Two New Special Versions of the Golf GTI

[Andy_Bangle]

VW to Present Two New Special Versions of the Golf GTI at Wörthersee:

Volkswagen announced today that it will pull the wraps off two new variants of its latest Golf GTI hot hatch at the Wörthersee GTI meeting in Austria next week: the limited production Adidas Golf GTI and a potential, go-fast looking version called the GTI Excessive Study.

Starting with the Adidas Golf GTI that's pictured here, the limited edition model was created in collaboration with the famous sporting-goods maker Adidas and it follows in the footsteps of the Golf GTI Pirelli special. It will be produced in a limited run of 4,410 copies with sales set to begin in July.

It keeps the standard model's 210HP 2.0-liter TSI engine and front wheel drive layout, adding bespoke touches such as the newly designed 18-inch alloy wheels, specially designed sports seats and trim. It also gets standard bi-xenon headlights and LED taillights.

Volkswagen has yet to release photos of the Golf GTI Excessive Study, but the German automaker said that the one-off prototype will feature a new bodykit inspired from the world of motorsports as well as an upgraded interior.

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, go-fast looking version called the GTI Excessive Study.

Volkswagen has yet to release photos of the Golf GTI Excessive Study, but the German automaker said that the one-off prototype will feature a new bodykit inspired from the world of motorsports as well as an upgraded interior.

Ummmm errr, has something been lost in translation?

[Tipex]

So essentially, all you get with the Addidas car, is a (probably) horrible seat trim, and thats about it, apart from the wheels, which aren't that great, and the chav image of having Addidas written on it somewhere.

[Andy_Bangle]

Yep, that's about it. I think the wheels look a bit naff too.

[Andy_Bangle]

Ummmm errr, has something been lost in translation?

Nope, in German it's der Golf GTI Excessive ist einen Studie mit erlesener Motorsportoptik. It's only going be a show/concept car with newly designed front and rear spoilers, new side skirts, etc

Edited May 6, 2010 by Andy_Bangle

[Cuprabob]

Just reinforces what we already were thinking. They have completely lost the plot

[DanG]

And if the current GTI starts at £24k, where will these price?

[Barry Scott]

Think they missed something?!...........

[Tarmac_Terrorist]

:lol:

[Mook]

Sells more cars the whole limited run thing - agree with Tipex's sentiments though.

Sure they'd sell more if they launched an A&F one though

[Andy_Bangle]

Aside from the two special VW Golf GTIs (above) and seven Audi A1s, the German group will also showcase conceptual versions of the new Fabia RS and the Octavia RS.

Inspired by the S2000 rally model, the Fabia RS+ design study will be wrapped in a two-tone vinyl with matching green alloy wheels. The hot hatch will also feature an aero kit that includes a new bonnet with air vents, front spoiler, side skirts and a rear diffuser, as well as an updated interior boasting bucket seats and a sportier trim.

No word if Skoda's engineers fiddled around with the Fabia RS' mechanical hardware, but as a reminder, the standard version is powered by a 180HP 1.4-litre TSI turbocharged petrol engine that drives the front wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch DSG transmission with paddle-shifters.

The Octavia RS+ will feature similar mods including an aero kit, new alloy wheels in a green tint and an upgraded interior. Again, Skoda did not say if it made any performance updates to the car's suspension and/or the 200HP 2.0 TSI engine.

[Andy_Bangle]

This week's VW Group fest at Wörthersee saw the world premiere of the special edition Golf GTI Adidas, which will first launch in Europe at the beginning of June and shortly thereafter in Australia and the USA in both three- and five-door versions.

So what's the deal with the sports-apparel maker? Well, according to VW, the car brings together three of the world's most renowned German badges - Volkswagen, GTI and Adidas- to form a combined product. Don't you just love marketers?

While there are no mechanical upgrades with the car keeping the same 210HP 2.0-litre turbo engine, the Golf GTI Adidas gets some unique styling cues inside and out.

These include the new 18-inch machine polished alloy wheels, special logos on the B-pillars, standard bi-xenon headlights with cornering lights and smoked LED rear lights.

Inside, the car gets new black-red sport seats designed in cooperation with Adidas, colour-contrasting door tread plates, special interior accents in aluminium, fabric floor mats with decorative borders and in versions equipped with the 6-speed dual clutch gearbox (DSG), a gearshift grip in the golf ball design of the first generation GTI.

Buyers will be able to choose from four exterior paints including "Candy White", "Black Uni", "Tornado Red" and the metallic "Oryx White".

Edited May 13, 2010 by Andy_Bangle

[Cuprabob]

Seats are a bit nicer than the ones they put in the Pirelli edition

Surprised they didn't increase the power, like they did with the ED30 & Pirelli.

[Andy_Bangle]

Volkswagen is testing the waters with its new Golf GTI Excessive study that was revealed today at this year's edition of the annual GTI-Meet at Wörthersee.

Making its debut alongside the limited production Golf GTI Adidas special (see above), the GTI Excessive features a series of motorsport-inspired add-on parts that the German firm says could make it into the catalogue of Volkswagen Original Accessories if there's enough interest from the public.

Finished in the same fire-red "Firespark Metallic" as last year's Golf GTI Wörthersee 09, the GTI Excessive gets a new bodykit trimmed in high-gloss black piano paint. The add-on parts include a front splitter beneath the front apron, side sills and rear diffuser and splitter, and flared wheel wells that add 30mm per side.

There's also a new rear spoiler painted in body colour that integrates a very narrow strip of LED brake lights along its full width, while the roof was upgraded with black piano paint.

The widened wheel arches house new 19-inch BBS lightweight rims finished in a black shade fitted in tires size 235/35 ZR19. Volkswagen also equipped the show car with new brake callipers featuring the "GTI / Wörthersee 2010" logos.

Interior upgrades include decorative brushed aluminium trim and glossy black painted frames for the vent nozzles, framed floor mats in red piping. and the modified sport comfort seats with integrated head restraints that feature black Nappa for the outer areas and flash-red Nappa for the lateral seat supports.

In terms of performance, the only upgrade includes a new exhaust system that adds an extra 4-horsepower bumping output to 214HP and 286Nm.

[Tipex]

I'm dissapointed the Adidas doesn't have a baseball cap on the roof.

And it's nice to see the Germans do in fact, have a sense of humour, as the 'Excessive' is what the Golf 'R' should have looked like, and means if owners want it to look like it should, they've got to add another 5k to the already comical price!

[mb]

Seats are a bit nicer than the ones they put in the Pirelli edition

Are they hand stitched by children or do we have to wait for the Golf Nike for that ?