About time they made this properly quick... was hanging on the tails of a standard one the other day.
that's just because the GTI is a very all round good car. a few years ago Car magazine did a test with a few top end cars (R54, R8, Porsche 911 GT3) and took a GTI along as an everyman benchmark
the GT3 had a hard time losing the GTI on twisty B roads according to them. on a track it would be no contest, but in the real world there wasn't much separating a family hatch from a purpose built lightened sports car costing 4x the price.
I like it... but is it really better than the M135i?
dunno. the Cayman Turbo doesn't exist yet