New GTI

[rm55mcc]

Any good websites someone could recommend to get mod's from???

[deanjohnl]

Didn't even get a test drive as there is none here , are they quick??????

Horribly slow. You'll hate it!

[Penarth Blues]

Didn't even get a test drive as there is none here , are they quick??????

Horribly slow. You'll hate it!

For those of you into 0-60 times...

This month's Top Gear (Issue 273) has a test of the best hot hatches of the year. Our humble little Polo GTI posts real-world Bruntingthorpe 0-60 time of 6.2 seconds (0.5 seconds faster than the official figures) which was 0.1 seconds FASTER than the Golf GTI they tested. I thought it felt quick, but didn't realise how quick.

Comment was 'It's actually so strong in the mid-range, wheelspin knackers its times, so it's crucial to maintain traction'

Of its real world competitors only the Peugeot 208 GTI recorded the same time. It was quicker than:

Seat Leon Cupra (Hatch and Wagon) (0.2)
VW Golf GTI and GTD (0.1 and 1.2)
Clio Renault sport Trophy (0.3)
Ford Focus ST (0.1)
Skoda Octavia vRS (0.1)
Vauxhall Corsa VXR (0.5)
Ford Fiesta ST (0.4)
Suzuki Swift (1.6)

I think it might be classed as reasonably quick...

[JackM_24]

For those of you into 0-60 times

Comment was 'It's actually so strong in the mid-range, wheelspin knackers its times, so it's crucial to maintain traction'

Of its real world competitors only the Peugeot 208 GTI recorded the same time. It was quicker than:

Seat Leon Cupra (Hatch and Wagon) (0.2)
VW Golf GTI and GTD (0.1 and 1.2)
Clio Renault sport Trophy (0.3)
Ford Focus ST (0.1)
Skoda Octavia vRS (0.1)
Vauxhall Corsa VXR (0.5)
Ford Fiesta ST (0.4)
Suzuki Swift (1.6)

I think it might be classed as reasonably quick...

Interesting there are three guys at work who all ribbed me for choosing the 'VW slowlo' (how original), one drives a clip trophy, one a corsa vxr and one a Leon cupra, drag race in order I think.

[m0rrthal]

This month's Top Gear (Issue 273) has a test of the best hot hatches of the year. Our humble little Polo GTI posts real-world Bruntingthorpe 0-60 time of 6.2 seconds (0.5 seconds faster than the official figures) which was 0.1 seconds FASTER than the Golf GTI they tested. I thought it felt quick, but didn't realise how quick.

It was manual, right? An Aussie magazine was testing both auto and manual and for manual they reached 6.2s and for auto 6.7s.

[Penarth Blues]

This month's Top Gear (Issue 273) has a test of the best hot hatches of the year. Our humble little Polo GTI posts real-world Bruntingthorpe 0-60 time of 6.2 seconds (0.5 seconds faster than the official figures) which was 0.1 seconds FASTER than the Golf GTI they tested. I thought it felt quick, but didn't realise how quick.

It was manual, right? An Aussie magazine was testing both auto and manual and for manual they reached 6.2s and for auto 6.7s.

It doesn't say but I assume it would be the manual, due to the wheelspin comment

[Nobziller]

I have a Leon Cupra 280, and I recorded a 0.60 of 5.4 and a quarter mile of 13.27, @ north Weald, while racing a polo gti, it was a 1.4 tsi, but it was remapped and he recorded 14.60 so

[Penarth Blues]

I have a Leon Cupra 280, and I recorded a 0.60 of 5.4 and a quarter mile of 13.27, @ north Weald, while racing a polo gti, it was a 1.4 tsi, but it was remapped and he recorded 14.60 so

Just reporting what the TG tests found. I'm sure slight variations in this are possible - though your 5.4 does seem unlikely unless you've modded it, as this takes 1 second off the time TG managed, or it's an older model which was faster?

EDIT: Just checking the TG article again and your personal quarter mile would have been identical to the Merc A45 and 0.17 behind the Golf R. TG recorded 14.5 for your car quarter mile at Bruntingthorpe. So assuming all else is equal I think it's fairer to compare cars under identical conditions. Note that the new Polo GTI is a 1.8 with 189 BHP not a 1.4 in case you didn't know. Also the Cupra Hatch was far quicker 0-100 than the Polo.

[Rascal]

Any ideas what the waiting times are from order to delivery now? I've placed my order today so wanted to know if I'm likely to see the car before Christmas.

Cheers

[duffman]

I've just ordered mine, dealer says they've placed the order today. They reckon "end of November at the latest", but obviously it's just an estimate

[duffman]

Mines a 3dr though, 5dr is up to 5 month lead time I was told

[rm55mcc]

I've been told 14 weeks wait [emoji106]

[Nobziller]

I have a Leon Cupra 280, and I recorded a 0.60 of 5.4 and a quarter mile of 13.27, @ north Weald, while racing a polo gti, it was a 1.4 tsi, but it was remapped and he recorded 14.60 so

Just reporting what the TG tests found. I'm sure slight variations in this are possible - though your 5.4 does seem unlikely unless you've modded it, as this takes 1 second off the time TG managed, or it's an older model which was faster?

EDIT: Just checking the TG article again and your personal quarter mile would have been identical to the Merc A45 and 0.17 behind the Golf R. TG recorded 14.5 for your car quarter mile at Bruntingthorpe. So assuming all else is equal I think it's fairer to compare cars under identical conditions. Note that the new Polo GTI is a 1.8 with 189 BHP not a 1.4 in case you didn't know. Also the Cupra Hatch was far quicker 0-100 than the Polo.

I know it's a 1.8, as I ordered one, and was waiting as long as Andy, but got fed up and cancelled, and bought the 280,
Mine is mapped, Ava has done two lots of times at North Weald, 0/60 was 5.5 standard, and it's putting the power down, and it recorded a 13.95 also at North Weald. Front wheel drive is all about getting of the line, so that's the problems with those results, more about the driver being used to the car

[Rascal]

So the end of November seems to be the norm then!

[Penarth Blues]

I have a Leon Cupra 280, and I recorded a 0.60 of 5.4 and a quarter mile of 13.27, @ north Weald, while racing a polo gti, it was a 1.4 tsi, but it was remapped and he recorded 14.60 so

Just reporting what the TG tests found. I'm sure slight variations in this are possible - though your 5.4 does seem unlikely unless you've modded it, as this takes 1 second off the time TG managed, or it's an older model which was faster?

EDIT: Just checking the TG article again and your personal quarter mile would have been identical to the Merc A45 and 0.17 behind the Golf R. TG recorded 14.5 for your car quarter mile at Bruntingthorpe. So assuming all else is equal I think it's fairer to compare cars under identical conditions. Note that the new Polo GTI is a 1.8 with 189 BHP not a 1.4 in case you didn't know. Also the Cupra Hatch was far quicker 0-100 than the Polo.

I know it's a 1.8, as I ordered one, and was waiting as long as Andy, but got fed up and cancelled, and bought the 280,
Mine is mapped, Ava has done two lots of times at North Weald, 0/60 was 5.5 standard, and it's putting the power down, and it recorded a 13.95 also at North Weald. Front wheel drive is all about getting of the line, so that's the problems with those results, more about the driver being used to the car

That makes sense then with the remap. Agree about 'feel' and conditions - it's all just dick waving anyway. Enjoy your 280 - that's properly rapid... How's the remap affected MPG? Is it noticeably worse?