Writing about the new Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk7 doesn't need justifying the length of War and Peace. In Europe, this thing is a legend. Here in Malaysia, though it's beginning to attract the wrong kind of buyers as of late, it's well on the way.
In recent years, the Mk5 GTI came to Malaysia first as a grey import, kept by a few fanatics. It was the first GTI, after a near-flood of greys, to come officially. The subsequent Mk6 – largely the same car, but with a new, more aggressive body and bigger dimensions - quickly became the default hot-hatch purchase here.
Now it's time for the latest Golf GTI Mk7 to shine, as it has just arrived here, priced from RM209,888. It sits in another new shell, an even sharper one to keep the driving experience as intense as possible. The look is square, hard, clear of eye, jutting of chin and vast of mouth; a design theme lying somewhere between aggressive and superficially sporty.
Volkswagen modestly claims to have improved every critical aspect of what is already a great car, and that the new version goes, stops and corners better. After long miles of pelting about in it in beautiful sunny Saint Tropez, I can't say I found any way of disagreeing.
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