VW Golf GTI: Short take road test

It only takes a short take to find out that the VW Golf GTI is a great car.

Performance met utility, fell in love, and out came a turbocharged five-door.

Our test car came with the smooth-shifting, six-speed manual gearbox that we enjoy at least as much as the high-tech, double-clutch, paddle-shifted transmission that VW calls DSG. And despite the big torque available to the front wheels (207 pound-feet at just 1800 rpm), it’s easy to get the power down. This powertrain combination took our GTI to 60 mph in 6.4 seconds and through the quarter-mile in 15 seconds flat. And, just like the three-door, there is always enough low-end grunt to buzz by traffic around town, or pull authoritatively out of hair-pins out in the country.

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Source: Car and Driver

VW Golf GTI: Short take road test

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