It’s not even that you have to look at a screen. It’s that between the animations and navigating the sub menus it takes SECONDS LONGER to change a setting compared to a physical button. Easily 20 to 50 times as much time compared to pressing a physical button!

I'm a millennial, and I still agree that physical switches are more intuitive than screens. Lots of the time less is more.

It's OK Harry, you can say touch screens are shite, we all agree.

Loveliest and most interesting moment of the video: 15:48 when that fantastic sculpture of a car, that 8C, comes past.

Cannot wait to (hopefully) see a review of that tvr cerbera in the background....

Manufacturers... please bring back knobs and switches, I couldn’t cope with this in the future 😣

These screens are getting more convoluted than trying to enter a cheat code on a PS1.

Dials and buttons need to be here, they are essential.

That clicking every time you press a button on the screen, would have my whacking my car with a branch like John Cleese did. 😠 Mega annoying!!!

who ever thought touch screens belonged in cars needs get a license and see how bad they are for themselves

Those screen menus are not only annoing, they're dangerous. You can be sure many lives will be taken because of them!

I think now that you’ve painted the wheels on the Yaris we’ll need another 20-minute review on the Yaris on your “better bits of road.” Love watching you enjoy that car.

i really couldnt be arsed with all the menu's.

Mk2 oak green Golf 16valve with big bumpers stunning 😍

I always find it odd that they make cars as safe as possible in the event of a crash, yet add more and more distractions to the driver which will lead to more accidents.

£40K+, and you have to prop the bonnet open with a stick! 🤦🏻‍♂️

No one going to mention the Red Alfa Romeo 8c at 15:48? Great video as always.

£53K for a Golf...I must have entered an alternate dimension....

I have a 7.5 R and after watching this and seeing that interior and screen set up, I'm mighty glad I have!!!!

17:00 The Spitfire, Pagoda SL, Midget drive by was by far the highlight of the video...

Time was the heater had three dials i) Speed ii) Temperature iii) Direction. Life was easier back then.

I just finished watching Iain's channel on the BMW 3.0 CSi and now a new Harry's. I love Sundays.

I’ve never seen Harry get a cob on before...thought he was going to take a hammer to the screen

Long sleeve shirt... gillet... proper watch... distinguished look... knowledgeable and truthful... Harry is a total legend.

Been waiting all day on the Harry’s garage to drop

Totally agree about the infotainment screens being a major distraction, just give us knobs or sliders for things like heat! They all spend a huge amount making cars safer then take our eyes off the road when we want to change anything, go figure! Great review Harry as always. PS it's easy to see why the police struggle when chasing these things!

It's great seeing Harry review a modern car in his classic style!

Maybe the confusing screens are to keep the thief on your driveway a few seconds longer, when it’s inevitably stolen.

Harry has created a new word, "heptactic controls", I think that means as in heptathlon, it's a haptic control that takes seven goes to make it work!

And people wonder why drivers are distracted from driving, while driving, these days...

Love seeing exotic McLarens and such but I do find it refreshing to see cars I can afford such as this R and the GR Yaris. So appreciate the variety, Harry!

Harry sounds so annoyed and frustrated 😂😂 I don’t blame him!

15:48 Alfa 8C!! Wow!!

That TVR in the background!! :) :)

People have been bragging about Porsches having too many buttons and still that's the way to go, you can use each of them without looking for menus on screens...

I love how that Red Alfa Romeo 8c just casually passes by at 15:48. Never seen one driving on the road in my life. Lovely vid Harry

The squiggly cover on the engine is both for sound deadening and to meet pedestrian impact protection

Gloss steering wheel buttons would annoy me every time I sat in it. I'll never own one so all good there I guess. And can we have the Mk6 wheels back please?

It’s so refreshing to see an honest review of this car, for me this new R displays the exact problems with a lot of new performance cars. It’s too expensive, too complicated, and most of the time too fast to enjoy at sensible speeds. Another numbers battle with other manufacturers rather than making something that’s genuinely engaging.

