The Golf in particular violently jumps from 0-60km/h, to the point where you can feel your face muscles being stretched. In the BMW, the rear wheels scamper and skit for traction off the line ...

The BMW is the heaviest of the four cars at 1,690 kilograms (3,726 pounds), while the VW Golf is the lightest ... to real-world performance? The video atop this page should give you the answer.

The facelifted version of BMW’s brilliant M135i, which proved to be one of the real-world stars of the last few years. Along with Volkswagen’s Golf R the M135i became renowned for offering ...