Community sentiment toward the Mk3 is defined by comparison to the Mk2. In the Mk2 threads that dominate this listing group, commenters routinely describe the Mk3 as the bloated, over-engineered step down before the Mk4 redemption, and even Mk3 fans concede the US-spec engines were the weak point. …
The Mk3 lives in the Mk2's shadow
Volkswagen GTI (Mk3) · community-sentiment