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No more 3door Golf Rs...WTF?
Juliand:
--- Quote from: Pudding on December 08, 2018, 02:16:28 pm --- Gone are the days when VW took pride in their creations like the Corrado, G60, Golf Limited, Rallye, Scirocco Pikes peak etc etc. It's all generic, bland, dime a dozen bollocks now.
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I agree......., the Corrado still looks a fantastic car, way ahead of its time. Mk 1 Scirrocco was really nice little car too......interestingly both were 3 door only, if I remember correctly..... 3 door definitely looks better, but today's peeps seem to want more practicality....two doors less too, for those annoying passengers who insist on slamming the flipping doors - why do people do that? I just don't get it......... grrrr!
Shoduchi:
--- Quote from: Pudding on December 08, 2018, 12:40:32 pm ---I don't think the Leon has ever had 3 doors! My mate had a Cupra R way back in 2001ish and there wasn't a 3 door option even back then.
VW are actually one of the last car makers to ditch 3 doors in all fairness. It's all about profit now and they will only make what sells. It's why GM, Ford and other car makers have removed a number of cars from their catalogue. The market is shifting to SUVs and those stupid crossover things like the Gashqai, Puke and Mini Countryman, ffs :doh:
Screw the minority and choice. The unimaginative sheep always win.
Even bloody Rolls Royce and Lamborghini are making stupid SUVs now. Jesus wept, we're all doomed.
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You could get until recently a 3 doors Leon, it was called SC (Sport Coupe). It ended production with the Cupra 290. I have a friend which owns one with the Performance pack. The Cupra 300 only has a 5 door version and due to emissions limitations it will be downgraded to 290 next year.
pudding:
--- Quote from: Juliand on December 08, 2018, 06:10:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: Pudding on December 08, 2018, 02:16:28 pm --- Gone are the days when VW took pride in their creations like the Corrado, G60, Golf Limited, Rallye, Scirocco Pikes peak etc etc. It's all generic, bland, dime a dozen bollocks now.
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I agree......., the Corrado still looks a fantastic car, way ahead of its time. Mk 1 Scirrocco was really nice little car too......interestingly both were 3 door only, if I remember correctly..... 3 door definitely looks better, but today's peeps seem to want more practicality....two doors less too, for those annoying passengers who insist on slamming the flipping doors - why do people do that? I just don't get it......... grrrr!
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Absolutely the Corrado and Scirocco were 3 door only! Even VW knew they would look rubbish in 5 door!
I really miss my old VWs. The Corrado especially. A few pics of that below, and other 3 door retro delights I've owned :smiley: None of them would look any good in 5 door!
The MK5 is the newest VW I will ever own. It's still retro handsome and basic enough for DIY maintenance. I have zero interest in the current stuff, meh!
Self built and mapped 500hp VR6 Turbo goodness...
God bored of that and installed and mapped a MK5 R32 engine with a standalone ECU...
Lovely, lovely car to drive, but underpowered. Again, this is a car VW made an effort with, never to be seen again :ashamed:
My old little pocket rocket MK2 16V Turbo, such an epic machine :smiley:
chigmuss:
Whoa! Pudding, the Rado looks great, sweet engine swaps, were you on the VR OC? That and some of the older forums like Mk2VR6 Ed38 etc are just dying off, so few posts made on them anymore. Sad really, and why I still drop in on here every couple of days to try to contribute where possible. I see a resurgence, one day, in older forums once the move to electric really bites and all the die hard petrol heads are left paying £15 / gallon for super unleaded. One upside is R32 motors are getting more attainable, my Mk2 is still languishing 'heartless' in my garage but I can't bring myself to get rid of it now.
Oh, and on topic....yeah, sad to see the demise of 3 doors, maybe a suicide rear-door on a 5 door could bring back a cool factor (think the Mazda RX7 had them?)
csrigo:
@Pudding great looking rado there btw :congrats:...that Azevs? I rocked Azevs on two of my rados....same alloys transfered over tho lol. I like how you crammed the R32 in...how did it handle? Rados still look the part with the right wheels and decent paint.
Your wee Mk2 also looked epic mate very very nice....as ive said i wld still have one today for a summer car.
I need to find one of my old laptops for some pics....and an old sony erikson phone I had from my early 20s lol I know i have some grainy pics on that :signLOL:
Yeah just a bit of a rant from me much of the same opinion as pudding certain cars should only ever be 3 door and yeah the mk7 is a close contender for looking so so in a 5 door. Mk5s in 5 door look terrible imho as you pointed out the lines of the car dont suit it.
After a bit more research they may do the clubsport in a 3door which wld make sense and may tie in with @Golf5 GT s idea....if they did that they wld sell out rapid and be crazy money. But i would happily spend the extra dollar on a 3 door especially if its becoming a limited edition.
Yeah I blame the torrent of 5 door golf R owners and the god damn Leasing schemes now every fud that can get credit owns owns one...so common. Im thinking about getting an edition40 now in a DSG tbh especially if VW are going down this route. They may do the GTI in a 3 door according to some sites...and I do like the fact our eddies at stage2+ blow most mapped golf Rs out the water when on the move so cld be the same scenario :popcornsoda:
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