At 3:01 PM -0500 1/28/00, Patrick Austin wrote:
And the top speed is a couple mph faster due to the shape of the car.
I don't know about that, AFAIK, nobody's ever published any
reliable/scientic figures or comparison, just hand-waving arguments.
Straight from the factory, both cars are rev-limited in top speed,
anyway. I understand the drag created by the large low pressure zone
and resulting turbulence resulting form the rather abrupt tail of the
GTI, but the GLI's trunk isn't exactly a wonder of aerodymanics
either. MPG figure can't be used to judge, since the weight diffence
would skew the results; but a coast-down measurement (not the dyno
type) might tell which is 'sleeker', if all the other variables are
well controlled.
Lee
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