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Isn't the MK7 Golf multilink at the back?We love the Volkswagen Golf GTI and the way it mixes practicality and refinement with a dynamically exploitable chassis. Its smaller brother, the Polo GTI, borrows some of the Golf’s DNA – including its rear suspension setup – so we’ve been expecting big things from the beefed-up supermini.
You can see just how much space here - https://youtu.be/lAZ2Wmgl1Zg?t=920dunc85 wrote:Is there any space under the boot floor, with the battery and spare wheel being in there?
Anyone?Shark00n wrote:Hey guys, I was wondering what exactly is the rear suspension setup on the new Polo GTI.
I always thought it was a regular tortion beam common to many superminis but reading Evo's article about the Polo GTI now I'm curious about what they mean.
Isn't the MK7 Golf multilink at the back?We love the Volkswagen Golf GTI and the way it mixes practicality and refinement with a dynamically exploitable chassis. Its smaller brother, the Polo GTI, borrows some of the Golf’s DNA – including its rear suspension setup – so we’ve been expecting big things from the beefed-up supermini.
That's taken from the original VW press release - public version of which is here.McPherson at the front, torsion beam at the rear. The Polo GTI's sports suspension ensures exceptionally agile and secure handling. The technical basis for this comes from a set-up with a McPherson-type front axle and a torsion beam axle for the rear wheels. The chassis of the GTI is 10 mm lower at the front and 15 mm lower at the rear compared with the less powerful Polo models. The chassis engineers succeeded in reducing roll to a minimum in the exceptionally agile and responsive Polo GTI. One of the factors responsible for this is the stronger anti-roll bar on the front axle. Replacing the 7J with 7½J wide 17-inch alloy wheels with 215/40 tyres also contributed to the improved handling. The vehicle's handling is further refined through the addition of a new, highly accurate electromechanical steering system which is exceptionally responsive.
It's weird because they make references to it at least in two different occasions:blackertracker wrote:I think Evo have got it wrong, I'm pretty sure the Polo GTI has a torsion beam rear setup.
Of course the lower power Mk7 Golfs have a torsion beam setup, it's only the GT, GTI, R etc. that have multi link.
What are the impressions after a test drive...Wolfi wrote:Going for a test drive in one on Monday morning at Nuneaton VW.
Ahah congrats! I feel the same, ordered on a dark rainy February afternoonJohnPolo wrote:Picking car up on Friday, finally, seems eons ago I ordered it on a dark January afternoon.
Pictures pictures pictures!JohnPolo wrote:Picking car up on Friday, finally, seems eons ago I ordered it on a dark January afternoon.
We need more gti porn with the time it's taking to get them built and delivered!congratulations mate.JohnPolo wrote:Picking car up on Friday, finally, seems eons ago I ordered it on a dark January afternoon.
That's great news!JohnPolo wrote:Picking car up on Friday, finally, seems eons ago I ordered it on a dark January afternoon.