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It never wilts, at least at public-road effort levels, and never suggests that you’ve had all the fun that you can handle. A great deal of sense.īut where it elevates impressive point-to-point pace into a genuinely special experience is when you push harder and discover that, instead of starting to struggle, it goes on getting better and better. But as soon as you start to work the engine and suspension, it begins to make sense. The steering feels slightly artificial in the way that electrically assisted racks often do when coming off centre and the gearchange is reasonable but no more. In the very first instant, the Focus is slightly disappointing. Exmoor lies before us, so grab a gear and go. However, I know this car and know that, on the right road, I won’t be overly troubled by the inelegance of its displays.
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For a car costing the uncomfortable side of £30,000, it could and should be better than this. But despite my reservations about the Golf, the Focus’s cockpit feels even cheaper and lacking in occasion. Actually, the Focus’s systems are less complicated and more easily understood than the Golf’s (surely a first?), and if their blue-lit graphics weren’t quite so nasty, that might be a sizeable blow landed against its rival. Not that the Focus offers a more palatable alternative, and you only have to park it next to a Fiesta costing half the money to see that Ford is stretching the art of parts-bin commonality a decent distance further than it cares to go. If, for instance, you want to suppress or switch off the electronic stability control, you have to go into vehicle settings, then swipe through until you find ‘brakes’ (which isn’t where I would first think of looking), ask it to turn off the systems and then be patronised by Volkswagen telling you that it doesn’t recommend you do so before it forces you to confirm your ill-advised choice with another stab of the screen.
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I would trade it all for some better-quality plastics and simple ergonomics that don’t require you to dive through menus to find what you need.
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Of course, it’s now all ultra-high-definition screens, in line with the modern vogue, and it’s full of clever stuff like ventilation controls labelled ‘cool my feet’ and a pulsating engine start/stop button, while you can choose for your interior to be lit in any of 30 different colours. The first surprise once you’re on board is that the interior of this Golf has lost some of the class of its predecessor. Put 19in rims, adaptive damping, electrically adjustable and heated front seats, a heated steering wheel and a reversing camera on the Golf and the gap widens considerably. Then again, it comes positively groaning under the weight of all its standard equipment. The Focus is cheaper, too, although by less than a grand in the showroom, so not as much as in the past. New Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport video review: 2021's hot Golf tested.Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport 45 on sale tomorrow from £39,980.VW Golf GTI Clubsport 45 vs Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition video review.Volkswagen Golf GTI 2021 long-term review.