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Golf MK8
Shoduchi:
The 8R and the A45S use a Magna all.wheel drive system. Much better than a Haldex.
https://www.magna.com/products/power-vision/all-wheel-4-wheel-drive-systems/product/all-wheel-drive-systems
pudding:
Yeah that's what I understood - VW had moved on from Haldex :happy2:
You can tell by way the 8R launches! Haldex would have let the front wheels spin almost 1 revolution before the rear axle engaged.
Dave J:
To use one of James May's best phrases - that front on the mk8 is gopping!
I agree the R is the best of the lot, but it is still terrible. It's the bland straight line across the bonnet, and how it rolls out to the wings, whereas mk5 & mk6 had a nice aggressive roll from the wings in to the bonnet (if that makes any sense!). Am sure it has been done for pedestrian safety, but it is very bland indeed.
Am sure it drives very well, but I could buy a lot more for nearly £40k.
pudding:
Gopping :grin: Gotta love the May :notworthy:
I know what you mean about the lines. Similarly with the 3 door MK5/MK6, I just love the raised rear haunches and sculpted rear windows. It gives the side profile a purposeful, angular nose down look. All of that careful styling is completely lost in the 5 door. It's just flat and boring. Similarly with the MK7, 3 or 5 door just has the same flat profile, which = dull. MK8 is 5 door only so we'll never know what a 3 door looks like.
It's like, well, marketing says most people have kids, so f'ck the singletons who want a 3 door, and making only one body shell saves us some dough :doh:
I think the R is £36K basic, but £40K gets you the blue paint and 'track pack' with 'drift mode' :doh: No one 'buys' an R though. It'll just be £300 p/m washing machine white only deals.
And 'drift mode' in a hatchback (to compete with the Focus RS) just means kids leasing them and 'drifting' them into hedges. Oh and you just gotta have the overpriced A-Cr@p-a-vich exhaust, with the on-trend pops and bangs for a further £3K, to complete the package. Oh dear VW, what have you become. Some trends are worth pursuing, some are definitely not.
Chris92:
Not sure what it is with new cars but they all just look so soul less and much of a muchness, too many straight lines and no curves. Its been a good number of years since I had a mk5 but every time I see one I still get that buzz (sad I know) but the newer cars mk7 etc and onwards including all manufacturers I never look twice at them. Is it a focus? A golf? A 1 series? A mazda? Cant tell these days. Dont like the designs and I dont like all this tech, not sure why or how people find tech so amazing its cold and boring for the most part. Think my days of having newish cars are over currently looking for another car and looking at another mk5 gti, mk6 ed35, mk2 focus st/rs, audi tt QS etc just no real interest in the newer 'tasty' cars.
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