i'm very much surprised! Heard this is VW's best selling golf so far...
I wasnt a fan of the golf (ahem until recently) but I thought vw listened to their fans & this gti was what every golf fan wanted....
No drastic changes to the styling, that 'golf' look is still there and yet value for money with that engine in there. Pity abt the FWD (but a 4WD version is available soon), slightly imperfect paddle-shift placements, lighter steering feedback but damn, this car felt like a stock track car...
am waiting for the 1.4 turbo version *drool*
As for the italians, yea, that's interesting, like the french all drive freakin peugeot...