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Message: <blockquote data-quote="supergripen" data-source="post: 331959" data-attributes="member: 1254">i have no doubt the new GTi will be fantastic..after reading the test report on the new mk6 TSi 1.4,i think VW now leads the way by way of innovations where the drivetrain is concerned.award winning engines and the fact that they are doing away with conventional torque converter autoboxes and replacing them with DSGs..wow!!!a big THANK YOU to VW i say... cuz in the end,its we the end users that gains.now,other manufacturers will have to buck up..BMW included.i have the mk6 Golf in my crosshairs as one that would replace my Honda daily driver.the TSi to be exact.i think the reason the new GTi only makes 10bhp more is cuz the V6 version ..they don't want the 2.0t to make more tha the V6,do they? i have no doubt the 2.0t is capable of so much more..but VW's trump card will still be the DSG la.being among the earliest to offer twin-clutch tech,theirs will probably be the best and most refined with most of the kinks ironed out..wonder when BMW will offer the M-DCT on normal run-of-the-mill models like the 325i/525i..one thing for sure,it'll be at a premium la haha.</blockquote>