Vw 😊 makes fun to drive cars and had many features 20 years b4 most cars 🚙 😊

Great job on this comparison! Sadly, greedy Stealerships ruined the GR Corolla

Never hate on toggle switches

I'm just glad they're both making fun cars still🎉

Depends what you want Responsible and refined, get the VW Fun and engaging, get the Corolla

Gr corolla all day. Got mine 7 months ago after test driving both

Rolf R often has the benefit of not being hype-taxed. Like yeah, it’s 7k more MSRP, but good luck finding a GR Corolla for that much less at a dealership. If a price gap is your deciding factor, good luck, cause the cars are probably gonna be the same price at dealerships so you might as well get the golf R

It’s Golf for me, thank you very much.

Rename the video to: Toyota Dealership Markup vs Volkswagen Dealership Markup Comparison

Corolla all the way, more reliable and fun, better tuning potential, the only downside is it doesn't have armrl rest

VW golf r for sure and it's easier to obtain, Toyota is stupid for intentionally making less and causing dealer markups. eventually if they want to make money they will make more. if not people will buy other brands

The GR looks huge side-by-side with the Golf. At the limit, they both handle about the same in my eyes. Both need a big fat rear sway bar.

Wow that face of the golf really grew on me when it first came out I was like wtf is this

The Toyota will be a collector's,besides everyone has a golf and its way too common and will never be as realible

Great review and either choice is a good one, depending on what you like. I wanted a new R but the dealer markups here are $5-7K. I stumbled on a dealership 400 miles away and negotiated a much better price, making the long drive well-worth it. I decided early against the GR since the markups here make the car nearly as expensive as an R, and with 3 cylinders? Not for me.

I really wish Toyota made a GR Sedan with available sunroof.

Give me the Golf R. You can keep the little 3-banger engine with the overheating AWD system.

GR Corolla, self limited production caused high markups on Core units. Strictly the base unit if we are discussing price gap - no limited slip, no JBL, no heated/cooled seats, no function air ducks for front clip/hood, no armrest and the interior leaves a lot to be desired. Again, find one at the base price of 36k and you got me - its the ABSOLUTE buy. Circuit vs R - no contest, R takes it easily.

Thsese are over 50 grand in Canada.. Toyota allows dealer fee making the core close to 60 grand. Might as well buy the 3 series

Golf R is objectively the better daily car IMO and it's also a sleeper when it comes to performance. Its got Adjustable Power Seating with 3 memory buttons, Heated AND Ventilated Seats, Dual Climate Control, Back up camera WITH Projectile lines, Front and Rear parking sensors, Leather seats, Carbon Fiber dash, Customizable LED interior lighting, Comes in either Manual or DCT, Better Gas Milage, Better Sound System via Harman Kardon, Better Cabin Dampeing, etc. Performance wise Its got 15 more HP and, 17lbs more Torque AND has launch control. Is faster than the newest Type R and GR Corolla in a drag race. Does 0-60 time in 4.2 with DCT. The engine sounds way better than the GR (GR has a ton of buzz noise cause of the 3-cylinders). The GR Corolla AWD System also has a overheating problem which goes back to the GR Yaris and Toyota still hasn't fixed it! 2023 MK8 Golf R vs FL5 Civic Type R RACE! | Stock kzfaq.info/get/bejne/frOGlcymrb2Um40.html Toyota GR COROLLA VS VW GOLF R kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z7mgmtie3NvdnYk.html 2023 MK8 Golf R 0-60 & 1/4mi Runs STOCK! | Dragy Verified (4.2 time) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isWIqq6D2rjPmHU.html 2023 Toyota GR Corolla engine sounds kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j5ZzrKeG35yafYU.html MY GR COROLLA OVERHEATED AT THE TRACK... (There is more video evidence out there and Forums of owners talking about this problem) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p9Ckdqips9u2Y4E.html

People are brainwashed into thinking that every Toyota is going to last a million miles. Lol you guys are in for a shocking surprise

the GR is amazing but for the same price as the golf r i’d rather the luxury of the R interior over the gr interior

The noise, stiffer ride, cheap interior, and lack of space will grow become too much over time in the Corolla. It may be fun in the beginning but it will become played out. Give me the Golf R all day

A hot hatch is not supposed to be "sophisticated" and "adult". It is supposed to be childish and fun. Throw in the 7K price difference, and Toyotas reliability and for me it is a no brainer to take the GR.

Golf R is better in every conceivable measure.

