VW Golf Mk6 Wheels Car of the Year

[Nath]

And the winner is the Golf!!!

Clean sweep of the awards isnt that?

Be a good read hopefully when it comes out tomorrow.

[phaeton]

And the winner is the Golf!!!

Clean sweep of the awards isnt that?

Be a good read hopefully when it comes out tomorrow.

yep http://www.wheelsmag.com.au/News/VOL...late=domWheels

I knew it had one and got all the family to watch the ACA announcement with Wheels Editor Ged Bulmer

and Leila McKinnon owns one to

[kryten2001]

As if we needed any confirmation...

This'll make them all that more mainstream that ownership will no longer be as alternative (and attractive) as it once was/currently is.... I love that about VW.. it's still considered a rather 'alternative' choice.

Time to buy a Lotus I'm thinking.....!

[BTJ]

read the comments at the bottom....

*hehehe*

[kryten2001]

I had to add one of my own....

[PassatB6]

As if we needed any confirmation...

This'll make them all that more mainstream that ownership will no longer be as alternative (and attractive) as it once was/currently is.... I love that about VW.. it's still considered a rather 'alternative' choice.

Time to buy a Lotus I'm thinking.....!

Took the words out of my mouth but VW seems to have a way of being mainstream and alternative at the same time in places such as the UK so I guess the same will happen here.

[Lima]

I always knew it was better than the Mk5.

[G-rig]

I always knew it was better than the Mk5.

It's just because the brand has become more popular since then.

Good effort, they are a good thing.

[Lima]

Haha, I reckon the Mk5 might have won it too, but at the time it was judged the GTI wasn't here. Otherwise I reckon that would have been enough to get it over the line. IIRC it was in the final few.

[Nath]

As if we needed any confirmation...

This'll make them all that more mainstream that ownership will no longer be as alternative (and attractive) as it once was/currently is.... I love that about VW.. it's still considered a rather 'alternative' choice.

Time to buy a Lotus I'm thinking.....!

To be honest I dont think it will go that far, whilst the car will become more popular or on the radar of you main stream customer given that it is a small car and isnt all that cheap I dont think it will become all that common. I think you'll find a number of the lower end models will become slightly more common in the market, however the top end models will continue to be bought at the current levels with a very small and probably not noticable increase.

The GTI specifically I think wont be picked up due to the price and feel, the majority of your main stream buyers of this type of car arent after the refinement or feel of the car, they want the WRX, XR5 or MPS jap type wow factor.

And anyway a few more people running around in VWs will hopefully mean a few more people for a GTGs and forum.

[G-rig]

Haha, I reckon the Mk5 might have won it too, but at the time it was judged the GTI wasn't here. Otherwise I reckon that would have been enough to get it over the line. IIRC it was in the final few.

Yeah I can't remember what was best in the past.

Didn't the GTI's 2L engine win something a few years in a row?

[Lima]

Yes.

So has the 1.4 TSI.

The VAG 2-litre has won its category every year since introduction from memory.

[Brian]

To be honest I dont think it will go that far, whilst the car will become more popular or on the radar of you main stream customer given that it is a small car and isnt all that cheap I dont think it will become all that common.

Being a new convert to VW with my TSI, I think you're right in what you say. I took 6 months agonizing over VW (GTI and TSI), WRX, MPS, XR5, Reno Megane 225, Ralliart etc. The TSI won in the end for the engine technology even though it is not as quick as any of the other choices. Still a great car to drive. All the Golf models are overpriced compared to the competitors in their class with inferior performance and handling, but have a "refinement factor" which seems to make up for this.
Winning a Wheels COTY shouldnt mean much anyway when you look back through previous winners. (Magna has won it twice!!) I really dont want my car bundled in with some of the lemons they've named previously. For now I'm happy to sit back and enjoy my new found admiration for the TSI (until something goes wrong, that is )

[Corey_R]

I think it's hilarious and sad how some people on the Wheels site are saying how this is a repeat of the Camira 1982 award, or it has ruined their Wheels experience and they'll never read again.

HILARIOUS!

[Nath]

What I had to laugh about was the guy bitching that they announced it before the Mag came out, umm dont they do that every year, the definately did last year......

Sad people out there cant take it for what it is, and I'm sure the lack of any Aussie muscle in the top cars is biting hard with some readers.