Originally Posted by
pani_k
mk3 GTI is frankly just crap. A 1.8/2.0 focus has the same power and more. Mk2 for me every time.
1.8 zetec as in the Escort GTi and focus is 115bhp??

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The mark3 GTi 16v is a 2.0 with 150bhp and it pisses all over my old GTi, and even the 2.0 duratecs are only 130bhp arent they?
Onto the subject in hand............. i went for a mk3 because its newer, got more mod cons like ABS, air con, discs all round etc, and they are just as nippy as the mk2 as the mk3 has a 2.0 8/16v as opposed to mk2's 1.8.
Ive never drove a mk3 with standard suspension but my mk3 has got a Bilstein sportline kit and it handles like a go kart, also the later mk3s had bigger VR6 brakes up front so there very good as standard, ive never owned a car with such good brakes.
Any other info you want to know fire away.