VW is almost 10 years before other cars

I marvel at some of the absurd comments on here. You can drive the cartoonish Corolla, a car that Pee Wee Herman would drive, or drive a refined, sophisticated, engaging (yes, they are) Golf R that will still look modern and timeless 20 years into the future. For all of you talking about resale values, used Golf R’s have held their values very well, with five year old Golfs sometimes selling for nearly their new price. And for reliability, I see more Toyotas abandoned on the side of the road than VWs. Fact is, if you take care of your car, a VW will last every bit as long as the Toyota. A young woman side-swiped us a couple years ago, and we ended up driving a Toyota 4-Runner as a rental. What a gas-guzzling pile of junk. I wouldn’t own a Toyota if someone paid me to. Nope, we love VWs, which are driver’s cars, loads of fun, and economical to boot.

Lost me at 3 cylinder

The video provided a lot of useful information but a track comparison without laptimes makes no sense at all unless you're from the same woke school of thought who think giving students grades is anti-progressive. Petrolheads know darn well that there is much more to a car than its time around a track but nonetheless it would be good to know the time instead of giving us the usual crap conclusion about how everyone is a winner.

Corolla ❤

I just want to point a few things out: The GRC always gets points for it’s adjustable differential split but people fail to mention that 70-30 doesn’t put 70% to the rear, it *allows* 70% to go to the rear. In real world driving, you cannot kick the rear out at all on dry pavement. Like what so ever. This is not true of the golf. My next point piggybacks off the above; the golf’s “trick” differential doesn’t allow more power to go to the rear, only 50% can just like always. What it does is allow ALL of that 50% to go to ONE wheel. This is what induces oversteer. And it does it very well. I understand fair comparison as well but it’s worth noting that the golf wasn’t developed with a 6sp at the forefront. It’s only available in the US market. The DSG is much faster in every measure and certainly does not make the GRC the same in acceleration. A DSG 8R is like a full second faster in both 0-60 and 1/4 mile. Even more than a second in some instances. Lastly, it’s not always fair to say the GRC is “much” cheaper than the golf because you NEED dual LSD’s from the performance pack and such on the core to make it even remotely desirable. This pushes the MSRP in the 40+ range and then you’re like within 5k. All in all I’m super happy the GRC exists. Same for the CTR and EN. They’re all great cars for sure but this golf is certainly the most well rounded. It has WAY more features than the others, it’s more luxurious in every aspect, it’s faster in a straight line, and on the same tires, it’s just as fast around tracks as even the CTR. I mean even on it’s abysmal oem tires it was only a few seconds slower on the ring. Just saying.

Golf looks like a boring fish. Front grill looks worse than new Z

The golf is way better looking inside and out. Plus GTI/Rs hold their value better

If you want to go and come back home take the Corolla

Definitely the corolla, not to mention overall quality and reliability...

GR COROLLA BABY

What a stupid question that is.

I would definitely buy a Golf R…..if wasn’t for the stupid haptic controls!

Lower price than R? Find me a GR Corolla that doesn’t cost arm and leg for over sticker price😂

Really, a 3 banger against a well polished German turbo 2.0?

Mk8 Golf R is a complete no go with their stupid use of capacitive buttons on the steering wheel and infotainment console. Stupid move by VW.

GR screams youth, imo. A reason why i didnt go for the type R. Too Tokyo drift-ish for me. 😅 Grabbed a golf R instead. But to be fair ive owned both German and Japanese cars. They both behave differently in their own ways, imo. It really comes down to what you like. Ive had more VW/Audis than any brand so I guess Ive made up my mind. One day i hope to own a 911 GT3😅 😅 🤘🏻

Big NO NO to golf..for me.

🇩🇪 vs 🇯🇵 = Golf R wins!!!

I like my Focus RS better than both of them. However of those two, I’d take a GR. I’m just not a fan of VW’s styling.

To me the GR Corolla is an ugly car. Toyota likes to bolt on ground effects kits to the exterior of their cars in an attempt to make them look sporty...it just looks, well, bolted on, like an after-thought. The headlights are a strange swoopy shape, the fog lights look undersized surrounded by all of that black pladding. 3 exhaust tips and the protruding bumpers are also less attractive than the VW. I think the Golf R styling looks more together than the disjointed boy-racer look of the Toyota.

first of all no one wants a Volkswagen unless they were giving it away for free. it may be fun to drive but man the infotainment is ass in that car and to be honest if u want something fast and fun, u want it to look the part. even nice colorful paints arent even a thing for Volkswagen. not to mention i trust Toyota way more than Volkswagen. id ur looking for something thats fast and fun with the looks and sound. get a hyundai N car. if u want something fun but also grown up u got plenty of American muscle or even electric to choose from. like there is no place for the golf R.

Hyundai Elantra N is better ❤❤❤❤

VW because its fun to drive monthly to your mechanic. Once Toyota, allways TOYOTA (Had my experience with VW.... never again)

Let’s be honest the vw is trash!