The younger, smaller, less famous GTI gets a makeover. Would you take one over a Fiesta ST?
has failed to connect anything heavier than a light slap across the chops of its illustrious rival - the undisputed champion of the twenty-something-priced pocket rockets, which these days is a bracket that's stretching fearfully close to £30k. But the Polo GTI is new, sort of. The broader range had a facelift last year, and that included the GTI-spec models, so what's changed?
So, the all-important driving bit, then... Well, it's lively enough to match the Fiesta ST in a straight-line sprint. That's backed up by the figures, because both post identical 0-62mph times of 6.5 seconds. As is always the case with near enough anything this EA888 engine is shoved into, it's smooth and unobtrusive and, even in the sportier mode, here the fake noise doesn't sound too, err, fake.
The Fiesta livens up corners in other ways, too. It's more 'up on its toes' and darty, whereas the Polo seems mostly disinterested at the prospect of being entertaining. That sounds damning, and perhaps it's a bit extreme. It's a very tidy little car to pedal across country, but that's at eight-tenths. It has plenty of grip and dedicated damping, which is quite delightful in the softer setting and seemingly never fazed by the usual B road inconsistencies.
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