MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: Stanipkiss on April 04, 2013, 10:50:29 pm
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Evening all, just got back from Gadget show live in the NEC and for those not on facebook here are some pictures of the MK 7 GTi that was there. It was a manual left hooker but will give so some idea of what the UK version will look like.
All iphone 5 pics sorry
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Park assist buttons beside gearstick
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Electronic parking brake (cover for for cup holder rolled back)
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Airbags for knees
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LED on the doors
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Really comfy and supportive seats
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Optional 19" alloys
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Lower front bumper
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They also had demonstrations for park assist on lower spec MK 7's. It felt spooky not to steer, the parallel park was impressive but not so much for the bay parking.
Thanks for looking in
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I will probably get shot down for this but i think it looks awful and them alloys? The need to be taken straight to the scrapyard
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Like the pics, cheers for posting.
The button above 'DSC off' looks like the Audi button to switch off Stop/Start, so that looks like it's fitted. Or Start/Stop as some call it..
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Just read the specs over in Random Chat, indeed it does have Stop/Start...now I know.
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auto matic hand brake :sick:
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i agree, not to keen on these wheels, the standard 18s in other press pics look pretty good
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Like the pics, cheers for posting.
The button above 'DSC off' looks like the Audi button to switch off Stop/Start, so that looks like it's fitted. Or Start/Stop as some call it..
These MK7 GTI are Bluemotion equipped as standard!!!! :/
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Those pedals look pants!!! :sick:
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Whats that thing in the middle of the front grill..
Dont like it really... the design it too fussy!
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It's the sensor for the radar guided cruise control Rich, you'll probably notice eventually that most of them (all I'd even go to say?) have that.
I'm looking at the pedals and thinking... :sick: ... what happened to the floor mounted pedal? So much nicer..
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It's the sensor for the radar guided cruise control Rich, you'll probably notice eventually that most of them (all I'd even go to say?) have that.
At the moment only the Golf in S trim doesn't have the ADC.
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It's the sensor for the radar guided cruise control Rich, you'll probably notice eventually that most of them (all I'd even go to say?) have that.
I'm looking at the pedals and thinking... :sick: ... what happened to the floor mounted pedal? So much nicer..
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Hmm, as others have pointed out, there definitely seems to be some areas where VW have taken a backwards step; the pedals! no, no, no (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AN1mntIDwk). Also the steering wheel looks thinner, and.... is it round!? ...not flat bottomed!!
Plus, the wheels are crap, the brakes look the same poor mk5/6 setup, not a fan of the exhaust exposure either...
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I will probably get shot down for this but i think it looks awful and them alloys? The need to be taken straight to the scrapyard
This.
They've gone too far with the dodgy angles on the new Mk7 :indifferent:
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there isn't one thing I dislike about that car if I'm completely honest. If I could afford one brand new, I would have one for sure. Lovely car!
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It grows on me more and more.
I dont like the tail lights (the shape) the steering wheel and wtf is going on with the pedals?!?! Oh and also those seats :sick: the look sh*te, i love the look of the mk5 cloth seats as they look stocky and the way the headrest are is awesome, but these are just bland. Anyone know what the leathers look like? Or is there a big yummy recaro option :party:
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Apart from the wheels I likely! :happy2:
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wheels would be alright if they didn't have the corner small triangles going right through, makes it too fussy & a bugger to keep clean.
don't like the rear led's too much either.
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Saw a white one yesterday (not a GTI though) it looked good actually. I think some design touches are too far, the red str.ipe in the lights? Red stripe in door cards?? Queue some chav copy mods any folk chopping up their interiors to copy the look. That said, the new specs of the GTI, especially the performance version which for about another grand gets a LSD sounds like a usable addition, and the economy is allegedly 15% better, nigh on 45mpg I think.
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What the f*ck is with the tailpipes?! The back end looks pish!
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What the f*ck is with the tailpipes?! The back end looks pish!
They look exactly the same as a Mk6 GTI.
Honestly, anyone would think everyone on here has lived on a closet and this is the first time they have seen pics of the Mk7 GTI.
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If I could afford one
You aren't charging enough!
Ramp up those prices and you'll probably increase business...like people paying way over the odds for Apple stuff.
