C deletion, natty bucket seats and cheaper interior materials etc to save weight.
If lightweight were a deciding factor on car choice, it wouldn't be a generic hatchback to begin with would it?
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