SwiftGTI
Go Kart Champion
Hehe, I left a little comment... "That's odd because according to Motor Trend, the Golf R was faster than the BRZ around Laguna Seca. The result – drumroll, please – was a respectable 1:51.1, which is 0.2 quicker than the lap time for the Subaru BRZ."
You forgot or conveniently left out an important detail. They had to fit the Golf R with max performance summer tires (Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2) to match the laptimes of the stock BRZ. If you added the same tires to the BRZ, the Golf R would have been behind by 1-2 seconds/lap.
I agree with the reviewer in the video. The Golf R is a solid daily driver/GT car, but not as sporty or track-ready as the other two. Nothing wrong with that, and AWD has its advantages in inclement weather.