[00:02] That's the new Golf R. And now it's automatic only, which means Volkswagen doesn't think that I need this leg. So off with this leg, basically
[00:14] off with this leg, basically [Music] >> We have no health and safety. >> We don't. No. >> What you mean? >> Your penis. My my What's a penis?
[00:29] >> What's that for? >> It's attached to your penis.
[00:45] >> All-wheel drive, turbocharged, spicy 300 horsepower hatchbacks with a little bit of flare. These two are your only options on the right side of 50k US. And yes, they've both seen some updates. Among other things, the GR Corolla gets
[01:00] an automatic option. And sorry manual fans, but yes, the Golf R is now DSG only. So now they're matched in price in the amount of wheels that they drive and their transmissions. We have a ball game. Or do we?
[01:17] game. Or do we? Okay, this is the automatic GR Corolla and it's going to lose this drag race because it's down on power and it launches like it's low on iron. So, yeah, let's just see what happens here.
[01:32] This is the Golf R leader in its class and it just got more powerful. Let's do and it just got more powerful. Let's do it. GSG. >> Thomas, did you used to be bred? >> Did I used to be bred?
[01:47] Yeah, cuz you're toast >> now. American levels of cringe. That's my bad. I've been here too long.
[02:03] bad. I've been here too long. [Music]
[02:19] Well done. Oh, that was sad.
[02:34] Corolla that's getting smaller in my wing mirror. wing mirror. >> Oh, this is so sad.
[02:51] actually laughing out loud as I went by there. >> That isn't just a class below in power. That is like three classes below in power. I'm not convinced that that isn't a normal Civic level of speed.
[03:07] >> Absolutely unacceptable. This car goes off the line like my mom pulling away off the line like my mom pulling away from Applebees after a big lunch.
[03:21] >> It's not It's not It just felt like a like a like a city car hatchback speed compared to that. >> It's the GR. I'm seeing aggressive brake calipers and wide hornets. >> It's just so sad in a straight line.
[03:38] money? >> Yeah. I got one more cylinder. >> My god, that was a slaughter. It was a massacre. Let's do a roll race.
[03:53] Why? >> I don't know. I wish I had a TSI here to make it an actual race, but they don't make the TSI anymore. In North America, we only have the R and the GTI. It's a shame. The TSI is a fantastic car, and
[04:07] it could probably beat a GR Cora in a drag race. All right, let me just figure out how do I do manual? Stop fussing with the settings. You go? >> 3 2 1 go.
[04:30] Oh my god. What does the GR stand for? Kazoo retired. [Music]
[04:45] [Music] Absolutely another league. track drive. >> Yes, please. Anything but that.
[05:00] >> But before we do that, there's some new quad lock mounts, which means probably Thomas has to do something quite uncomfortable to test them. Right, uncomfortable to test them. Right, Thomas? Ah, see, I've hijacked this. So
[05:14] that I don't want to do like push me into a pool or or hit me in the face with a fake goat or a cake. I'm just going to do one of those normal sponsorship thingies where I test the quad lock mounts doing something that he
[05:27] said I was never going to do off-road my Land Cruisers. Both of them. I got testing out the new cup holder mount and I'm in here with the regular quad lock mount and the wireless Apple CarPlay. It's a good day. No one gets hurt.
[05:50] Like being aired down would have helped a bit on that one.
[06:12] No, James. It's good. It's a good day. No one got hurt. >> Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Okay, leave him alone. Okay, I told him to do
[06:26] >> Why? >> Because I wanted to demonstrate how good >> What the hell does that have to do with quadlock mounts? quadlock mounts? Christ.
[06:46] [Music] [Applause] one way that this thing is a bit better. >> Go on.
[06:59] >> Golf can do that, mate. >> But this has rally car vibes. Okay, that was a rally car entry, >> right? Okay. Well, it's it doesn't do it all-wheel drive system is complicated and difficult to understand. But
[07:12] understand it. >> Yes. I've realized that if you leave it in normal mode, cuz now if you leave this in track mode, it does what it >> But normal mode is at least consistent. >> Yeah. See, I really It won't turn the
[07:26] way that the Golf does. It doesn't turn on throttle and it barely turns like like it it starts to rotate a little bit on the but it it won't do what the Golf
[07:38] does at all unless you were on a loose surface. Then you could start to do You could use that all-wheel drive system uh more effectively. >> What did you witness? you are operating that automatic like you've operated it
[07:54] your whole life which tells me that this is not a a difficult automatic to get on >> you know a lot of cars that are doing the automatic thing >> in answer to the manual thing like the Amir that automatic is supposedly worse
[08:09] >> I was worried that Toyota would halfass this and it looks from here like it's operating itself just fine it it's a fine automatic I don't think I have anything particularly ex I'm not excited about it,
[08:24] >> It didn't like massively improve the car, but I don't think it hurts it in any way in terms of the experience of the driver. But the way that the steering feels, which is much more kind of old, like I can feel a bit of torque
[08:36] steer, I feel the steering load up, the way that the chassis feels and the way that it sounds, it really it really does feel like an old school hot hatch. >> For new school money. >> For new school money. Yes.
