The first series-production VW Golf rolled off the production line in Wolfsburg in March 1974. Now, the 8th generation Golf GTI is on the road and is creating a sensation with even more driving pleasure and goosebumps for its drivers.
All of the components inside the GTI are carefully tailored to give the vehicle its distinctively sporty look. This starts with the stainless steel pedals and extends to the decorative trims and hallmark stitching all the way to the black headliner.
With its 2.0 TSI engine, the performance hatch delivers an impressive 180kW that races from 0 to 100 km/h in just 6.4 seconds – and enables you to reach a top speed of 250 km/h (regulated). This amount of power is not just fun on straight roads, but on windy roads, too. Here, you’ll also receive a helping hand from the front differential lock, which stabilises your Golf GTI if it slips and helps you to keep control in the process. Wherever you are heading, you can make the most of this powerful engine.
Climb in and hit the gas, the DSG dual clutch gearbox with its brand new smaller selector lever guarantees fun behind the wheel without any interruptions. That’s because you can change seamlessly between the gears and even reduce your fuel consumption.
With the innovision cockpit, both displays, measuring 10 inches (25.4 cm) and 10.25 inches (26.04 cm), are available. The resulting display landscape not only contains classic content like the rev counter, speedometer and mileage counter, but also other useful data in an even clearer and more detailed display. You can even set up favourite functions on the home screen, just like the way you would configure your smartphone.
The Golf 8 GTI is available at South Coast Volkswagen, visit them to find out more.
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