Spy pics new Polo GTI

[brumue]

Just noticed this over at vortex...

http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publi...cle_2703.shtml

[team_v]

Still looks the goods to me.
The big lip was probably an aftermarket piece or a height determination piece to see if it has enough clearance.

[GoLfMan]

dosen't look too bad!

I think it only comes with DSG though

[Whubbsie]

I'm sold on looks, shame about the DSG

[naughty]

whats wrong with the DSG - its a manual transmission as well - only you dont have to kick in a clutch pedal - you can use it in manual mode and change with the paddle shift on the steering column

thats also way quicker than a normal manual when you get used to it - i actually love the idea of the DSG

[Rocket36]

I think it only comes with DSG though

And that's a GOOD thing!

[noone]

I don't want a psuedo-manual. I also cant see this car being any faster than the current Polo GTI after a chip in each.

I expect the stock handling to be improved.

[break]

I don't want a psuedo-manual.

Before all this heresay being thrown around about how manual will be missed, the lot of you need to go out and drive some good examples of twin-clutch gearboxes.

Launching, aggressive shifting, and even putting around town are MUCH nicer... and all you sacrifice in the process is the ability to do skids

[Roodosutaa]

I think we can all agree any twin-clutch or automated manual will shift infinitely quicker and cleaner than we ever could with our feet and hands. And these things matter on track, for sure

But for me, I just don't want a machine doing the job for me and pushing a button is never going to give me the same satisfaction as actually changing the gears yourself, getting the revs right and feeling the lever slot itself right in.

Horses for courses I say

PS having said that, I have also driven a few $#!+boxes with shifts so awful (long throw, notchy and the feeling of uncertainly whether the gear stick is all the way in - a much-abused rental Fiat Brava I had in the UK springs to mind) I wish I had an auto even for a 1.3 litre. A good manual 'box is a joy to play with and thankfully the Pog's one isn't half bad.

[Sharkie]

Before all this heresay being thrown around about how manual will be missed, the lot of you need to go out and drive some good examples of twin-clutch gearboxes.

Launching, aggressive shifting, and even putting around town are MUCH nicer... and all you sacrifice in the process is the ability to do skids

Actually the delay that the DSG has upon takeoff means that a well driven manual will be off the line and gone by the time a DSG decides to do anything. This delay is a well documented fact (in the press) and I've yet to drive a DSG that does not have this problem.

Sure, the DSG shifts gears quicker once moving, but on 400m I reckon it would be a dead heat .....

The Golf R is supposed to NOT have this problem, so I may get a DSG R Golf, but if I were to buy a new Polo GTI it would be a manual ....

The manuals are also MUCH cheaper to fix when (not if) it breaks outside of warranty .....