[08:51] >> Like what about the daily driving of this? The the performance on the street is massively different. That I mean, how is that not a nail in the coffin? What know what's weird is that when you're
[09:04] as slow as it just looked. >> But how I agree, but how many people are taking this to a track? >> No. And just as long as there's not a county at all. >> Yeah. or a GTR
[09:18] >> right? >> Well, we experienced when we did the WRX >> Well, we experienced when we did the WRX automatic, that CVT versus the manual. >> The CVT was so slow. The drivetrain loss on these sort of cheaper all-wheel drive
[09:32] rally things in the automatic is bad. And Savage Geese actually did a dyno. And the dyno results between this and the Golf R were absurd, which goes a happened in that quarter mile. Yeah, they were what was it like 100
[09:49] >> Different. Yeah. >> Yeah, that makes sense. Now >> that's quite damning for this, but then I do get on with the automatic in this. It is easy for just livability, but the ride is worse. You got adaptive dampers
[10:02] in the Golf. Here's the thing, though. I'm having a lot of fun driving this. Like, I'm having fun figuring out what it's trying to do.
[10:15] That was >> right. You have to really really grab get it to do something. And I don't know if that's necessarily a bad thing because it reminds me of a hot hatch from the8s, but it also sounds like a
[10:30] >> Yeah, those turbo noises. There's like four different noises as you
[10:44] >> Like the the new Golf has an Acraovich exhaust. This is a crappy [ __ ] >> All right, let's Can I Can we go drive what is arguably a better car in almost
[10:56] every single way? >> No.
[11:18] Welcome to the few. Wait, now hold on a second. First of all, that's my line from the last time we did this video. And it worked because there was context. pig. It doesn't work that way. >> The few hot hatchbacks that can do what
[11:34] >> The few hot hatchbacks that can do what this thing does. Yes, you can do a huge power slide in this. And after driving these back to
[11:47] back today, automatics, manuals, whatever it is, this feels like an M2. Compare it to that. That seems like a >> Yeah. Well, it is in some senses and it is in is in others. So, what I mean by
[12:03] that is that this feels ultra German, ultra refined, ultra precise, right? It's just pure performance and everything is got this soft
[12:15] this soft layer of like synthetic numbingness over top of it. >> Yes. You know what I mean? >> I agree. However, that's true on track. on the road. That translates to insulation and
[12:33] >> Insulation and comfort is not what you want in a hot hatch. You want silliness. there's not enough silliness even though there's a drift mode. >> In your in your Volkswagen hothatch, you want a perfect mixture of all things.
[12:47] want a perfect mixture of all things. That's what Volkswagens do. manual. >> No, the manual gives you a bit more
[12:59] know if that's that's like a years based thing. Maybe the manual now. Oh, there's >> That's so sad. >> There's no manual. I forgot. >> That's right. >> Which my crotch still hurts.
[13:13] >> but didn't lose much actually. >> So, I have the Mark 8. I have the previous before facelift version of this BS. >> And I was very curious about this car because
[13:31] really experience so much. In fact, right now, all I'm experiencing is just how much quicker it feels than the GR. >> So much quicker. It's insane. >> Yeah. >> They haven't changed anything to do with
[13:45] the suspension, so it feels normal. I think that this car is is objectively superior in I think every single measurable way. >> You just you denied that before I got in it. You said actually it was more of a a
[13:58] defeat. >> Yeah. Um >> Um >> yeah. >> So I I maintain what I said is that the the GR Corolla has this
[14:15] >> Yes. of of unfiltered hothatchiness. You can detect when there's torque steer. You can detect when the different. You can detect what the brakes are doing and and and the
[14:29] brakes are doing and and and the suspension is doing. This is a very good fun but very synthetic experience in comparison. >> I don't think it's a bad thing. As far as synthetic experiences go, this is a
[14:42] brilliant car. >> Yeah. And I think I I don't think the aircraft exhaust actually sounds that >> I haven't not on like when you come to a stop and you go and you notice it. >> Start up and turning off the car is when
[14:55] it's most evident. I will say as a good point of it, it's not boommy. It doesn't ruin a highway drive. No, not at all. >> It's been fine. However, in Canada, it's package. Here you can option it separately. So whether you think it's a
[15:09] $3,000 upgrade or not, I don't know. I'd potentially skip it. However, it does >> It does look very cool. And looks are a big looks are a big thing. They are a big looks are a big thing. They are a big thing in cars like this. And I think
[15:23] when we line them up, there's a there's a discussion of desiraability to be had. the more significant changes have happened to the golf. >> Okay. >> Now, visually,
[15:37] >> what are you seeing different here? >> Oh, different. I was just going to compare them, but we'll do differences first. I like that >> Why? >> This R badge on the side and the GTI. It
[15:50] >> I was about to say the GTI is way worse. That's not that offensive. >> That's a cheap move. Okay. Stick in that badge cuz you maybe had spares of the badge cuz you maybe had spares of the rear one. Cheap. This has the black
[16:02] only are some of the things black. >> Mhm. >> It says black. >> Well, how else would I have known? it black. Yeah, that's very redundant, honestly. The wheels are black. This
[16:14] >> What? What? Can you take this badge off? Cuz I think I would. It is really dumb. Yeah, that's a dental floss away from being >> The girls changed a bit. We now have an illuminated VW badge. This This line's
[16:27] illuminates. Uh, it's it's important to see at night which brand is behind you. >> Uh, otherwise, nothing really different on the rear except these Acraovich Acraovich, haven't they? You can tell when. Yeah, it's got the little dots and
[16:41] >> and that's it. Otherwise, it's still the Mark 8. We do not benefit from Europe's uh beautiful new rear tail lights. They have an upgrade and we don't. And these look pretty cool. >> I maybe prefer them with a bit of
[16:54] >> That's the Golf on the outside. >> The Golf always has just looked like a >> Yes. >> And it continues to just look like a Corolla. >> I agree. Do you know? Do you see what I
[17:09] >> It looks spicy. >> No one can mistake this for a normal on the hood. It's got huge fender flares, body kit. Like it looks >> also this is now standard carbon fiber roof.