Although leave us forum members alone obviously. :laugh: :laugh:
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Red strip through headlights = :sick:
Wheels = :sick:
LEDs on the doors = :sick:
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I don't like the wheels ! The electronic handbrake is a disaterous decision and it will mean that ill never own one !
Love the rest of it though especially the door LEDs, that's a really nice touch
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I don't like the wheels ! The electronic handbrake is a disaterous decision and it will mean that ill never own one !
Love the rest of it though especially the door LEDs, that's a really nice touch
Bit extreme because of a handbrake :confused: i only see a problem if you are 17 and just passed your test.
My friends a4 has an electronic one, i really dont get why people are hating on it. Theres plenty worse out there, the ones you pull out of the dash and the silly foot pedel ones in the mercs :scared:
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I don't really get the issue with the handbrake being electronic. What's the big fuss?
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I think everybody watched top gear and is worried about not being able to impress the ladies with handbrake turns.
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Hmm, as others have pointed out, there definitely seems to be some areas where VW have taken a backwards step; the pedals! no, no, no (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AN1mntIDwk). Also the steering wheel looks thinner, and.... is it round!? ...not flat bottomed!!
Plus, the wheels are crap, the brakes look the same poor mk5/6 setup, not a fan of the exhaust exposure either...
When I drove the park assist 1.4 model even that had a flat bottom steering wheel!?!?
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Looks pink :signLOL:
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It's the sensor for the radar guided cruise control Rich, you'll probably notice eventually that most of them (all I'd even go to say?) have that.
I'm looking at the pedals and thinking... :sick: ... what happened to the floor mounted pedal? So much nicer..
ACCD :happy2: adaptive cruise control pretty good actually just don't hit the bumper it's a bitch to set back up! Lol
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Yeah, that was a concern to me.. it seems very ... uhh ... exposed, shall we say, to stonechips, small, low speed parking bumps. Adaptive cruise control has been around on cars for ages, and I have never seen whopping great big sensors mounted out front, I don't know why they couldn't have mounted it further back out of harms way, or incorporated it into the headlights somehow.
It's great they are giving away basically on nearly every car, but still... :surprised:
I am not a Fan of electronic handbrakes but I wouldn't not own a car because of one... I think that's just a bit daft, but each to their own. :P
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I've got acc on me man truck absolute god send when on the motorways with variable speed limits. But like has been said very exposed showing in the front bumper
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The car is growing on me more than the MK6 did. I would just stick with the 18" wheels. The front radar sensor ruins the front view which concerns me. If I wanted to buy a new car, I'd be sorely tempted.
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What was the thinking behind the pedals? The floor mounted accelerator ones are much nicer.
I prefer a manual handbrake.
Wheels are foul... They should have given it better brakes too... This is a 220 bhp, 30 grand car, what's wrong with some 4 pots!? They were in the parts bin from the 225bhp cupra r, 6 billion years ago. :rolleye:
They've given and taken away all in the same breath to keep costs down and profits up. Like the mk6 rear which doesn't have cut outs for the tips, so that it can be used on other models. Volvo did the same thing with estate t5.
As for the claimed mpg, 45mpg urban.... Bullllllsh*t. Other than that and the red line through the headlights and gopping sensor up front, I'm sure it's very nice.
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Its Nothing to do with seeing it on top gear.
I drive a lot of hire cars through going away on jobs with my work and the vast majority of them are fitted with electronic handbrakes, I just hate them, they are dimwitted take an age to operate and obviously you can't modulate a button.
Me no Like em ! :happy2:
There are absolutely no advantages to a keen driver with an electronic handbrake IMO
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The handbrake should be an emergency brake as much as a parking tool. Had one on the old Tiguan, I agree they are dimwitted and useless other than parking up.
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I've had an electric brake on my jag and it was fine. If the all brakes totally fail use engine braking and then hit something gentle like a hedge. If VW can do DSG I'm sure they can do a semi sensible electric parking brake.
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If the all brakes totally fail use engine braking and then hit something gentle like a hedge.
No hit somethings else. :surprised: :scared:
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I'm going to say this has grown on me.
I don't think the wheels are too bad, they are ultimately an option as is the Cloth trim.
I don't think they could carry on with Monza's anymore...
I have also found the GTI's MPG rating not far off the mark? Sure 35.3 combined MPG on MK5 GTI doesn't always happen but that's what stop/start driving does to any car.
