The clever PR people over at Volkswagen have come up with another great way to hype up the soon to be sixth generation
VW Golf GTI. The website, projectGTI.com, takes you behind closed doors and into the realm of the automotive engineers that are responsible for this super bunny. After a short video demonstration highlighting the best features of the new GTI, it’s worth the wait; you get to pilot a Scalextric version of the VW around the miniature test track. Just for fun, floor it through a tight corner and watch what happens when you run off the track.
Volkswagen officially showed off the production version of the Golf VI GTI in Geneva last week, and now we know how serious “production-ready” really is. Although the new GTI is not expected to be on sale in Europe until later this spring (fall for the U.S.), we caught these fully-baked cars among the other Golfs at VW’s Wolfsburg factory. There were multiple full production GTIs in three and five-door form at the main Golf factory and VW headquarters in Wolsfburg, Germany.
Orders for the new GTI only started last week. Volkswagen only builds cars when ordered directly by the customer or the dealer, so these early GTIs are likely part of the first batch for dealerships to show off.
This GTI gets a 10 hp improvement over its predecessor. This means the turbo four-cylinder engine now makes 210 hp and top speed is now 148 mph. The engine is mated to either a manual or a DSG (electronically controlled dual-clutch automated manual) transmission.
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Most of you folks haven’t heard about Lexmaul. Well, Lexmaul is a tuning house specialised in customizing German vehicles. The latest work of the tuner is the Golf V GTI tuning kit.
The kit consists in new side sills, re-designed rear bumper with integrated double exhaust system and black painted alloy wheels. The surprise of the tuner is at the engine! Due to the ECU tweaking the engine is capable to develop 248 hp while for the Golf GTI Edition 30 the engine develops 308 hp and 395 Nm pf torque! No words about the price yet!
Newing, a well respected Japanese tuning company known for the stylish bodykits built especially for Vw cars. Newing unveiled its latest masterpiece baset on the
Vw Golf GTI, the GTI RSR. The RSR bodykit consists in a nice set of 20” alloy wheels, carbon front lip, rear roof spoiler, double exhaust system and new suspension kit. Also, the side skirts of the car include side sills built in order to cool the rear brakes. For the interior the tuner choosed new custom sport buckets that add a plus of sportivity to the car.
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Maybe not all of you knew, but 25 years ago the iconic Golf GTI Pirelli edition was launched in the UK. The car feature as you figured Pirelli tyres but especially the ‚P’ alloy wheels. Today it seems that the German manufacturer choosed to rewrite the history by launching the 2008 Vw Golf GTI Pirelli edition in the UK.
The new vehicle features the 2.0-litre FSI engine used on the „standard” GTI but which has been upgraded from 200 to 230hp making possible the sprint from 0-100 km/h in just 7.2 seconds and the top speed close to 240 km/h. To make the care more stable 18” alloy wheels were added with a set of 225/40 R18 Pirelli P-Zero tyres!
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Hofele, the innovative company in the product-range of car-accessories especially for German manufacturers like Audi and VW, recently unveiled the Hofele-Design-Edition kit for the Golf GTI.
Using only high-tech accessories and super light materials developed in order to define the elegance of the Hofele Brand the Golf GTI kit features a front bumper with 2 big air intakes, sideskirts fitted as well with two air intakes, but also a rear apron to use with sports muffler.
To increase the power of the vehicle Hofele also used 4 tube sports muffler. Featuring four oval tail pipes the exhaust system is suitable for the well-known 2.0 FSI Turbo engine but, according to the manufacture, this is possible only mounted in combination with the rear apron.
The staff at US motoring magazine “Car and Driver” (January 2008 issue) have chosen the Golf GTI as one of the “2008 10Best Cars”. The GTI had already made a return to this list last year — following an absence of 21 years — and has now successfully defended its place in 2008.
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Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced that the GTI has been named one of Car and Driver magazine’s 10BEST cars in its 26th annual competition. This is the fifth time the GTI has earned this distinction, including a back-to-back 10BEST nomination for the 2007 and 2008 models.
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Volkswagen announced that they were awarded two “Motorist Choice Awards” from PRIMEDIA’s IntelliChoice.com and AutoPacific for the 2007 Volkswagen GTI and Jetta.
The Volkswagen GTI was the top choice for the Image Compact Car category, while the Jetta was named the winner in the Mid-Size Car category. The award, which recognizes the most satisfying cars and trucks that are also the least expensive to own is based on a combination of IntelliChoice.com cost of ownership data and (...)
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More than 25 years ago VW introduced the first pocket rocket and started a niche market that is now a style statement for many car enthusiasts. We wanted to build a car that let the best of the GTI and the best of the aftermarket kick asphalt! The H&R Project GTI has something for all. It is subtle, but different. The tone on tone paint difference is not always noticeable, but the power and handling definitely is! The new GTI has an automatic built-in market. The young car guys who built GTIs 25 years ago cant wait to get their hands on this new car. The Y Generation likes a well-engineered vehicle that offers a huge array of aftermarket to add to their style. H&R GTI has it all!
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