The battle lines have been drawn and it was BMW SA who threw down the gauntlet with the local launch of its new 128Ti hatch, and not mincing words about exactly what it is targeting: the Volkswagen (VW) Golf GTI.

VW SA has replied, not by launching the GTI, but revealing the details and specifications of its eighth-generation hot hatch, which will go on sale locally in the second quarter of 2021...

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