Just a quick question..................

[jedster0]

One of the guys I work with has just got a Golf GT TDI 150 03 reg

It is badged as a GTI with red I,

Is that how they were badged?

[shao_khan]

VW have used red 'I's at various times to depict certain higher horse power models. I forget how it worked with the GTTDi so it is quite likely as a 150 version it may have come with a red one.

If you look you will see a few on Golf, Passat and even on some Audis as well.

[Mook]

VW got really confused for a while when the 115, 130 and 150 first came out. Some badges were applied by dealers (e.g. GT TDI).

If it's an 03, the GT(red)I will be how it left the factory

[benjie]

And some badges were changed by owners! (spot the colour coded rear badge too!

[kite]

I thought 150's were badged with TDI (all red lettering )

[benjie]

That's 150TDI Boras I think. The Golfs were GTI (red I) But there were 4 build phases on the MkIV and each one had its own kind of lettering. Plus dealers could have/did change them and owners do too. The only hard and fast rule is that there isn't one!

[kite]

I had a 110bhp (red I)

115 and 130bhp were (red DI)

150bhp (red TDI)

From memory, but I am getting on

[benjie]

110 - first build phase (90 = all silver, 110=red I)

115 - another build phase - red DI

130 - another phase - red DI

150 - same phase as 130(?) GT red I.

I have seen some all red TDI golfs though.

[pingpongpo]

Basically, any diesel engine type can have any combination of letters.

[Rustynuts]

General rule is the base model gets the all silver TDI badge, and successive models up the range gain a red I, red DI, and red TDI. When there's a change in engines (new added and old dropped etc.) then the badging structure changes. So, the 115 T<font color="red">DI</font> became the 115 TD<font color="red">I</font> more or less overnight. The issue is complicated somewhat by dealers being creative in their badging to some extent, and the notable exception is the GT TD<font color="red">I</font> which was occasionally given to the top end engined GTI spec Golf, instead of the <font color="red">TDI</font> badge which was given to the same engined car with SE or Highline spec. This didn't happen with the Bora, as the "GTI" spec was called the Sport, so all 150 engined Boras got the <font color="red">TDI </font>badge whether they were Sport, Se, Highline or whatever..

Some imported models were badged GTI TD<font color="red">I</font> aswell, and some owners just stuck on whatever they wanted in an effort to make their car more powerful than it actually was. The <font color="red">TDI</font> badge on the back of a 90bhp Golf was good for about 10bhp as I remember.

[benjie]

Mine's GTD and it adds at least 15bhp!!

[kite]

I have seen an imported Mkiv golf 150 4-motion.

Well it was badged

[benjie]

Was it LHD? I would've loved a 130 4mo, they seemed to have had them everywhere else!

[kite]

Yes available LHD only.

I would have had one if the steering wheel had been on the right side

[benjie]

Ditto!