As for the E-Handbrake I agree seems a bit needless?
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I've had an electric brake on my jag and it was fine. If the all brakes totally fail use engine braking and then hit something gentle like a hedge. If VW can do DSG I'm sure they can do a semi sensible electric parking brake.
In an emergency situtation, engine braking really isn't going to help much, even if you have time to mash it into a low enough gear. A manual handbrake will at least lockup the rears and shave a decent amount off.
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Who here has had total brake failure on a car say up to 8 years old and this is a brand spanking new car, i don't think you are going to drive off the forecourt and get total brake failure. With the wheels locked there is questionable ability to steer and if both normal brake systems fail under emergency heavy braking I'd be surprised if you have time to do something meaningful with the handbrake. I guess the e brake is partially there for the older generation that have trouble getting the manual one on and off. But each to their own I just don't view the handbrake as some sort of back up parachute on modern cars.
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auto matic hand brake :sick:
Agree, just one way to take some of the fun out of driving...
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I really like the Mk7 design but the Gti.........
Wheels - not a lover of these types similar to those on the megan rs, fiddly to clean and will no doubt be covered in white worm in no time.
Front end - Much nicer than the Mk6 but that sensor thingy looks ridiculous.
Rear - Looks like it's not been finished, tail pipes are just hovering in thin air.
Interior - Lush dash and instruments and quite like the led idea but the seats look very cheap.
Would I have one? Yes, like it better than the Mk6.
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My Mother has the ADC sensor on hers (a 2.0 TDI GT MK7) and its actually far less obvious than it looks in photos, though certainly more so than the sensor for the Active Cruise Control on our BMW. I'm not sure but maybe it's so big because it has something to do with the pre-crash detection system?
As for the GTI wheels, it seems a lot of people are confusing the option wheels with the Monza-esque ones that come as standard.
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Also the steering wheel.... is it round!? ...not flat bottomed!!
Why is that a problem? I really can't see any point whatsoever in a steering wheel that isn't round.
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Nice
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Regarding the new pedal arrangements I wonder whether VW are perhaps listening to the motoring press a little with this car.
And maybe not customers..in that they now offer the Performance Pack diff etc
And.... I recall that Phil Bennett, Touring Car/GT Driver bloke was saying in press/websites that the normal throttle pedal set up (as we know in Mk5's etc) was a hindrance to smooth heel/toe action, so normal pedals would have been better in his view.
Bit hazy on the full detail of the story but that was the gist of it, I wonder if that may have been considered to lead us to the Mk7 pedal arrangements..just my 2p worth.
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I'd be massively surprised if heel/toe action was anything to do with new pedal arrangement. I think it's more likely a cost-cutting exercise.
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Never had a problem heel and toeing with the pedal layout in the Mk5...
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hmmmmmm, liking that, still not a massive difference from the mk5/6 are they?
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Those pedals remind me of what normal crappy pedals look like under the rubber covers, ESP. The accelerator, not much grip on the edges of that.
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What the f*ck is with the tailpipes?! The back end looks pish!
That's exactly what I don't like. It has an unfinished look to it ???
Sent from my S5830 to annoy Red Robin
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I like the look of this car overall. Much prefer the 'Austin' alloys, panoramic sunroof option :drool:, pedals may not look the best but that's more to do with safety it seems.
Safety pedals are designed to minimise the risk of injury to the driver in a head-on accident. The programmed deformation ensures that the brake and clutch pedal do not penetrate further into the driver's footwell during an accident. In the event of a frontal crash, the pedals are moved out of the way or disengaged by means of a lever mechanism.
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Can't argue with that :happy2:
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So if you have a crash and you are stuck in the middle of the road you're unable to drive the car out of the main carriageway... nice .
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Nasty wheels on that. Don't like that sensor on the front either. Just horrible pedals. Why did they get rid of the floor mounted gas pedal? And miss the flat bottom steering wheel. Don't fancy those tail lights either! IMHO they have ruined the gti. Gutted! I won't ever own one. :sick: :sad1:
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Nasty wheels on that. Don't like that sensor on the front either. Just horrible pedals. Why did they get rid of the floor mounted gas pedal? And miss the flat bottom steering wheel. Don't fancy those tail lights either! IMHO they have ruined the gti. Gutted! I won't ever own one. :sick: :sad1:
Still has a flat bottom steering wheel :happy2:
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need me them rear lights bloody lovely
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No likely :(
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:sad1:I don't like this one!
