Admit it: You're among the biased masses. You've already taken sides. You've already found your own winner. Hardened enthusiasts like you make comparing the 2006 Volkswagen GTI to the 2006 Honda Civic Si even harder. Thanks a lot.
Actually, truth be told, we're not impervious to the pull of our historical favorite either, which is why we put these cars through the ringer. We spent 10 days driving them back to back over wet mountain roads and freeway expansion joints, blasting them through our usual haunts and taking them to the track to split some hairs and bust some myths.
In the process we learned a lot about the two darlings of front-drive performance. But it wasn't until the final points calculations were in that we could declare a winner. When the tally was complete it wasn't just close, it was a squeaker of the tiniest margin, a photo finish of fast.
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