You can get it past the management indoors! Great line and great review as always👍🏻

Really nice colour combo on the GR Yaris Harry, I've had a black one for almost 6 months now, TVR video next please, Rj in Oz

wow that blue TVR 😍😍

The GR YARIS took me by surprise...your (hopefully first) review of it is one of the very best on YT (if not the best) I ordered mine at the beginning of feb. and have still no delivery date (here in germany) :-( Can't wait to drive it through the nearby eifel mountains :-)...I ordered mine also in red and it will come with different wheels...

Best reviewer out there. Cheers Harry!

Saw a MK8 R the other day, still havent warmed to the design yet, I think the MK7.5 is a much nicer looking car. Not that my opinion matters 😂 this car will still fly out of the showrooms

Sundays and a new video from Harry,well worth looking forward to

Golf bag, all clubs included. Perfect 18 hole in one car. Harry is top 3 reviewer of cars . Insightfully, no nonsense. I want me a Golf R now! 🥰

Those Golf wheels really are gopping!

Loving the shirt Harry :)

If I had to choose between the VW and the Toyota. I'd have the red one.

Love your reviews. keep it up!

Best Yaris body/wheels colour combo I've seen !

TVR lurking in the background! 😍

"How manufacturers continually try to keep your eyes off the road"

Nicest integration of the cruise radar sensor I have yet seen👍

The last shot in the show sums the car up perfectly.

Good review Harry. I have the GR Yaris as well and would say there is a raw edge to it. Which to me is more desirable, maybe the Golf is a bit too sensible. The Yaris appeals to the inner child, with the right amount of technology/safety kit added.

I wonder how many accidents the touch screen era will produce? How is it any different from taking your eyes off the road to play candy crush on your phone If you spill your drink on the start button in the console will you not be able to start your car?

Great video Harry.

This weekend I had the pleasure of driving an old Jeep XJ 2.5TD. All rocket-switches, no electronics at all, no power assist and a long-travel Gear knob... Hell, it felt good driving again.

It's that a TVR cerbera in the background? Not seen that before, hope a video is coming soon!

Could you also review the new Golf Clubsport and let us know if the weighty savings and FWD only give it more thrills?

Love that Harry is reviewing a current, tech filled hot hatch but everyone wants to hear about the TVR with zero tech from the 90s! And probably hear it too!

Great review harry as always! Nurburgring mode with the performance pack means manual mode will not change up automatically and it will bounce of the limiter! I've tested this a bit in a review on my channel 👍

Even my 1.4TSI Mk7 has gas struts for the bonnet. Clearly some cost-cutting going on.

Iain Tyrrell and Harry's Garage make for a perfect Sunday evening's viewing.

Looking forward to seeing that Cerbera in a future video...

Absolutely spot on with the lack of specification options. I’d be in a Golf R if I could have green and no privacy glsss!

"my GR Yaris" ? Congatulations!

That screen is a red flag to buying this car!!

by 6min into the clip I already was turned off by the Golf - silly dash and menu system and no reversing camera. Thank you Harry as usual for the indepth analysis.

I wanted a GR, but with a dog and a child I went for a 5 door 2017 (pre-GPF) manual Golf R 7.5 instead, and I don't regret it, the car does it all and with a res-delete sounds great too.

Borrowed a standard Mk8 Golf for work a couple weeks ago. I can completely sympathise with your grumbles about the infotainment and wheel buttons. The screen also froze for long periods several times over the 2 days I had it. Bring back BUTTONSSS!!

That screen, and those controls and noises would slowly drive me nuts! Death by a thousand cuts. Found the previous gen R (and GTI) the same too re inert steering and interfering DCT. So close to being great.

Loads of really good shortcuts for most of the essential things, once you’re used to the system it’s easy to use, I got a new one a couple of weeks back and the system is easy to use to be fair.

My 84 GTI made me fall in love with VW. Would love to own this vehicle

Wasn’t keen on the GR but now I realise Toyota can still pull one out of the bag with this.. will be a appreciating classic like all the old Toyota performance cars.

