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OK I will leave this here too:
7:50 Nurburgring Hotlap.
For comparisons sake:
Renault Megane RS Trophy R: 7:40,10
Honda Civic Type R FL5: 7:44.88
Golf 8 R 20th anniversary: 7:47.31
Golf GTI Clubsport S: 7:49.21
Golf 8 R: 7:51.00
Renault Megane R.S 275 trophy R: 7:54.36
Seat León Cupra 280 MKIII: 7:58.40
VW Golf GTI Clubsport: 8:03.00
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Whilst I’m sure it’s reasonably competent and you clearly like it, based on looks alone, I hate it.
Arguing over whether an MG or a Peugeot has the better interior brings that special Olympics meme to my mind
Would a Born VZ be a better option than both?
15% off a Cupra Ravel at the moment with the benefit of 15 stage DCC
Or wait for the plain looking Polo GTI next year (same car as Ravel)
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Whilst I’m sure it’s reasonably competent and you clearly like it, based on looks alone, I hate it.
That's a completely reasonable opinion to have. Looks are subjective. I think a lot of people here are showing their anti Chinese car bias to be honest.
So its nearly 5 secs slower than a megane 275 despite having over 150hp more
That would seem to backup it relies on out and out acceleration and not handling
That isn't a great comparison - something seems to be broken with the Gallardo and the GT-R was not getting off the line like they do either - IIRC Jimmy used to own one (not sure if it was his own car as I can't be bothered to rewatch the entire video) but maybe wasn't too familiar with it or something - Sam did have to show him how to launch it, definitely some hesitation off the line that isn't normally there with a GT-R.
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Not sure what you're trying to prove here tbh
Do you think you might be biased yourself or consider yourself totally impartial?
As someone with no dog in the fight here I know what my perception is
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I don't think you can draw that conclusion to be honest. The Megane has a top speed of 158mph VS the Xpower's top speed of 124mph.
That suggests to me that the Xpower was probably slightly faster round the corners but the Megane's top speed allowed it to go past the MG4 on the straights.
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Sounds like your making excuses.
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Not sure what you're trying to prove here tbh
Do you think you might be biased yourself or consider yourself totally impartial?
As someone with no dog in the fight here I know what my perception is
Biased. Absolutely. I have an MG4 and actually know what it's like to drive Vs most people on here just not liking it because it's Chinese probably.
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Perhaps, but I am not one of them. We just bought a 3 month old Omoda 7 PHEV and I think it’s great for what it is!
Not excuses - both of those cars are clearly having issues (EDIT: Though I'm not sure if it is a car issue or driver issue with the GT-R) and even the brief bit I watched they are talking about not being able to get launch mode working properly on the Gallardo.
One of the reasons I stopped watching those kind of videos on Carwow though as there always seems to be at least one of the vehicles in the comparison not working properly or breaks during testing - granted it isn't easy to get hold of those vehicles and they probably have to take what they can get a bit.
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I know. The amount of people here who think buying a £35k front wheel drive car with less performance than an almost new £20K car is a good idea is pretty delusional.
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That is an excuse. You are saying the other cars would have probably won if they hadn't been broken.
Your ego is hurt so much its unreal
I'm not implying anything of the sort - just that as comparisons go there are problems with it, maybe one of the other cars would have maybe not and/or by how much.
Isn't it a bit early to be drinking?
In fairness, the original point was effectively 'Doesn't the MG4 Xpower already do this?' in response to a video questioning whether "the e-208 GTI is the electric hot hatch we've been waiting for" and it's probably not an entirely unreasonable perspective.
I'm not convinced there's anything particularly revolutionary about the e-208 GTI in reality, to warrant that sort of clickbait titling.