I currently own one of each and posted comparisons of the two several months ago. As most people said, what you expect and what you want should be the deciding factors. There are some significant differences, but both are a blast to drive. My R32 has 35K miles and has had zero defects or problems. Same for the RX-8 with 9K miles. The VW certainly has better resale value. Since it's been printed that the next generation R32 will come only with a DSG gearbox, the person who wants the regular manual has no choice but the Gen IV car. I would expect (hope) that factor keeps the resale values high.

 

http://www.evo.co.uk/cargrouptests/c...d_curious.html

 

Thanks for the link, I love Evo magazine.

 

the regular mk5 gti with the revo or apr chip are faster then the r32 mk5. and it is much cheaper

 

This should clear up some questions. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T15Rsjf-FJI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

Nice 6 year bump. Some peoples children.

 

6 year bump AND nothing useful added to the discussion.

Pretend for a moment that this was vaguely recent:
Seriously? The guy is asking about a daily driver and you reply with a track video?

 

If you didn't read, he asked about performance as well as daily driveability. I take it that you didn't like the video. Look, keep your negative comments to yourself. Granted, it is an old thread, I am personally interested in the comparison.

 

Somehow, I'm suddenly reminded of the George Carlin line about watching an old movie "I'm watching dead people!".