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bbfb10:
Im looking to upgrade and move on from the mk5, and have a few options.

I want to stay in a Golf and have around £15k to spend.

So my options are a Mk6 GTI, Mk6 R or Mk7 GTI.

Any suggestions/opinions gratefully received about how these cars are to live with on a daily basis.

If you know of any that are up for sale or coming up for sale, please let me know.

Thanks, Ben.

Pesky jones:
Mk6 R would be my favourite. Get a decent example for that money, awd and in my opinion better looking then the mk7 shape

slix:
Would probably get a bit of a high milage mk7 or a dog for that money.

And as said a nice mk6 R can be had for that money. Much better looking too and 4wd goodness. Or even ed35.

Vish8895:
MK6 R is hands down the most aggresive looking Golf of the last decade in my opinion. The MK7 GTI and even R just look too lumpy and swolen/fat to me!

Plus the MK6 R benefits from a cheeky 300bhp stage 1 thanks to the K04 and a nice AWD system. All the pros of the 8P S3 with all of the styling and poise of the MK6 :)

pudding:
Difficult one.

I've considered moving on many times myself, and my thoughts on your choices are:

The MK6 is the perfected MK5 and a known entity, but not different enough to make the jump interesting, unless perhaps 4WD is a requirement.  You'd have spent £15K, jump in it, and not a lot will be different.....compared to say jumping from a Golf to an M3.

MK7.5 is the perfected MK7, which has only just come out, so not financially viable yet unless leasing it.  Early MK7s have the Gen 2 EA888 I believe, which has it's problems.  Gen 3 EA888 is the one to have, but I'm not sure which model year it came out on.  It's the one that'll map to 380ish if you stick the 7R's IS38 turbo onto it.

I've had 4WD Golfs and to me they feel too heavy to hustle around on back roads, plus you have the extra 4WD associated maintenance costs and weight penalty, smaller boot etc.

The only GTI that would make me ditch my ED30 is a MK7 Performance Pack.

So that would leave me in a position to keep my MK5  :smiley:   The ED30 is easily the best looking GTI since the MK2, it's easy and relatively cheap to fix and reliable if looked after.   MK6s and MK7s are not different enough to justify the big cost jump imo, unless it's the 7PP with the Magnaride dampers and Haldex front diff.

That probably hasn't helped you in any way, but best bet is to test drive your shortlist and go with which ever you prefer  :happy2:

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