ICYMI: The BMW 128ti vs. Hyundai i30 N vs. Golf GTI Clubsport - which is your money on?
. Renault Sport's latest is a fine effort, but this is PH and a hot-hatch shootout with three automatics when a manual was on offer wouldn't have been right.
In a greasy, grimy south Wales, that basic truth shows. For a car with 300hp, 292lb ft and just the two wheels to deploy them through, the GTI does remarkably well. Where the Mk7 always had that slight delay between wheelspin and torque redistribution, the Mk8's overhaul - including a new Vehicle Dynamics Manager - means the VAQ-enhanced front end responds more sharply. Consequently, and despite the most torque of any FWD Golf ever, the driver has more confidence to deploy it.
The BMW is an oasis of calm by comparison, like swapping an Up GTI for a 3 Series. The ti's interior is nice in isolation, and even more impressive when you consider that this car's as-tested price - £37,540 - is just a couple of hundred pounds more than the base RRP of the Golf. The materials feel way more expensive, the layout is more intuitive and the overall finish plainly superior.
It's all very agreeable. As ever, there's a lot to be said for a cohesive and satisfying-to-drive small car. But the experience is never elevated beyond that. The 2.0-litre, 'B48' four-cylinder turbo isn't the most exciting even between the front wheels of a Morgan, so it stands to reason that in a BMW hatch almost half a tonne heavier it's no thriller. Tied to an auto 'box, it's merely fine - which is a shame in a BMW.
After the BMW - and, to a lesser extent, even the Golf - the Hyundai feels like a proper throwback. Those enormous exhausts gurgle and burp rowdily, there's a strange knob sprouting out between the seats, dials that aren't from a naff driving sim and a large lever in the middle that appears to operate only the rear brakes - curious. It's heartening to see smartphone mirroring, active safety assists and a heated wheel incorporated alongside more traditional, tactile features.
All of which makes a verdict rather tricky. Not only would the best bits of all three make for a hot hatch great, there isn't one of them that wouldn't benefit from significant improvement either. A Clubsport with a manual gearbox might sound predictable, but it would do wonders for involvement. Throw in the Mk7's interior and it would walk this test.
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