RE: Spotted: VW Lupo GTI

RE: Spotted: VW Lupo GTI

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rogerhudson

338 posts

158 months

Friday 2nd August 2013
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pthelazyjourno said:
Thing is, it needed all those changes, as the standard Lupo was hardly a class benchmark when it came to handling.

Add in all the lightweight panels, wider track, different suspension and a similar era 106 GTi still has it licked for handling and fun.

I'd still like one as a run around as the quality is something else, but you're getting a bit carried away about how special it is. Take your Focus ST - RS example, for instance, and the former is already an absolute corker of a car.

That's why VW needed to make so many changes.
But most competitors, hot Renaults or Fords are now in the scrap yards, a low mileage Lupo GTi without mods and all the services is such a better option for a small hatch. Just a pity it has such a few airbags.
Though can you imagine being in the latest VWs when all the airbags go off together? eardrum overpressure?

rogerhudson

338 posts

158 months

Friday 2nd August 2013
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pthelazyjourno said:
Thing is, it needed all those changes, as the standard Lupo was hardly a class benchmark when it came to handling.

Add in all the lightweight panels, wider track, different suspension and a similar era 106 GTi still has it licked for handling and fun.

I'd still like one as a run around as the quality is something else, but you're getting a bit carried away about how special it is. Take your Focus ST - RS example, for instance, and the former is already an absolute corker of a car.

That's why VW needed to make so many changes.
In 2020 go onto 'howmanyleft' and compare the % of VW GTi compared with Ford, Renault equivalents, I bet the VW is highest.
If only I could shoehorn two Phaeton seats into one.

collateral

7,238 posts

218 months

Friday 2nd August 2013
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3 grand can get you into a EP3 CTR

Mr. Potato Head

1,150 posts

219 months

Saturday 3rd August 2013
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Buy a CTR then. It's a much "better" car

collateral

7,238 posts

218 months

Saturday 3rd August 2013
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True

MagicalTrevor

6,476 posts

229 months

Sunday 4th August 2013
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What a waste of time this article has been! And who's idea was the Aventador POTW when it clearly should have been the EP3 CTR? rolleyes

I decree that all future articles on Pistonheads should only be about the EP3 CTR, it's the only car we should be interested in.