It’s that time of year again when thousands of Volkswagen GTI fans make their way to Austria for the famous Wörthersee meeting. For a number of years now, the Volkswagen has introduced a number of unique show cars at the world’s largest GTI meeting, and this year will be no exception.
The German automaker has announced it will reveal the Mk7.5-based Golf GTI TCR next week, and released a few teasers to get the people excited. Unlike the similarly-named race car unveiled in 2016 (later facelifted in 2018), this is a road-going model that is set to be launched at the end of the year.
Full details of the road-going Golf GTI TCR aren’t out yet, but we are told it will have a turbo engine (likely a 2.0 litre TSI) that churns out 290 PS at 5,000 to 6,800 rpm and 370 Nm of torque from 1,600 rpm – only the latest Golf R and race car (350 PS) have more power. Drive is fed to the front wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch DSG gearbox and a front axle differential lock.
Volkswagen is quoting an electronically limited top speed of 250 km/h, but this figure can be pushed to 264 km/h when the Vmax limiter is removed. As a result, it will be the “fastest Golf and generally the fastest Volkswagen licensed for use on public roads,” as the company puts it.
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290hp? Owh.. myvi can easily tapaw this junk vw golf!
Just don’t “tapau” yourself first.
290hp? Owh.. vios can easily tapaw this junk vw golf!
Dun make urself look stupid
This is the R version of GTI!!! Looks great definitely!
My Satria Neo can tapau this car. It’s about the driver. Not the car.
Obviously you’re not familiar with the holy trinity of engine, chassis and driver.
Boring…yawn