Love how he calls the Golf "dull" - summed it up in 1 word!

I audibly laughed when he said "No cameras on this car" ... That hidden camera is actually so cool. lol

Some of these setting are the same as previous model and the media system is brilliant and actually once you learn how it works along with the steering wheel controls and dash it is far better them knobs and switches. Also what I love is you can set settings for different drivers which even have driver seat positions, radio channels etc. etc. Nothing worse then getting into car after wife has been driving and have to change everything before you drive off... This like the previous is a real 'sleeper' and brilliant to take for a spirited drive and still brilliant for the day to day commute ... Some of the options are a bit expensive and I have heard more colors will come in the future, but does not worry me as like the Lapiz Blue. The cost of the exhaust is a joke (over $3,000 in Oz but will not arrive here until 2022). Also not having Dual injection was a big mistake. Then different options etc. for different countries is annoying as well. Will be interesting to see what the first Special Edition will have on it... I have the last of the MK7.5's 2020 Final Edition great car... another review on the MK8 is interesting from a USA perspective. The R is a very underrated motor vehicle... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7mDqa9137Del3U.html

Nice but I see a new addition to the garage! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

Nice TVR in the background

Drove the car with the performance pack and akrapovic exhaust package, the larger roof spoiler is also a must in my opinion. The car I drove was CHF 66,300 ( I live in Switzerland ) It’s a stunning drive but the steering is a bit limp… the exhaust sound is amazing with the akrapovic system but yes definitely very expensive. I’m a tech savvy 52 year old and found the tech, screens and menus etc to be intuitive and a doddle to navigate and use. All in all a superb effort from VW was my opinion. It’s one for my wife, she has had an R32, Audi S3 and Mini C.Man JCW and we are shortlisting the Golf R… will probably go for an S3 … another great review Harry 👍

Looking forward ,to another long road trip in the lambo 👏🏻👏🏻

I’m noticing a trend with these reviews on the most recent cars- tech just dominates the experience now and it’s a real shame. Hope the new 86 doesn’t saddle itself with all this nonsense.

LOL 17:55 "...You can get it past the management..."

HAHA Hey Harry! 😆 That screen interface looks like a real pain in the golf r....arse lol 😆😆😆😆

Love the Triumph club passing by

Yaris wheels look great 👍

Civic Type R please! As a longtime evo reader, I feel like we are calibrated the same so I want to hear your thoughts on that car relative to the Golf R and GR Yaris (which we don’t get in Canada)

I love '"touchscreen screen" sentence. Pure Harry :)

My old Hilux has lovely mechanical buttons that control everything. And they all work. No sport modes, climate options, steering modes, fake noise or LEDs. I have 3 litres yet only 170bhp. Its slow and noisy. But I like looking at modern cars and I'm amazed at the tech available in "normal" cars nowadays.

Would love to see/hear your opinion on the gti club sport.

Having worked on most cars I notice post deiselgate VW products have taken a dive in quality. Not just in plastics and switchgear but also engineering depth. The Type R is very powerful however.

I grew up right next to where thid guy lives. It's so weird watching him drive round the roads that my parents drove me along on the way to school

Great review as always Harry. The dash would drive me mad. Unless you have a 12 year old passenger to operate it, I just couldn't be bothered. I'm very tempted by a GR Yaris, the Golf is too dull to get excited about for me.

Harry thank you so much for showing me why I should just keep my MK7 GTI instead of moving up to the MK8. Way too many things I would NOT be happy to give up just to have the newest one.

Powered by Microsoft it seems, judging by the spinning cursor deep in a menu. Meanwhile the lights have changed and the Yaris is out of sight. Switches and knobs for needed controls on the move is a must, no question. Menu of lesser changed controls is fine while stopped. Great car though, honest review.

Love the cars! But what i really want to know is what kind of watch are you wearing Harry? I absolutly love it!

For all it’s special aspects, chassis, engine, brakes, it doesn’t sound like it’s a car that provides a particularly emotive driving experience