Wednesday 24th August 2016

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?

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There's a weight of expectation riding on the Golf GTI Clubsport S. Not only has it deposed the Civic Type R (or Megane Trophy-R, depending on your interpretation of the rules) as the fastest front-wheel drive car at the Nurburgring, it's also the most expensive Golf GTI ever at £34,000. There were 235 comments on the original news story, nearly 80 on the first drive and more than 150 when the news broke of it selling out - it's a car people certainly want to talk about!

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.

 

[david hockney]

The video is a bit bland and looks like it was filmed for 20 pence.
I like the Golf but would be hard pressed to have spent over 30 grand on one......
I wonder how the residuals will go with only 150 UK cars- maybe it will match the BMW 1M on that front...