Own 2010 APR Stage 1 3dr cw GTI. also have 2010 Shelby GT500 Kona Blue silver stripes Mustang. Everyone expects the Shelby to be real fast . Hardly anyone realizes how quick the GTI is . This is sort of like having your cake and eating it to . Want to go crazy with a tire smoking burnout the Shelby's perfect . Want to enjoy the finesse of a 254 hp and 297 lb-ft. torque german engineered VW carving up a canyon rd the GTI's perfect . Comparing these types of cars is really fruitless. Both quite different both a hell of a lot of fun for the money.