2015 Volkswagen GTI, 2015 Volkswagen GTI Images Review :
Version 7.0 of the original hot hatch.
The 2015 Volkswagen GTI, based on the seventh-generation Golf, is the automotive equivalent of airline-pilot intercom chatter. You know what we’re talking about: the pilot’s “from the flight deck” speech. His tone is invariably measured and soothing (with a slight quasi-Southern/military accent). It’s the aural equivalent of a cozy comforter. He could say, for example, “Well, folks, both our plane’s wings have been sheared off, making you little more than marrow in a plummeting aluminum bone. So we’re looking at some alternate landing options. We’ll update you when we have more information,” and you’d barely look up from the SkyMall catalog. (Wow, a Hobbit-shaped garden-hose caddy!)
This latest GTI, which doesn’t go on sale in the U.S. until the first half of 2014, is similarly unflappable. Misjudge a decreasing-radius turn? No worries, the GTI has front-end grip for days, and the tail stays planted. And should you have really overcooked it, there’s a stability-control system that you can’t fully turn off anyway. Jab your big dumb right foot into the accelerator too aggressively on corner exit? No sweat. A trick optional electronically controlled, multiplate, limited-slip differential goes to work, guiding the GTI’s faceted nose without interrupting the power delivery. It is a model of decorum.
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VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 3- or 5-door hatchback ESTIMATED BASE PRICE: $25,000 ENGINE TYPE: turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 16-valve inline-4, iron block and aluminum head, direct fuel injection Displacement: 121 cu in, 1984 cc TRANSMISSIONS: 6-speed manual, 6-speed dual-clutch automatic |
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