SEE ALSO: 2013 Geneva Motor Show Coverage Helping this new GTD be even sportier is that fact that it rides on the all new seventh-generation Golf platform, which weighs 220 lbs less than the ...

The Golf GTD feels slightly quicker than its 7.5sec 0-62mph time suggests, or 7.4sec for a seven-speed DSG-equipped car. That’s thanks to its healthy torque figure of 280lb ft, the exact same ...

In pure performance terms the Golf heirarchy is R, GTI, GTD, and GTE, with respective ... speed would be advised to stay away from the basic 1.0 TSI and 1.6 TDI, both of which take longer than ...