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saw my first MK7 gti red on road last night. Looked stunning :party:
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What do people think of the new Octavia VRS? I'll have an estate in blue please!
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=27845
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They are starting to grow on me the more I see them!
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There is a Mk7 GTI Demonstrator at my local dealer.. Time to blag a test drive I think!
And the new Octy is alright.
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That octy is gorgeous, love the wheels on the estate. :smiley:
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What no "stepper" pedal for the mark 7!!!!
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I think I prefer the mk5's...... looks too much like a kia now!
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Mk5 all the way. Wheels look s***
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Why have they got rid of the floor mounted pedal? One of the features I like about the interior.
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IIRC don't the MK7s now come with a "knee airbag"?
They lost the floor mounted pedal so it moves out of the way in a crash
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Takes abit of getting use to but that's what iv found with MK5+6 aswell
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the new octy estate looks nice
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The rims are sick! It hasn't arrived in my country yet.
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Went to my dealers earlier just to grab a brochure on the GTi.
They are running a dark blue 5 door demonstrator and offered me a drive.
Didn't wanna appear rude and say no..
So gonna be giving it a thrap on Sat am.
Really like the Mk7. But still really like my Ed30...
Think if I go Mk7 it will need to be a 40 (if they do one) or an R but see what it steers like on Sat.
Sales lad told me it's on 21 week lead time at the mo. which may be sales patter of course.
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Electric handrake. Nooooooooooooooooooooo!
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Personally I don't like the backlights, they should have upgraded to strip led instead of dots but overall nice car
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Not too sure on the front
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Had a good mooch around one the other day and on a whole I quite like it and might seriously think about one in a couple of years time because on paper it'll be cheaper to run than my S-line Tdi.........still not a fan of the seats though look like a step back from the mk5/6 seats.
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The wheels look like they belong in Halo!
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loooool sooo true........
i saw one of thses in white the other day oh my lord i nearly cried lol
sooo nice
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Test drove one.
Normal one no LSD no power pack.
Drove very nice and interior is lovely as I've said before.
Looks odd in pictures but in real world it's very well proportioned.
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just realied this is a left hooker :fighting2:
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Better than the mk5.5,sorry mk6. Like them 19''alloys something diffrent for a change. Only thing i dont like is the way the red grill strip is carried on into the headlights. :sick:.Sat in one at the Harewood show & there very smart inside.
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This car just looks pure evil, if only i had the money. The only thing that lets it down is the automatic hand brake thing, cant beat having a proper one. Wonder how many problems they'll give?
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Wow love it ,,
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Nice cars but looking to similar to the new seat leon and also the new a3, not to keen
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Looks nice in red iv seen a black one and wasn't so kean...
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Like the little touches but should come with 4pot calipers by now!! Cmon VW!!!
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Dear santa, that car i want for next x-mas! :)
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Rear lights look to square for me.
Much prefer the mk5 and mk6 as there more round and don't look out of place
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I had thought the same about the rear lights until one parked up next to me at the weekend. Seems to fit in very well with the edges on the exterior
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I do like the look of the new mk7 Golf R but it doesnt make sense that the golf GTI should look better :/
Also the quad tailpipes do not do it for me.. its a sin that a 4 pot engine should have these lol v8s and above are allowed lol
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mk7 starting to grow on me :signLOL:
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I was passing a vw dealer last weekend and thought I'd stop to have a perv on the new gti and R, I love the white gti mk7 in the pics I've seen but seeing one in white in the flesh did nothing for me at all was one in grey which did look better but I just didn't get that instinct love/want like I did when I first seen the mk5.
Anyways just seen a new leon cupra 280 in orange :drool: now that I want!
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I like it a lot but not convinced whether I'd replace this with one. S1/ S3 or Polo/ Golf R next I think for the extra performance. Leon Cupra 280 looks nice but seems quite track oriented and very much chasing after RenaultSport.
Or leave VAG and get a M135i...
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Anyways just seen a new leon cupra 280 in orange :drool: now that I want!
The one in this month's evo was vinyl wrapped apparently, so I'm guessing that orange will only become available if their plan was to gauge how popular that press car proves...