Name: VW Golf GTI Generations DRAG RACE
Uploaded: 2024-09-05T09:08:59.000Z
Duration: 25 min 50 s
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To mark 50 years of the Volkswagen Golf, I have every generation of VW Golf GTI.

Mark 1, Mark 2, Mark 3, Mark 4, Mark 5, Mark 6, Mark 7, and Mark 8, which is the very latest version, the 8.5.

And I'm going to drag race them over the standing quarter mile to see how the performance of these Golf GTIs has improved, or maybe not improved as you'd expect, over the years.

I'm Matt Watson, and you're watching Car Wow.

We're going to run this drag race in two heats, and we're going to start off with a Mark 1, Mark 2, Mark 3, and Mark 4.

The Mark 1 Golf GTI has a 1.6-litre four-cylinder engine with 110 horsepower and 140 newton-metres of torque, drives the front wheels via a five-speed manual gearbox, and the car weighs just 810 kilos.

When it was on sale back in the day, it cost around £6,500.

The Mark 2 Golf GTI 16-valve is powered by a 1.8-litre four-cylinder engine with 129 horsepower and 168 newton-metres of torque.

It drives the front wheels via a five-speed manual gearbox, and the car weighs in at 920 kilos.

Back in 1991, this car cost just under £14,000.

The Mark 3 Golf GTI 20th Anniversary Edition has a 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine with 115 horsepower and 166 newton-metres of torque, sends the power to the front wheels via a five-speed manual gearbox, and the car weighs in at 1,090 kilos.

Back in 1997, this car cost just under £17,000.

The Mark 4 Golf GTI 25th Anniversary Edition 1.8-litre four-cylinder petrol engine, but this one puts out 180 horsepower and 239 newton-metres of torque.

It drives the front wheels via a five-speed manual gearbox, and weighs in at 1,324 kilos.

In 2002, this car cost just under £19,000.

First things first, Sam, I'm taking it you don't have air conditioning?

Rory, you look like you might be about to pass out.

No, I've got a little blue sticker, but when you actually turn the fans on, it's just red hot.

I have a button that says AC, and it goes red, and it illuminates when you press it, but all that comes out of the air vents is roasting hot air.

You're the only one with your windows up, so...

I think you can probably tell from my smug face and my non-sweaty brow that I have very functional air conditioning.

Right, let's just start off and get through this as quick as we can with a sound check.

We've already got our windows down, so Sam, you go first with the classic.

And finally, the Mark IV, which is a turbo.

Okay, which one do we think sounds the best?

Anyway, I think it's whichever one you're sat in.

And he absolutely dicked me on the gear change.

I got a bit of wheel spin, but I thought I was going to come past you, but everyone just buggered off.

Yeah, this thing launched really, really well.

The gearbox on it is actually really nice, to be honest.

But the car just got even hotter when we were going.

You're very pleased, aren't you, Sam, aren't you?

If that launched well, what did this do, Rory?

16 miles per hour is quicker than how it comes to mark four.

Rory, I don't know what you're quickest at, driving that thing or putting your windows down.

I had my rose-tinted specs on, but they've just melted into my lap.

The gearboxes, I thought it was going to be an absolute soup of a gearbox, but it's really nice.

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