Polo GTI wins Motor Magazines "Bang for your buck" 2012

[Guy_H]

once again, knocked off all rivals including the new BRZ & 86:

From another post:


Out of 18 cars, the 86 came 10th and the BRZ came 8th. The winner was the defending champ, the Polo Gti. The Skoda Fabia RS came second and the Renault Megane RS 265 came third.

Before we all get our manties in a knot though, BFYB is a much more scientific than a lot of other car comparisons. Most of it is geared towards the 'bang' with the bang criteria as follows:

0-100 = 10 %
100 km/h - 0 =10%
0-400m =10%
400m v-max = 5%
Hill climb = 10%
80-120km/h = 5%
Lap Time = 20%
Apex speeds = 10%
Lap v-max =5%
Judges rank = 15%

Guess who got the 1st and 2nd spots (conclusively) on the judges criteria? Yup, the 86, closely followed by the BRZ.

The 'buck' (ie. retail cost) is then factored in to give an overall BFYB score.

Interesting points to note were that they slightly preferred the 86 to the BRZ but said that it's really splitting hairs - both are great cars. They also commented that the tyres let the cars down on the track and they have durable enough brakes , they performed very poorly in the 100 - 0 test (lowest scores).

They also performed 0-100 times in 6.90 and 6.93 for the 86 and BRZ respectively. Not bad

[Gambit]

Well well did not expect that! Awesome result!

[pologti18t]

A "spoiler alert" title might have been appropriate

Interesting to see the 0-100 times. The Gti/VRS were very close to the Megane RS265. 6.7-6.8sec
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[gareth_oau]

cheers guy, i havent even got my magazine yet.

I usually like to tread the whole article before seeing the result

[cstb_87]

When does the tuner challenge come out?

[Guy_H]

When does the tuner challenge come out?

Its being run next week @ Eastern Creek - Thursday & Friday - Spectators welcome - Magazine generally out a couple of editions later.

[Guy_H]

Sorry for the "spoiler" - It was on facebook days ago & I have had many emails about it!

[cstb_87]

Its being run next week @ Eastern Creek - Thursday & Friday - Spectators welcome - Magazine generally out a couple of editions later.

Curse me living in Melbourne and working full time

[Gambit]

Just brought and read the article . A heap of praise for the humble gti. Makes me a proud owner that's for sure. Sticking it up to the likes of some very capable cars

[JonW]

The bit that amuses me is they dis the Fabia for the handbrake/armrest competing for space, and yet they dont mention it in the Polo, and then seem to praise the BT touchscreen as well, obviously they dont read this forum or know its not needed in the GTI. Bizarre. But that said, having driven the Fabia and the Polo, I prefer the Polo and would agree its a better BFYB, I would (did!) happily pay a bit more for the same engine in a better looking, better handling car with a nicer interior etc. but for me, when it came down to it I felt the Polo drove better, the Skoda just seemed less planted and less 'zippy'.

What was interesting to me when reading the article was that the BRZ/86 didnt do better. What impressed me was that cars Ive driven and rated against the Polo when i was looking to buy the car, came about where I thought, eg the Swift.