We have owned one since April 19. It is one of 3 cars we have which includes a BMW Z3. It’s an absolute brilliant little car, simple, economical, nippy, quick (enough), cheap to run & own.....a great purchase 👍
Great Review Thomas and Katharina. Many thanks for the reference! This up! seems really fun, reminds me of driving the Mk1 GTI when it came out! I wondered when we'd start seeing petrol particle filters. 10:18 enjoyed your local language lesson there! Yes, thanks Thomas, always much enjoy your driving and commentary. And great views of the Prom. des Anglais. We've also driven around those roads when on holiday. Driving around Monaco was fun, and touring the GP track too.
+Autogefuhl - reminds of Mk1 GTI, bruh? I liked the old Lupo GTI - it felt a bit like a Mk1 Golf GTI - body-coloured metal on inside door tops, compact, fluid engine pick-up, fun! Will look forward to trying the up! GTI. Chill man!
in da house. I once drove a Lupo 3L from London to Stuttgart but couldn't quite achieve 3 l/100km. I remember I achieved 3.1 l/100km (91 mpg). Great car. Never driven a Lupo GTI.
Hi Hamish! That Polo GTI sounds good. The Mk3 Polo GTI seems to have a nice interior very similar to the Lupo GTI. That 125PS engine sounds good. I always liked the Lupo. Many thanks.
So many people being critical about this car. I've just bought one, had it 2 weeks and I'm enjoying it. Its down to individual taste. Plus it's my money. I'll decide.
The side mirrors remind me of those fit to Subaru models, in a good way. In fact, I wish that the Golf based GTI had that side mirror design as the current sloping shape cuts down on critical visibility. Thanks for sharing the exquisite coastal scenery!
I like it. Normally I wouldn’t consider an up because it looks a bit too cute. Even though I would drive a Smart Fortwo. But this one they’ve made look pretty cool. And the particle filter is great to see.
Less power than a Lupo gti? No recaro seats, no xenon headlamps, no rear disc brakes. Come on VW this isn't a proper gti. I'd have the Lupo gti over this car.
I don't understand why VW choose not to put the 1.4 TSI 150 hp engine instead of this 3 cyl 1 l for the UP! GTI. I bet it would have been better in every aspect (performance, consumption and reliability) and the people interested in this version would have payed the difference for the 1.4 .
Besides whether 1.4 would fit, VW intentionally makes performance worse than Polo GTI and similarly Polo GTI worse than Golf GTI. They want to motivate people to buy the larger, more expensive car because the profit margins are higher.
There is a guy who swapped the engine and gearbox of a Skoda CitiGo (VW UP equivalent) with the 1.8T engine/gearbox from an Audi TT then also made it 4WD (Source: www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/243854-citigo-go-a-citigo-with-more-go/ ). If the 1.8 managed to fit I don't see why the 1.4 engine wouldn't fit.
As always from Thomas an excellent all round review.. Really liking the package ,just wish it had about130 - 150PS available. Sure some owners would like DSG ,not for me in this package .
Really nice car.. although those headlamps seem to have come from a very old car. Pity Volkswagen axed the car here in Oz ( because no auto offered ) hence slow sales. GTI wheels looking really sleek along with tartan chairs. At that price point ( twice the base model ) Volkswagen needs to install a standard 7" to 8"inch info screen. Scenic views in the beach area almost transports you in the 70's. So many parked vehicles at Monaco street/race circuit. Very good relaxed review there Thomas.
Owned this car for about a year, picked it up around Aug/Sept 2019 before world went crazy alongnwith car prices. Regret selling it, had a lot of hot hatches but only felt I could use 60/70% of the power in those cars on the road and not loose my license. This car however you can rev out and feel you are extracting every inch. Excellent on fuel, regularly would get 50mpg, on a spirited drive would get mid to high 30mpg. 6th gear could do with being a bit longer at 70mph it sits around 3000rpm so doesnt feel as settled on the motorway, and the vw radar cruise control would be a good option, car only has the old cruise control which just stays at set speed. Two good aftermarket considerations are the bilstein springs, helps make the ride a bit smoother and an exhaust. From what I remember Milltek did a good sounding one, however got put off by reviews I read of Milltek exhausts cracking. If used car prices werent ridiculous would buy another used. Excellent little town car.
Great review as usual! It would be really interesting to see you reviewing a brazilian VW up! TSi. Pointing out the differences and similarities between these two great small car.
Great review! It’s one I’ve been waiting for a while for 😊 would you say it’s worth upgrading from a lower powered Mii to the Up! GTI? Can’t say I’m a huge fan of the phone holder. You’d expect to get more for how much the GTI version will be 🤔
Great review as usual Thomas. Question: There are a lot of difference, between this and the 90cv TSI version? is it worth the money that costs the GTI more? Thanks
I have a 4-year-old orange 90HP Up! TSI, which I love, and so do the two other people who have driven it. Unfortunately it is no longer manufactured, so my next car will probably be the GTI version. I normally keep a car till it is about 8 years old, but I am tempted to make an exception in this case. It is a pity that the range of colours is so unimaginative!
