EV FIRE VS ICE

摘要

AS THE countdown begins towards the baton pass from petrol power to all-electric propulsion, some unexpectedly intriguing options are beginning to present themselves for hot-hatch fans. All of which begs the question: "Should my next spicy five-door be a rasping turbocharged petrol or should I explore what's out there from the new 'silent generation' - the torque-rich battery electric vehicle?" Performance purists will argue that buying a proper performance hatch while you still can is the only answer. The eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf GTI you see here will likely be the last all-petrol model in a lineage that stretches back almost 50 years - apart from an imminent (and final) mid-life facelift for the Mk8 - before the iconic Golf nameplate transitions towards electrification.