Volkswagen Golf IV 2.0 GTI Reviews

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Volkswagen Golf IV 2.0 GTI
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Average Ratings for Volkswagen Golf IV 2.0 GTI

  • Performance4.5 stars
  • Practicality4.5 stars
  • Reliability5 stars
  • Value for Money4.5 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings4.5 stars
  • Overall Rating3.4 stars

1 Review For Volkswagen Golf IV 2.0 GTI

  • redrebo Rank: Lieutenant 8th Nov 2006

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Good Points: Even though it's a three door compact car, the Golf V amazed me with its superb stability, handling and cornering. Corners I could barely do at 50kph with really good cars (406, Daewoo Leganza, 206 and 306 sedan etc.) I could skim at 120kph easily. At first it's a bit scary seeing how the car gives you no sense at all of what is going on outside, but once you push it you get to see how far the limit is. My Canadian model was moderately equipped (air conditioning, although it never worked, power steering, ABS, ESP, daylight running lights, alloys, but no electric window lifts, no fog lamps and no sunroof.

    The car's only drawback is its fifth gear (I wonder why they put it in there at all - just so that they don't produce a 4 gear car? Pffft). In fourth, you can play at 180 all you want, and the car won't even go over the red line, ie. you're slightly over 4000rpm when you hit 160 at fourth, and 180 will be slightly around 4600. The Engine has pulled 6500rpm at fourth to reach way over 180.


    Bad Points: Now the tricky part: I put the car in fifth gear, and all the zest it had in fourth (you can really feel the car's torque responding to you in fourth, it can do 100 to 190 in less than 10 seconds in fourth alone) is simply gone in fifth!!! Acceleration is really slow, and it could take you about 2 minutes just to reach 190 from 180 in fourth, and if you're over 180 in fourth the car simply won't go any faster when you go to fifth, but simply react much much slower!!


    General comments: Now, to the fuel: The Volkswagen Golf IV 2.0 GTI is magical!!! Once I got it figured out, I got the car to go on 5 to 6 l per 100km during the day with the stereo and AC off. But then again, once you play with it (and the car is really, really fun to drive between 4000 and 5500, especially in third and fourth, because those two gears are simply marvellous); you can literally jump from 40 to 140 in third gear, and more if you push the car, but 140 in third is very good. If the engine gets souped up just a little bit, and the fifth gear gets worked on, the car can easily top 230, eaaaasily.

    Reliability? I owned this car from 100.000 to 140.000km, and it NEVER skipped a single beat! It always started when I asked it to, and it never even had a flat tire. The only time I had to take it to the garage was for an error of my behalf (accident) or for modifications (fitting accessories), but otherwise this car is amazing.

    The comfort is OK as long as there are only two people, maybe even four average medium sized people (or two full adults in the front and two children in the back). It's comfortable on long journeys, and it gives a good feeling of the road which keeps you awake, and enjoying it :) I have got to admit, this is the best car I've ever driven or had at all, even though I'm more of a Peugeot fan and have been all over the world. I would recommend this car to anyone, anytime. It rules :)