What could it have done if it wasn't a factory effort?
VW Golf GTI Clubsport lap time at Nürburgring Nordschleife
VW Golf GTI Clubsport completed a lap of Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7 minutes and 54 seconds.
| Track | Nürburgring Nordschleife |
| Type | flying start |
| Vehicle | VW Golf GTI Clubsport (Mk VIII) |
| Power / weight | 300 ps / 1436 kg |
| Time | 7:54.000 |
| Average speed | 156 kph (97 mph) |
| Submitted | 1 year ago by jeremyclarkson1 |
| Views | 103 |
Reference: Volkswagen AG - VW Golf GTi Clubsport Nurburgring
Lello75 11m ago
jeremyclarkson1 11m ago
8:02.66 with Sport Auto.
It’s never been the best hatchback on track tbh
jeremyclarkson1 11m ago @Corvolet3
I30 N has better tires, I’ll admit tho it’s still pretty impressive. I estimated the Megane RS Trophy to do an 8:01 as the Trophy R did a 7:55 and the Civic Type R did an 8:01 with them. All very close company!
jeremyclarkson1 11m ago @Corvolet3
What’s makes it worse is the old GTI TCR did an 8:04.92, I expected a bigger gap between the MK7 TCR and MK8 Clubsport
Corvolet3 11m ago @jeremyclarkson1
For real? Yeah I remember that. The Mk7 facelift is just really well balanced, and if you ask me, the only model that is actually better in the Mk8 generation is the Golf R. And I'm saying just the Golf R because that special edition really isn't faster (or in some instances actually slower) than the normal R.
jeremyclarkson1 11m ago @Corvolet3
But even the MK7.5 Golf R with the old man Horst von Saurma did an 8:04, only 2 seconds slower then a MK8 Golf R with sport auto, the MK7.5 was great
