Category: Hot Hatchbacks 
Price Range: £22,415 to £23,000
Accessible performance and loads of it, fun but foolproof handling, civilised yet involving, looks the business
Sophistication makes for a high price, many owners may never have the opportunity to savour the GTI's true abilities.
The Golf GTI is reincarnated just as it should be, but others deliver a better drive.
This is not a cheap car, although it's little more expensive than Renault's Mégane 225 and is likely to hold its value better. Servicing should be undemanding - it will be dictated by the mileage- and use-sensitive service indicator - and fuel economy looks to be good for a car of such pace. The FSI engine does give its best on the more expensive super unleaded petrol, though. Insurance groups have yet to be announced, but they won't be low.
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