New golf announced.... wow

[Brett Dikeman]

At 10:13 PM +0100 7/22/02, alan pritchard wrote:

>the new model produces an impressive 240 bhp from its 3.2-litre V6 engine.
>

Ok, so that means its fast as greased lightning, right folks?

>
>The deep growl of the engine is accompanied by
>impressively strong performance - 0 to 62 mph takes only 6.4 seconds

Whoa there, wait a second.  My 200q20v in stock form, with 217 hp and
a bunch of turbo lag is only slightly slower than that.

Someone please explain to me how this thing, which has got to weigh
significantly less than an S4tt, takes exactly a half second more to
get up to speed?  I don't think the extra 2mph is accounting for the
rift here.

   Both have 6-speeds, both have AWD...torque curves etc are surely
different, but 6.4 sec is NOT impressive in the -slightest- for such
a small car with so much instant-on power.

Where's the beef?  I mean, it looks cool, but...

Brett
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