Ah, nothing like taking the top off things to give a new spin to a venerable fave, and it was bound to happen with this one at some point. Looks like the folks at Volkswagen have decided to rip the lid off the Mk6 Golf GTI and come up with a convertible version of the hot hatch.
Yes, the Golf GTI Cabriolet, which is making its debut in Geneva, packs in all the performance and practicality of the GTI hatchback, but adds the pleasures of open-air motoring for four, thanks to an electrically-powered fabric roof which can be folded away in just 9.5 seconds and is operable at speeds of up to 30 km/h.
Visually, the Golf GTI Cabriolet bears all the classic GTI design cues – the radiator grille has a honeycomb structure with red edging and the GTI badge, while the front bumper incorporates a deep honeycomb air dam and distinctive vertical fog lights. A bespoke rear diffuser is framed by a chrome tailpipe on either side, and smoked LED tail lights complete the look.
The car comes with the standard 17-inch Denver type alloys with their five prominent openings, fitted with 225/45 tyres, though an optional 18-inch Detroit wheel, with machine-polished surface and contrasting black inner surfaces, is available.
Under the bonnet is the same 2.0 litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine as found in the hatchback, offering 210 PS and 280 Nm, mated to either a standard six-speed manual gearbox or optional six-speed DSG transmission. It’s a shade slower to the 100 km/h mark than the hatch, doing so in 7.3 seconds with either transmission (vs 6.9 seconds for the hatch), while top speed is 237 km/h.
Under the insulated, fully automatic roof, you’ll find four individual seats covered in the classic tartan Jacky cloth upholstery, with an option to go the Vienna leather path. Elsewhere, the hood lining and roof pillar trims are finished in black.
Safety-wise, as like all Golf Cabriolet models, the GTI Cabriolet comes with automatically deploying rollover protection, front and side head/thorax airbags and a driver’s knee airbag as standard.
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woaaa nice…but the heavy machine for the roof makes it heavier…
but still cool ride…
Yup, but not just that. Cabriolets loose lots of structural rigidity when the roof is chopped off, so to compensate for that, they have to substantially strenghten the chassis here and there, which actually adds lots and lots of extra weight.
Actually I quite like the new roof line… Golf coupe anyone? The Scirocco is nicer though, so there is really no need for a coupe.
The Eos is also the nicer car.
The Mark 6 is a very nice car. But somehow I still prefer the Mark 5. If Mark 5 has a similar setup, I think it will look fearsome.
ruined a perfectly good car……well done vw….
Looks kind of weird this Golf GTI cabrio …. think the GTI or Scirocco is better looking
yes a lil bit weird but for me its still hot
no vw this isn’t recapturing the old soul of the mk1 golf gti cabrio
I’ll take the 3-door hatch over this anytime..
expecting topless model oso…heheee
Can someone please explain to me why a person would want to drive a top-off car in Malaysia?
its a pretty nice drive up camerons and genting highlands or frasers for that matter.
have you tried?
try it some time, you’ll like it.
having an extra option is always better…otherwise you might also say why would a person want to drive a car with windows open or sunroof?
Doubt they will sell this in malaysia
Fraser’s and Genting!
I think Cameron’s temperature now is hot… so not really suitable
seriously? but the original car (the gti) looks wwwaaayyy cooler!