Who cares who's faster 0-60. The ST is probably faster. The times published for the ST were with a manual car while the 0-60 times in the low 6s for the GTI were all done using launch control and DSG. My point is that a stage 1 GTI/stock ST is going to be faster than a stock GTI. Even with a tune they are getting the same results as us with a tune or stage 2.
The ST that was 313 whp listed above has a big turbo in it. I don't know which one because the development company hasn't released information on it yet, but once again...seems to be in the exact same realm as a GTI with K04.
Good point about the turbo sizes. In my experience a full bolt-on, k04 (stock turbo) MS3 is about as fast as the full bolt-on k04 GTI. I bet that equality would hold true for a k04 ST as well. On the whole all these cars are very similar which makes a lot of sense from a quantized standpoint.
Only major differences are the engine geometry specifics - for example, the MS3's larger 2.4 L engine makes better use of the k04 down low, since at equivalent RPMs it's pushing around more air.
Personally, I'm content with the GTI as it stands against it's competition. For the everyday driver it's got the precision and refinement the others are still struggling to meet. 'Nuff for me.
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