I'm Driving A 'Mk7.5' VW Golf GTI For Six Months - What Do You Want To Know?
A few weeks ago, we said a heartfelt goodbye to ‘our’ beloved VW Golf GTI Clubsport long-term test car. We had a great few months with it, but with the Clubsport having long since sold out, we needed to swap to something a little more relevant. Enter stage left, this ‘Mk7.5’ VW Golf GTI.
We’ve effectively gone from one end of the GTI spectrum from the other, switching out the hardcore Clubsport for a ‘base’, non-Performance Pack GTI. The power drop isn’t quite as dramatic as it might have been however, with these facelifted GTIs now putting out a useful 227bhp.
It’s a five-door DSG example, yours for £29,135 (RRP). Factor in on-the-road costs and various options including (but not limited to) the £990 19-inch ‘Santiago’ alloy wheels, a £550 audio upgrade and the £595 ‘Park Assist system’, and the price jumps to £33,780.
Over the next few months, we’ll be drilling down to the nitty gritty of GTI ‘ownership’, taking it on road trips, and pitching it into battle with key competitors. But as always, we want you to get involved.
Got a question? Want us to do something specific with it? Wish us to give the boot the certified “will an Alex Kersten fit” test? Stick it in the comments and we’ll see what we can do.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
How big is the boot? Will it fit an Alex Kersten?
Most definetly I think
How many staff can fit in the car
What are the cool quirks? The #DougDeMuro inside us wants to know
DougDeMuro
Its a Golf… as much as I love Golfs, this car is the complete opposite of quirks
My friend has one and one cool quirk that I didn’t know of that now maybe I feel dumb because all of you know.
The real question we are all waiting for. Will it fist?
It doesn’t, I’m afraid…
Yesyes
How does it compare to the GTE version? Drag, track, daily, etc…
You can make video about all generations of golf like you did with M3s and MX5s it would be great
I second this ^^^^^
I third this^^^^ MattRobinson this needs to happen
Fist test?
Is it better than the MK5 GTI?
Is that dashboard as headachey as it looks with all the lights and buttons or are they laid out well?
You are asking if VW Golf has good button layout? VW has been the industry standard of that for a decade
How does it compare to a regular 7 GTI?
Infotainment/digital dash are the main changes, and I still require convincing that they’re an improvement. We’ll see how I get on with them.
Also I feel like the exhaust is a bit fruitier this time around - I’ll be checking with VW to see if it has indeed changed!