So true. There is just a little something else to these productions. Shame those behind the TV show failed to capitalise. They tried too hard to emulate the dynamics of the outgoing presenters at the time.
I just found this video in my reccommended and man this guy is a good presenter. He knows how to present and get you excited, he knows how to drive and he touches on the points car guys care about without sounding ostentatious. Subbed because of him, and it looks like you've got a cracking lineup of cars and head to heads that look amazing.
Love the fact you guys still produced the Mk 1 years after the rest of the world… if you wanted one in good condition … South Africa was where it’s at!
For me Mk 1 was the original, Mk 5 was the greatest comeback & Mk 7 sealed the reputation of this icon (maybe even the best GTI so far). IMO Mk 6, although it looks soft & mild, it is still the best looking. 09:17 reminds me of my recent birthday celebration 😃.
i agree on the mk6 being the best looking, i went out to purchase a nice mk7 one day but they had a mk6 at the dealers at the time and i ended up with the mk6 and still own it today 7 years later :P mk6 seem to be a hell of a lot less common than the mk7 and mk5 too which i also like
I fitted a stereo to my first car and used it for a bit. Then I fitted an exhaust and I've never used a car stereo since 🤣. I advise passengers to bring headphones if they want music on long journeys 🤣🤣🤣
I was a VW salesman from 04 through 08 - the MK5 came out and it was just amazing, I've wanted a GTi of my own ever since. I'm circling around now to getting one and although the 8 looks good I still don't know what could top the first time we drove that MK5.
Those “seat covers” look like the kind of Hanford bought, one size fits all covers you’d have bought at Halfords if you had a Nissan Bluebird as your minicab in the early 90’s.
Oh the Mini-Disc.. I was in my late teens in the late 1990s and was developing a rather expensive passion for the HI-FI system. Of course my parents weren't planning on financing my new discovered hobby but thankfully I was old enough to start making my own money during the summer breaks. Beside spending it on clothes and rave parties, a significant part of my income went towards various components of a HI-FI system. After buying the Marantz amplifier, CD player and a pair of B&W speakers, I got myself the Sony Mini-Disc. I was the happiest guy alive. I was recording various mix discs from CDs and from the radio and eventually bought a portable Mini disc, similar to Walkman. I've connected that to my car stereo through AUX input and blasted St Germain's new album "Tourist" for months. The whole car both was one giant subwoofer. You can imagine my neighbours and innocent people walking their dogs when I came through with a thump-thump-thump that broke widows..Oh, those were the days...
I wonder why reviewers never mention or drive MK4 GTI 25 Anniversary Edition which was actually real GTI, with proper suspension, gear box, interior and exterior, completely different car.
Yes, good point. Also they never mention the MK3 20y anniversary, only 150 were 2.0 16v, 200 I think were GTI TDI and the rest to 1000 were 2.0 8v. And from those 150 even less were 2 door. In my opinion that is the ultimate MK3, far better than a VR6
One of my life highlights was as a college student in Italy in '91, getting to ride in a friend's dad's GTI mk II, driven by friend, at speed. That'd what brought in to this car thing. My first car, years later.
I only recently learned Rory was here, through car throttle. Instant subscribe. Rory reviews cars how they should be reviewed, instead of catapulting them into a 1973 Caravan.
My day had a mark 2 big bumper gti then had the mk 3 which was pretty rubbish, my sister had the mk 5 gti which was too big and now i'm hoping to get a mk 7 or 8. Love gti's
This is the most slickest tribute...i've never ever been so excited to see all these classics together in one frame ❤️💯❤️ just makes me fall in love with the car you'll ever need ! 💗
Great video, Rory - properly entertaining. But, oh my goodness, WHAT a year 1976 turned out to be...! I mean, supersonic flight AND a space glider...??? Such amazing technological breakthroughs... :-0
No true manual DSG with automatic shift ups for you at redline, and no 3 door, we call it a 2 door in the USA……deal breaker. I have a 2012 MK6 GTI, DSG with true manual, and the 2 door body style. The 2 door has a look of its own, totally different than the 4 door. Sleeker and sportier looking with just 2 doors.
@@GTI_CHHA you’ve had it for 8 years and drove it less than 31k miles based on your videos ? That means you rarely drove it. It is a known failure, Google it and you’ll see all GTI threads show up with owner complaints. 🤷♀️
@@BristolBerg You looked at an older video, if you check the others you can see that it's done over 98,000km. But I probably had some luck with it.. waterpump is a frequent one indeed.
People who's complaining that the new GTI mk 8 don't look aggressive enough .Just by the clubsport or just fit the clubsport bumper on your GTI because that front end looks amazing
I would love to have seen a shot of the Mk1 parked next to the Mk8 for size comparison. The clips through the different eras of GTi was a nice touch, but it's only when you see the cars side by side you can appreciate just how much bigger the new ones really are! I recently saw a BMW E30 3-Series on the road (remeber those!?) and parked next to a Mk7 Golf, it looked almost comically small!
@@Chris-tq2xu If you're too lazy to go to the VW website and you look at old Google prices then yes it does. Also factor in extras included as standard on Cupra and better deposit contributions it's not even close. Cupra 300 starts at £35500, Clubsport £37900.
Is there a better car presenter than Rory. He doesn't try to be funny or controversial like some others do ( and fail at ). He isn't a technology bore like some. He just presents with passion and information that everyone can understand. Instead of just catering to hardened petrol heads.
As a hot hatch old man fan ( enjoyed the Astra GTE, JETTA GTI, Maestro Turbo, RS Mexico back in the 80's), then moved to Japanese Type R's and now a boring 4 door German 'luxury' family saloon. One car I need to buy is a Golf GTI.
They're on like tenth alteration of the new chassis in Europe and America still has not gotten one. This all during the highest two years of car demand recorded ... well done VW USA
There was a Golf 3 GTI 16V with 150 hp from a 2.0 16V. There also was a Jubi GTI MK4 with 180 hp. You Sir, did not study the GTI line up well enough for this video. First time we see you fail.
Are you sure about the manual mode on the DSG? I have a manual mode in my MK7 that works quite well, can't imagine they would lose that feature in the MK8.
I remember when the Clubsport 40 years came out my dad was tossing between that and the VW Tiguan of the time to replace the MK6 Golf GTI in red and manual but I’d still buy a 76 model
This is a great video. Straight down to the point of describing what a GTI is all about. The good and bad. However at least in my Golf R if you put it in Nurburgring mode a shift manually it won’t up shift for you automatically
@@bruts82 thanks for answering. I used to sell Volvos and they had all touch screen and I'm aware there is a difference but I've heard too many negative stories about it, and if the whole system is a "mess" than that's kind of a deal breaker. Ride quality is important for me as well; where I live there are a lot of rough roads. I was selling VWs when the MK5 first launched, it was an impactful car in so many ways, just amazing. So years later I'm looking to recapture that spirit of a car that I loved so much. Plus I just saw that there is no manual mode with the DSG and that is just a shame. Thank you so much for answering.
I don't know about you, but with the Mk8 Golf GTI, as you go up in the range, you start to wonder, "this is what the model just below this one should feel". Like the Clubsport 45 looks to be what the Clubsport should have been and the same goes for Clubsport vs standard GTI. Nevertheless, its an icon and even in the EV age, it will be remembered as one. Not too fancy, not too in-your-face, just competent, practical and in the right situation, it makes you smile. That's regardless of what kind of driver you are, after all, its a "Volkswagen".
