GTI still shines
In a world of increasingly hot hatches, Volkswagen's latest Golf GTI holds it own by tempering speed with control and refinement
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Christopher Tan Senior Correspondent, Christopher Tan
The new Volkswagen Golf GTI is a bit of an enigma.
On paper, it is no quicker than its facelifted predecessor, with an unchanged 6.4-second century sprint and a mere 2kmh increase in top speed to 250kmh.

