The Golf all day long......but i am biased. I cannot rate mine enough, excellent car. Although i did test drive the Audi S3 and the Mini bfore i bought the Golf and in all honesty the Golf won hands down for me. For an all round every day car the Golf is great and the added bonus is its very cheap to run, tax and maintain. You can get alot more power from an off the shelf chip aswell
Even Stu really rates it and he is picky