[treekiller]

Originally Posted by FierySolstice

They have the Vibe, isn't that a joke enough!?!? You kill the GTO and Firebird and give us a Korean G3?? WTF GM?!?! I'm going to VW, they know how to build hot hatches!!!

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Dosent the ecotec 2.0DI-t stomp a mud hole into the VW 2.0DI-t

the GTI is a tarted up heavyweight Pig of a hatchback.

The euro/Dollar exchange rate is messed up so the VW is overpriced.

so it's
1. Slow
2. Heavy
3. Overpriced

Oh yes, The quintessential formula for a "hot hatch".. Hot hatches need to be small, light , cheap and nimble.

The toyota Yaris 3 door fits the Hot hatch bill better then the Golf has since MK-III and a Coupe G3 is about as close as the US can come with current platforms... as an owner of an original Rabbit GTI and it's whopping 100hp there is somthing magical about a good hot hatch and the current Golf does not posess that magic.

The Golf has gotten slower, heavier and more expensive with each generation, as has the Civic and Corolla, and Sentra. and all the cool little cars we used to turn into snot rockets. and a 100hp 2300lb car, with a twist beam axle IS the formula the GTI used. any idiot can make power. lightness has to be purchased.