The 2021 VW Golf GTI Clubsport is a correct rival to the likes of the Honda Civic Kind R, Hyundai i30 N and Renault Megane R.S. and through a latest monitor take a look at, Sport Auto pitted it towards the Honda for a flying lap across the Hockenheimring.

Powering the Golf GTI Clubsport is a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder punching out 296 hp and 295 lb-ft (400 Nm), critical good points from the 242 hp and 273 lb-ft (370 Nm) mustered up by the usual Golf GTI. VW was in a position to extract the additional energy because of an enlarged intercooler, a brand new Continental turbocharger, and retuned ECU software program.

Coupled to this engine is a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission driving the entrance wheels and permitting the automotive to hit 62 mph (100 km/h) in lower than 6.0 seconds and attain a 155 mph (250 km/h) high pace. All of it sounds somewhat spectacular. Nevertheless, is it sufficient to upset the present king of front-wheel drive scorching hatches, the Honda Civic Kind R?

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Throughout the onboard video of the VW’s lap, we will see that it places energy to the bottom very properly and doesn’t endure from a lot understeer, little doubt serving to its time. The DSG additionally shifts via the gears at lightening speeds. The Golf GTI Clubsport set a greatest lap time of two:02.7 on the German monitor.

By comparability, the Civic Type R is bought solely with a six-speed guide transmission, that means the driving force has slightly extra to consider. It recorded a greatest time of two:02.8, simply one-tenth behind the VW.

So, the 2 scorching hatches have been neck-and-neck on the circuit. Now, which one would you somewhat drive, the brand new Golf GTI Clubsport or the Civic Kind R?