Volkswagen GTIs back-to-back: Golf GTI vs Polo GTI vs Up GTI

We say GTI, and you say Volkswagen Golf. Right? But these days, VW has three GTIs in its line-up – the Golf, the Polo and the Up. Which is the GTI-est? We went to the amazing Ascari circuit in Spain to try them all.

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[gamingmadforever]

Always hoped I'd get a golf gti, ended up with the polo gti and love it to bits

[MLife]

Sorry mate, but this was hardly a review... it was just some dude pottering around in three cars. CarMania and Autogefuehl have had much better comparison reviews on the same track.

[minjaijung]

GTI is my dream car since I was a middle-schooler. Only one year away from getting my first car, which will unfortunately be either 718 if I go to a ‘good’ university according to my father’s standard, or a MX-5 Miata... I love those two cars too 😭

[gkelly]

Like the look and sound of the polo! Mid life crisis decisions 🤔

[velavanlaack]

Hey wait a min, why the GTI in the US is neutered to only 220hp?

[joshbacon]

I don’t know about you, but I’ve always wondered why in 2006, they never sold the Cup Edition version of the 9N3 Polo GTI in the UK...

[NextKnown]

I rarely see the Up on the streets, maybe because of the crazy prices everyone comes up with

[computerbob]

Thought they were going to compare the mk1, mk2, mk5, mk6 and, mk7 Yes, I did miss out the mk3 and mk4 and so should they!

[stevenagy]

Nice video. Just lose the music in the background.

[Statimtek]

I thought GTI stood for Grand TOURISMO Injection

[bosse]

I'll be happy taking the UP. fun at a great price.

[patrikspriede]

Why did you bring all those golfs and didn't even try them?

[eecak]

Disappointing as i was expecting so much more.

[sunnylam]

These should be done by vicki aren't they :/

[mikecustoms]

power doesn't matter? lol, maybe if you're around 350 hp, sure, any small car with that amount is going to be proper fast and capable. In this day and age, 115 just doesn't cut it. Heck, the Abarths have 160 and they're not exactly fast, it's getting pretty old, slow cars are not fun, older slow cars were, not this.

[robertl]

Entertaining item....but a jacket...in Malaga ?

[ilovelol]

its not the same engine as the golf GTI's

[ring_dang_do]

Wish we could get a Fti badge to stick on all those regular polo/golfs that people like to make look like genuine Gti's. To bad they are brought back to reality when the robot turns green 😂. It always amuses me. Ik it sounds cynical, but I get a kick out of doing it. Oh by the Fti stands for Fake Tourer Injector 😜

[cooperajcpr]

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