In my opinion a GTI model doesn´t fit to a city car like the VW up!, because it doesn´t handle like a VW Polo or Golf. If I need a small GTI I would choose the Polo GTI with the big 2.0 TSI, who has a great handling. Great impressions from Monaco - that´s why I love Autogefühl 🇫🇷 😍
Great review. We are waiting to order one. Shame you did not get out on the open road up in the hills to give more insight. City cars especially gti premium badged, still need to be fun out of town. Cheers
Hello again - thanks for perfect review. Very understandeable although english is not my motherlanguage. Would the UP GTI be suitable for a daily short highway commute? That means 20 km rural roads + 90km highway driving one way. Thanks, Jan
So can this be done without torturing the car and driver? Not sure how is the 6speed UP geared for that highway driving...I´m sure going to try at a dealer but would like to hear your opinion. Thanks!
Well as I said if feel very comfortable in that one, better than in most small or compact size cars, as the seating position is upright. For more comfort I would begin with a very comfortable compact size car (Honda Civic, Skoda Octavia), Mid-Size sedan or a small SUV. Considering the size and the price car, the up performs very well in comfort
How would you say this compares to a 6c BlueGT 1.4TSI 150ps? I drive quite a varied motoring, lot of town but also distance out of town driving/motorway in the summer traveling to mountian bike XC race meetings/do few track days a year too in my road car. Not often other people other than me but a mountain bike lot of the time (would probably just use a roof rack + kit for a race weekend (spare set of wheels/tools/etc). How much difference in real terms would you lose going from a 150ps 1.4TSI to the UP! GTI engine in feel + fact whatever road car have does 2 track days a year. Yes would love a new Polo GTI (suspect still beyond my means) or a very late registration 6c (last generation) Polo GTI.
I'm only buying one so might as well do it properly :-) All the safety Gear and in Black,plus passenger seat adjustment but that sunroof is expensive..
I have a basic Up! - not the GTI...but I could not ❤ it more. I went to various car dealers today to look at upgrading to a Seat Ateca or VW T Roc and decided to keep my Up! called "Zippy" 😍 Not ready to part with it...
For me VW have done the minimum amount of work possible to make this worthy of wearing the GTI badge, and even then I don’t think it’s enough. They’ve borrowed a GTI steering wheel from a Polo, used some truly horrible dash trim and just covered the standard seats in tartan. Power wise I think it should have had at least 125bhp. Overall a bit of a disappointment for me.
compare Fiesta ST-Line here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U9SOmNqhUX0.html And Polo GTI: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qk7wny6QXN0.html
Fiesta ST-Line is around £4-5000 more expensive, not sure how that works out where you are? Fiesta is bigger, more powerful and really in a different class to the UP GTI.
I was hoping perhaps there was a highway close by? Personally, acceleration times are super relevant for me as a viewer. 0-100, 80-120, etc. That's the only thing missing for your videos to become perfect, in my opinion. Anyway, thanks for the reply and great review as always Thomas :)
Awesome review as always Thomas. I don't like the look of this car, I've seen it on the street and looks horrible, as if VW ran out of ideas, it's flat and boring. Peugeot and others like Smart, heck even the Korean brands seem to do a better job with small cars design. I don't doubt it drives better than the competition.
Excellent review as ever, Thomas is the best. The car on the other hand is a damp squib. Not a real GTI by any stretch, what a let down (by Volkswagen standards).
Ha ha! Nice one! Yes, when the police are there, there's a low speed limit, and your driving licence is your job and lively hood! (also remember: the speed of a car is to do with the driver, not the car!).
I think it still has a great turning circle unlike the abarth, it's just not nearly as cool, and abarth has far better interior and infotainment, not to mention the looks in general
VW is letting me down, no LED headlights, no decent center console and hard plastics every. Every year the Koreans are getting better and the Germans getting worst. Today we have to pay a premium on the Germans brands for things that should be standard.
I had a modern Kia and it still sucks. Paint flaked off all over the place, rear windshield vibrated when the weather was cold, transmission leaked since new, rims were poorly made and tire bubbles kept forming, leather interior was cracking after a month...I had to get rid of it within 10 months it was so bad. Nothing was honored by the warranty either. I will take the worst German car any day over the best Korean car.
So Thomas thinks it's great this car has a particle filter, but has no issue with this company poisoning monkeys in the name of "research". Sad, I expected more from him and this channel.
Why would you conclude that I have no problems with what they did with the monkeys? Did you even look at the date where the news were published and the date the video was published? Do you know how we fight against using of animals for cars on this channel?
