RE: Golf GTI Clubsport S 'ring record

[ZX10R NIN]

Stamford78 said:

Honda will have this record back very soon. VW took the back seats out and other weight saving.

Have they lost the record though as their car wasn't an as you buy it in the showroom model either.

[ZX10R NIN]

CraigyMc said:

JoeMarano said:

I don't see myself ever buying something over that price in my life ever. So yeah.

I think he was pointing out that all of them are VW group cars, since Porsche was taken over.

Or am I mistaken?

No you're correct all are VAG cars & occupy the same sort of market two seats over 300bhp & all are around £40,000.

So which of these offerings would you choose?

2.0 Cayman 300bhp

Clubsport S 310bhp

Audi TT-S 310bhp


It would make a very interesting group test.

Edited by ZX10R NIN on Tuesday 10th May 16:46

[thegreenhell]

ZX10R NIN said:

Stamford78 said:

Honda will have this record back very soon. VW took the back seats out and other weight saving.

Have they lost the record though as their car wasn't an as you buy it in the showroom model either.

There is no record to win or lose. It's all just the manufacturers themselves saying they went fastest, with no common set of rules between tests and no independent verification.

[tankplanker]

ZX10R NIN said:

No you're correct all are VAG cars & occupy the same sort of market two seats over 300bhp & all are around £40,000.

So which of these offerings would you choose?

2.0 Cayman 300bhp

Clubsport S 310bhp

Audi TT RS 400bhp

Personally I think I'd take the TT for the engine.

It would make a very interesting group test.

The new TT RS is going to be £50k without any options, fair bit more than the latest Cayman @ ~£40k without options, which is going to be at least £5k more than a fully loaded Golf, likely closer to £10k assuming you are comparing standard vs. standard.

[CraigyMc]

tankplanker said:

ZX10R NIN said:

No you're correct all are VAG cars & occupy the same sort of market two seats over 300bhp & all are around £40,000.

So which of these offerings would you choose?

2.0 Cayman 300bhp

Clubsport S 310bhp

Audi TT RS 400bhp

Personally I think I'd take the TT for the engine.

It would make a very interesting group test.

The new TT RS is going to be £50k without any options, fair bit more than the latest Cayman @ ~£40k without options, which is going to be at least £5k more than a fully loaded Golf, likely closer to £10k assuming you are comparing standard vs. standard.

Quite. The TT-S (not RS) is £39685 basic, with 310bhp. The RS will be quite a bit more - so in fact they are all 300-odd bhp, £40K cars.

[tankplanker]

CraigyMc said:

Quite. The TT-S (not RS) is £39685 basic, with 310bhp. The RS will be quite a bit more - so in fact they are all 300-odd bhp, £40K cars.

Except the golf, it's talked about in this article as being £35k with options, so closer to £30k as standard.

[ZX10R NIN]

CraigyMc said:

tankplanker said:

ZX10R NIN said:

No you're correct all are VAG cars & occupy the same sort of market two seats over 300bhp & all are around £40,000.

So which of these offerings would you choose?

2.0 Cayman 300bhp

Clubsport S 310bhp

Audi TT-S 310bhp

Personally I think I'd take the TT for the engine.

It would make a very interesting group test.

The new TT RS is going to be £50k without any options, fair bit more than the latest Cayman @ ~£40k without options, which is going to be at least £5k more than a fully loaded Golf, likely closer to £10k assuming you are comparing standard vs. standard.

Quite. The TT-S (not RS) is £39685 basic, with 310bhp. The RS will be quite a bit more - so in fact they are all 300-odd bhp, £40K cars.

My mistake I mis read an article on the TT RS I've rectified it.

So which would you choose?

[Black_S3]

yonex said:

DoubleD said:

I would drive all 3, then make my mind up from that.

I won't tell you again, stop bringing common sense into the Internet

How do you go about getting a test drive in a clubsport s?

[CraigyMc]

ZX10R NIN said:

My mistake I mis read an article on the TT RS I've rectified it.

So which would you choose?

I've had a TT (mk.ii) from new for just under 80k miles. Least reliable car I've ever had, and although OK for a FWD car was a but numb unless the tyres were practically spanking new. It was always nice to use on motorways and the like, but I won't have another, so no TT-S for me, 4wd or not.

I've no use for an impractical hatchback like the Clubsport S. If I wanted a track weapon I'd have a caterham (and enough dough left over to fund a runabout)

I'd have the 718 Cayman. I've not driven the turbo four, but the old 3.2 was a nice car, IMS failures or no.

I'm judging them for the use I'd have for them. YMMV etc.

[SR06]

The Volkswagen comminuty is pretty unique.

Volkswagen will sell every one of the Clubsport S GTis.

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SR06 said:

The Volkswagen comminuty is pretty unique.

Volkswagen will sell every one of the Clubsport S GTis.

I agree with only 400 Clubsport S worldwide and 100-150 UK cars these will not only all sell out but be selling for £20k over list used. GTI owners are a pretty passionate bunch. When i was younger and had a GTI hardly used the back seats.

[xjay1337]

I think the clubsport s is brill.

I havent had to use back seats in a year! :-) you'll manage, and its nice not having to give people lifts

[Wills2]

SR06 said:

The Volkswagen comminuty is pretty unique.

Volkswagen will sell every one of the Clubsport S GTis.

Not so sure about the uniqueness as most of the major brands have enough people who will spring for the latest and greatest limited run performance car, witness the Porsche GT car market or the sold out M4 GTS or the Ford Focus RS500 etc....

This will sell out of course, but that's nothing new or different.

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VW taking deposits on these now