2015 VW Polo GTI vs Golf 6 GTI - Which Should You Buy?

When the latest Volkswagen Polo GTI arrived at the office, I have to confess to liking it. Quite a lot actually. It has the essential hot hatch elements: large wheels, sporty bumpers and skirting, an unnecessary engine with unnecessary power.

And with the manual gearbox, the Polo GTI is even more fiery; with 70 more Nm over the DSG version. With it’s vital stats now standing at 141kW and 320Nm, this was all shaping up very nicely.
Out on Cape Town’s backroads, the new little GTI didn’t disappoint.

It’s one of the sharpest drives you can get in a car with a VW on the front. It’s the kind of car which seems to enjoy being pushed, and in a refreshing way, it feels light on its feet. It’s all very…un-Volkswagen.

Until you look at the price. With a starting price of R313 000, the new Polo GTI is cheaper in manual guise, but still, we’re north of R300 000 here. For a Polo. And to make matters worse, our test unit was specced to R352 000. For a Polo.

And that got me thinking. How much could I pick up a good, used, Golf 6 GTI for these days? I began trawling through Cars.co.za’s vast database and I came up with some gems:

2013 Golf 6 GTI DSG Edition 35 (173kW special edition)
36 000km
R329 989
http://www.cars.co.za/for-sale/used/2013-Volkswagen-Golf-Vi-Gti-2.o-Tsi-Dsg-Ed35-Gauteng-Edenvale/1167222/#.Ve_XZRGqqko

2013 Golf 6 GTI 2.0 DSG
45 500km
R315 000
http://www.cars.co.za/for-sale/used/2013-Volkswagen-Golf-Vi-Gti-2.0-Tsi-Dsg-Mpumalanga-Lydenburg/1175661/#.Ve_XTBGqqko

There are literally hundreds more to choose from, to suit just about every budget. In this video, we set out to answer what seems to be quite an interesting question: If you have about R330 000 burning a hole in your pocket, which you should you buy? The 2015 Polo GTI, or a used Golf 6 GTI?

0:00 Intro
1:02 Golf Pricing Comparison
1:37 Engine, Power, Torque, and Speed
2:43 Polo GTI Ride Quality
3:42 Polo GTI Drive Modes
4:29 Golf 6 GTI Sport Mode Test Drive
6:09 Which one should you buy?

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