Aye - but if it were in silver, red, black, white, ordinary blue... it doesn't have the same effect.
No, I'm unconvinced. I think it looks great from some angles, but bloated from others. The more I look at the more I appreciate some of the detailing.
It looks like a Focus, though. As for the drive, it manages everything that the old Focus did in the handling stakes* but with a better ride, model for model (oh, more room, even quieter, better equipment, so on and so forth).
Some models have funky steering, which isn't supposed to be as handy in terms of feedback. The 2.0 TDCi has funky steering and the 1.6 TDCi has the same set up (as used by the Ka). I'd take the 1.6 for different reasons other than the steering (it's quieter, it's more economical and it's cheaper).
Don't believe everything that Top Gear say, heh! :)
*In my hands. Perhaps a rally driver would say different.
My point was in the driving stakes. The mark five Golf is an exceptional machine and it competed against the previous generation Focus, taking points from the Ford.
The new Focus swamps the Golf with brilliance...
I wish. 15K commute, 15K "funky where does this road go to" driving. We're at 71K right now. This time next year we'll be at the 100K point.