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Originally Posted by Sport-Tech
Being in NA, no I have not driven the MK7 with that trick new LSD--and given the handling transformation it bestows on the GTI according to all the reviewers, driving a MK6 isn't going to tell me much about it.
Obviously there will be differences jumping from a BRZ into a MK7, just as there were between the BRZ and the Clio in the Evo review - but the Clio won the drive-off. And there seems to be (based on those early reviews) a reasonable chance the MK7 will be as good as the Clio.
Ironically, the weakness of the MK7 from Evo's perspective may turn out to be the same as the BRZ's - it's so highly capable and stable that it is a bit boring to drive at anything less than balls-to-the-wall pace. At least it would be a more comfortable, relaxing, and refined boredom! But then again it won't have that torque deficit Evo complained about in the BRZ, so its greater power out of turns will be an advantage... definitely not the car for the drift crowd of course.
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I guess I'm less confident than you that a GTI with an eLSD and more neutral handling setup will suddenly be comparable to an FR-S/BRZ. The Golf platform (even the new MQB) has too many inherent disadvantages to overcome -- overall weight, weight distribution, CG height, FWD layout, but I suppose only time will tell.
BTW I wouldn't put too much faith in Evo magazine coming out with an unbiased review of the twins. Every Evo review I've seen has been biased since they flubbed that initial review of the auto-tranny BRZ.