NorthGTI said:
I assume you mean the original 60s Mini, as the VW GTI format has been around since the late 70s/early 80s. The current Mini is a responce to the GTI.
No I am saying the design, features and everything they tried to put into the MKV GTI were copied from successes of the MINI. a lot of the design was modeled from the cooper
i never said derived, modeled after is a better term. The cooper took the class to a new place and vw saw this and modeled its design to reflect some of the successes mini had. The roots comment seems silly since i dont remember the original gti having auto dual climate ac and autowashing xenoin headlamps. There is a rootrs argument to be made but not here i dont think.
In this arena where we are comparing cars and rivarlies it is obvious that VW saw what MINI had created, reinvigorated, redefined...whater... and went for that same feeling and flair and idiosyncracies put it into the GTI. I see it much more related to a MINI than a civic.