The Golf GTI has a five-star crash test rating and comes standard with seven airbags, along with a rear-view camera and sensors, traction and stability control, and post-collision braking. As mentioned, the Driver Assistance Package that includes additional active and passive safety electronics is available for $1500.
Zero to 100km/h times are a pinch slower at 6.3sec versus the outgoing car at 6.2sec. Driven over a variety of roads, some bumper to bumper and others more free-flowing, it returned 8.5L/100km The 306 GTI-6 is regarded as one of the hot hatch greats, easily outclassing the equivalent Golf GTIs of its era. This time, Volkswagen and Peugeot are much more closely matched. The 308 benefits from an impressively low weight – at 1205kg it’s 146kg lighter than the Golf – helping it cover the 0-62mph sprint 0.3 seconds quicker.My first car was a GTI. It was a 95 VR6 (in 98). Fun, practical, couldn’t get into a ton of trouble. I did screw a lot of stuff up on it just not knowing a lot about cars and learning. I would have been better off getting a $8k Golf, screwing a bunch of stuff up on that car and then getting a GTI in a year or two. 5.
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