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2009 Volkswagen GTI - Consumer Opinions

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Edmunds user
1 week in

...I have full confidence powering into traffic from a stop. This is a simple, elegant and very well designed car that inherits many technical, structural and...

Edmunds user
Great Car

...That and the fact that this ting gets up and scoots. All this and I just got 33 mpg on a recent trip up to northern CA. Averaging 26+ combined driving over 2k...

MSN Autos user
Some Sport, Some Luxury, All Good.

...Probably most useful to prospective buyers, I went VW/Audi and I don't plan on going back...

Edmunds user
The Worst

...Now replaced w/ rebuilt engine 2 weeks ago and engine light back on. Can you say lemon! Do not buy this car!...

Edmunds user
The best adult hatchback in the group

...I'm 40 years old, and this car is a blast, but also very practical...

Edmunds user
Wonderful car

...The engine is great, and DSG is awesome. I still have to gently break it in, so look forward to the day I can really test the limits :)...

MSN Autos user
Good Car

...The exterior styling is a little homely but the interior is very tasteful, functional, and durable. Overall it has been a very nice and reliable car...

Edmunds user
Love the 337

...Handles incredibly well even in stock configuration. The Audi-sourced brakes and 6-speed make excellent additions...

Edmunds user
Fun, Fast, Sporty, yet Good Family

...It gets pretty good fuel economy, about 27.5 overall, and I got as much as 34 on the highway average (although it takes Premium fuel)...

Edmunds user
Switched from Honda

...I want to speed off at every light but prefer to drive mellow so I can watch the drivers looking at my GTI as they drive off. If I need to speed off its...


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The 2009 Volkswagen GTI lands somewhere between less-mature small, sporty coupes and hatches, like the Civic Si and Mazdaspeed3, and more mature, entry-level sporty luxury coupes like the BMW 1-Series.

The Volvo C30 is perhaps the most direct rival to the GTI, though the C30 is decidedly sportier in appearance.

Audi’s A3 is a slightly larger alternative to the GTI, with five doors for those who want something closer to a wagon.

It is admittedly quite a bit more expensive.

Yet another rival for the GTI is the MINI Cooper S; many urbanites might appreciate its smaller, nimbler feel.


 
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