Lá como cá
Ok, isso estava na seção "used cars" do site (automobilemag.com), mas vale para nossos médios defasados em relação à Europa. E, principalmente, bate com o que eu penso desses dois carros.
Golf GTI
"Although it expresses its luxury in restraint--restrained lines, fabrics, and colors--the VW GTI doesn't skimp on material quality. A few years ago, we reported on Ferdinand Piëch's then-risible plan to steal Mercedes-Benz customers with VW's superior quality. Nowadays, this doesn't seem so unrealistic. From the soft-return grab handles to the brogan-appropriate leather to the simple curve of the dash, the $19,460 GTI is a feast for the tactile senses. And this level of quality and appointment isn't just for the hot-rod model; it's there on the base Golf, too.
The GTI's interior is a persuasive thing--a few of us acknowledged that this is the car we'd buy based solely on the relationship of respect the GTI builds with its driver. Online editor Greg Anderson said, "This is the one I'd buy. The rest of these cars look and act like toys, where the GTI is as usable as it is fast."
"Though torn between the Honda and the VW on the reliability issue, our preference is for the GTI, for its hooliganism and because it feels a class above all the other cars on this test."
Ford Focus SVT
"SVT admits the base Focus gave it an almost unfair advantage. This is currently the best front-wheel-drive chassis on the road, adapting instantly to any surface, be it broken or glass-smooth. The Focus is at once controlled and compliant, with a lift-throttle steerability that responds precisely and predictably to the most minute changes in throttle opening."
"The steering is fine and linear, with the same gradual input arcs that give the stock Focus its substantial depth: The car can transform from laid-back highway cruiser to road-munching monster."
"But the SVT Focus strikes the optimal balance. By far the most engaging driver of the group, the Focus is almost BMW M3-like in its seamless integration of important and expensive tweaks. Motor gopher Tony Quiroga found another, perhaps better, comparison: "Even if its overall refinement can't match the Civic's, the Focus is an amazing handler. This is the Lotus of the group."
O SVT nunca veio para o Brasil, infelizmente. Um Focus de 170 cavalos seria ótimo. Mas imagine o Duratec manual, está de bom tamanho.
Sempre achei isso. O Golf é muito bem acabado e classudo, realmente parece de uma categoria superior (até a chegada do 307). O Focus tem um acerto de chassi e suspensão único, sensacional (e aqui vão méritos para toda a linha: Ka, que parece um kart; Fiesta Street, uma delícia de dirigir; Fiesta novo, tão bem acertado quanto o Focus, em que pese a suspensão trasiera mais simples, e até o EcoSport).
Golf GTI
"Although it expresses its luxury in restraint--restrained lines, fabrics, and colors--the VW GTI doesn't skimp on material quality. A few years ago, we reported on Ferdinand Piëch's then-risible plan to steal Mercedes-Benz customers with VW's superior quality. Nowadays, this doesn't seem so unrealistic. From the soft-return grab handles to the brogan-appropriate leather to the simple curve of the dash, the $19,460 GTI is a feast for the tactile senses. And this level of quality and appointment isn't just for the hot-rod model; it's there on the base Golf, too.
The GTI's interior is a persuasive thing--a few of us acknowledged that this is the car we'd buy based solely on the relationship of respect the GTI builds with its driver. Online editor Greg Anderson said, "This is the one I'd buy. The rest of these cars look and act like toys, where the GTI is as usable as it is fast."
"Though torn between the Honda and the VW on the reliability issue, our preference is for the GTI, for its hooliganism and because it feels a class above all the other cars on this test."
Ford Focus SVT
"SVT admits the base Focus gave it an almost unfair advantage. This is currently the best front-wheel-drive chassis on the road, adapting instantly to any surface, be it broken or glass-smooth. The Focus is at once controlled and compliant, with a lift-throttle steerability that responds precisely and predictably to the most minute changes in throttle opening."
"The steering is fine and linear, with the same gradual input arcs that give the stock Focus its substantial depth: The car can transform from laid-back highway cruiser to road-munching monster."
"But the SVT Focus strikes the optimal balance. By far the most engaging driver of the group, the Focus is almost BMW M3-like in its seamless integration of important and expensive tweaks. Motor gopher Tony Quiroga found another, perhaps better, comparison: "Even if its overall refinement can't match the Civic's, the Focus is an amazing handler. This is the Lotus of the group."
O SVT nunca veio para o Brasil, infelizmente. Um Focus de 170 cavalos seria ótimo. Mas imagine o Duratec manual, está de bom tamanho.
Sempre achei isso. O Golf é muito bem acabado e classudo, realmente parece de uma categoria superior (até a chegada do 307). O Focus tem um acerto de chassi e suspensão único, sensacional (e aqui vão méritos para toda a linha: Ka, que parece um kart; Fiesta Street, uma delícia de dirigir; Fiesta novo, tão bem acertado quanto o Focus, em que pese a suspensão trasiera mais simples, e até o EcoSport).
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