Consumer Reports Just Trashed The 2015 Volkswagen GTI
The Volkswagen GTI is one of those cars that's met with near-universal acclaim in the automotive press whenever a new one comes out.
Almost everyone loves to praise its handling, its practicality, its usable everyday power, and its budget-Audi interior. Everyone except Consumer Reports, that is. They're pretty meh on the new GTI.
As a young person who isn't the scion of a wealthy energy drink family and didn't invent Snapchat, I can afford, maybe, .89 new cars. I still want the fastest car I can buy, but I need something with more space than a Miata, that's efficient, that I can park. The 2015 VW GTI continues to be the best car I can buy.
(Full disclosure: VW wanted me to drive the 2015 Golf and Golf TDI so badly they said the 2015 GTI would be there. They stuffed me full of beef tartare, too. So much, in fact, that I never want to see beef tartare again.)
San Francisco was the perfect place to launch the 2015 Volkswagen Golf family, which includes the 2015 GTI. The city is absolutely littered in Golfs, particularly GTIs. It's like pretty much every coastal city in that respect. Even the wealthier set there have to face high rent, parking woes, and the need to go to Costco every now and again.
