VW Celebrates 40 Years of GTI with Particular Version

PUBLISH MONDAY 10/31

In 1983, Volkswagen launched a sporty variant of its little Rabbit economic system hatchback below the GTI moniker. Volkswagen mentioned it stood for Grand Touring Injection. Few American customers stopped to ask what a tiny economic system automobile with firmer suspension than regular and 90 horsepower (16 greater than the common bunny) needed to do with unique European grand touring vehicles.

They have been too delighted as a result of it was enjoyable to drive.

Volkswagen celebrates the 40^th anniversary of its sporty little GTI in 2023 (no less than within the U.S). To mark the event, the corporate has revealed a particular GTI 40^th Anniversary Version.

Dealing with Enhancements

The 2023 Volkswagen Golf GTI 40^th Anniversary Version goes on sale mid-model yr, with a beginning MSRP of $33,055 for handbook transmission fashions and $33,855 for computerized transmission fashions. Volkswagen additionally prices a compulsory vacation spot price of $1,095 on all Golf fashions.

Today, the Rabbit is lengthy gone. The GTI moniker suits on the Golf, and the automobile is considerably extra refined than that Reagan-era two-door. In 40^th birthday type, it includes a turbocharged 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine making 241 horsepower. It comes mated to both a 6-speed handbook or 7-speed computerized transmission.

DCC energetic dampers, speed-sensitive steering, and efficiency summer season tires all conspire to make it deal with higher than the Golf GTI S it’s based mostly on.

Distinctive Look

It’s obtainable in Twister Crimson or Urano Gray, each unique to the 40^th Anniversary Version, or white and yellow shades, additionally obtainable on the bottom Golf. All 4 choices include a black roof and mirror caps, together with particular Fortieth-anniversary badges and a honeycomb-pattern stripe low on the doorways.

Inside, plaid upholstery and crimson contrast-color stitching costume up the look, whereas a Fortieth-anniversary badge sits on the backside of the flat-bottom steering wheel. Guide-equipped fashions get what VW calls “a golf-ball-inspired handbook shift knob.”

The automaker plans to construct “roughly 1,500 models.”