RE: VW Golf A59: The stillborn European Evo

[handbraketurn]

Reminds me of this:

http://dayerses.com/volkswagen-golf-gti-w12.html

[PorkRind]

HFEVO2 said:

Shows just how interesting the WRC cars were back then compared with modern rally cars. Together with today's short sissy event format, it's evidence enough as to why it's proving hard to get fans interested today.

As for this car, fascinating though it is, it would never have had the sheer brio of an EVO - and I mean a Mitsubishi or an Integrale.

I was fortunate enough to own a yellow Integrale EVO2 which was simply fantastic in every way.
A truly legendary car. I do miss it dearly, but there was never a time when everything worked !
All part of the charm, I suppose. But charm can come expensive !

Good try, VW, but even if it had been bulletproof, the Golf would never have won me over.

This, entirely. With that 4wd system, theres no way it could have competed against the early evo's !

[sat1983]

Never knew of this- good job VW, shame it never went any further...

[sizequeen13]

Krikkit said:

As awesome a machine as that is it can't untarnish the Mk3's image as a blob of ste - the road-going GTI will seal that forever I'm afraid.

- after reading comments like this for years, I finally got to drive a good one. Im not sure what it is that makes people think this. The mk4 yes, that became very lardy, but the mk3 is essentially very similar to a mk2, and feels very good on a b road..

[PaulJ37]

sizequeen13 said:

- after reading comments like this for years, I finally got to drive a good one. Im not sure what it is that makes people think this. The mk4 yes, that became very lardy, but the mk3 is essentially very similar to a mk2, and feels very good on a b road..

Agreed.

Ive owned a few mk3s and can say that they definitely dont deserve this reputation.

Actually, Im going on an ebay trawl right now.