[17:23] Morizo edition. >> I think it was also in the premium um We can't remember all the details. We're sorry. However, after today, I used to see this as a spicy salsa red, and now I see it as Hines's ketchup.
[17:39] >> Oh, I see. >> This is not a quick can be very spicy. >> Yes. Thomas is not He doesn't do too well with spice. Multiple times I've tried to do a Hot Ones Throttle House
[17:51] he knows he can't get past the first sauce. dinner. >> No, but it's what's on the inside that counts. And you got Yeah. a lot of good stuff. So does the Golf. The Golf has
[18:03] changed. The seats inside are a Eurospec thing in the US. Here we can option them >> Wait a second. Does that mean that they're manual? >> The driver the passenger seat was always manual. The driver seat is manual. So
[18:15] which are no cost option in Canada. You lose the electric uh back and forth. They still electrically recline. You lose the memory seats and you lose the >> Oh, that's a big They're lighter. >> They're part of the lighter weight
[18:29] >> Okay. And apparently they are a bit lighter. But that's a big jump from leather. They do however look super cool and the Golf GTI before the Face also had that similar option. >> This is two things. It is unacceptable
[18:42] >> Yeah. >> But also it feels like they didn't care to give it whatever the buttons are necessary to make it do the things with the differential and all that. >> And they made absolutely no attempt at
[18:57] making it look exciting. It but it has a manual handbrake. Oh, okay. >> And you can do a full fat handbrake turn in this, which you can't in that. >> I have. Yeah, but this does it with the drift mode. I have no problem with this
[19:09] at all. It's Well, as long as I ignore the price. If you say, "Here's the spicy the price. If you say, "Here's the spicy all-wheel drive Corolla." silence me. If you said, "Here's the spice.
[19:27] >> Yeah. Continue." If you said to me, "Here's the spicy." >> So I Please, sorry. >> If you told me that this was
[19:44] that this was just the spicy Corola with all That's it. I'm going I'm done. I'm done. Before
[20:02] Corolla, I was going to say that I have no real qualms with it. Or I wouldn't if it was just 10 grand less. The price puts it in real danger because the Golf is superior in every single important way. But as Thomas said, for some the
[20:15] slightly more insulated German vibe of the VW might not be everyone's cup of tea. While the Gulf was graduating Magna Don't [ __ ] much louder, even with the Acropovich exhaust, the GR spent the semester behind the art building
[20:29] lighting up a smoke with the Delta Integra. It has its own flavor and one that given the choice we would still have with three pedals. Thanks for watching. Hi, me again here to talk about Quadlock, who did support the
[20:42] video, which was very nice of them. And they sent us a few things to test. One actually really cool. You like put it in and twist it and it just locks into any size cup holder and then you can have your phone off the windshield.
[20:55] Visibility off-road is important and it keeps it out of the sun I found so that overheat because that's what iPhones do is overheat. And then the best thing that they sent was this little dongle here to make my CarPlay, which is just
[21:09] regular plug-in CarPlay in this old thing wireless. And it worked instantly. Uh that I'm not going to give back to them. Uh, so don't tell them that. There we go. I managed to get something out without James finding a way to ruin it.
[21:22] that you can head to Quadlock's website and use the code throttlehouse 10 for something to mount your phone to literally anything. And even though exactly prove how secure they are, my other testing did. So check them out.
[21:39] other testing did. So check them out. Thanks for watching. That's the new Golf R. And now it's automatic only, which means Volkswagen
[21:51] doesn't think I need this leg. So, off with the leg.