The all-new Volkswagen Golf GTI has been unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show – and is available with an optional power upgrade for the first time.
The standard mk7 Golf GTI comes with a 2.0-litre TSI turbocharged petrol engine that produces 217bhp, but you can also order a new Performance Package, which ups the power to 227bhp.
Acceleration from 0-62mph takes 6.5 seconds in the standard model and 6.4 seconds in the Performance Package.
The new GTI is 18 per cent more efficient than before, which translates to 47mpg with the standard six-speed manual gearbox, and CO2 emissions of 139g/km.
VW will offer a six-speed DSG gearbox, which has no effect on performance but does worsen fuel economy slightly, with the standard GTI’s figure down to 44.1mpg.
VW has hinted the GTI will cost much the same as the outgoing car, which starts from £25,650. Order books open late next month, with the first UK deliveries scheduled for June.
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I have a Mark 6 GTI (had the Mark 5 GTI too), absolutely love it! However this new car is pretty much the same to look at and to be honest, I dont like the alloys! I preferred the ones on the concept, 5 spoked ones!
Will I buy another?, perhaps not this time! My money's on the BMW 1 series M Sport.
Well done VW, another great car, but sadly, not different enough from the Mark 6 to make me part with nearly 30k! I await the Mark 8! - which at the rate VW change models will probably be in 2016!!