Teh Jatt

Volkswagen's hot Golf GTI was caught this week, four months before its anticipated introduction at the Paris Motor Show.

Looking much like the GTI concept previously shown, the production GTI is powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged engine with 200 horsepower.

The GTI, sporting a huge front air dam, unique side skirts, dual stainless exhaust pipes, and 18-inch alloy wheels, is expected to reach showrooms early next year.

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is300eater

Looks pretty cool... BTW, I saw a GTI R32 last week? Looked fast!!! Anyone know what that is?

Teh Jatt

I'm confused as hell by that line of urs

Raheel

Ya those hatchbacks are fast, isnt that R32 a turbo or something

is300eater

I just looked it up... it's an AWD 3.2 V6 240HP 6M.T. curb weight @ 3400lbs!!!!

`ill*tl

Thats some impressive #'s for such a small car. But I must say, I still like the current styling better.

is300eater

...well, actually... what I saw on the freeway was the current style (R32), NOT the one picture at the top of this thread.

fsttyms1

the gti r32 is a overweight over priced VW. not worth the $30,000 price tag
and it only has a 6.4 0-60

Teh Jatt

0-60 mph, sec 5.9
1/4 mile, sec @ mph 14.2 @ 97.6
Braking, 60-0 mph, ft 108
600-ft slalom, mph 66.5
200-ft skidpad, ave g 0.87

Jaydef

looks good from afar; far from good. the close up pics looks hideous

Teh Jatt

... and Twin Turbo kit that blast the R32 to 60mph in 3.2 sec and 11.4 1/4 mile @ 138mph.

...and the cost for the HPA upgrade is about $25K (European Car mag).

95gt

New style looks like the Honda Civic SI

r32 is a waste of money. It competes with the STI and EVO and they tear it a new a-hole

fsttyms1

C&D and Motortrend had it in the low 6's

Teh Jatt

that i got it from motortrend.... will post the link later on

Teh Jatt

http://motortrend.com/roadtests/coup...406_first_r32/

Pure Adrenaline

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R32 is an impressive car. It's quick with V6 power, 6-speed transmission, and AWD. With a bit of tweaking, it could be a monster. HPA Stage 1-3 kits would help a lot, too. I think Motor Trend topped out a Stage 2 at 202 mph on pump gas.

SilverUA5

I went to a Subaru/VW dealer a few weeks ago with my friend to purchase a WRX. The dealer said they sold a total of 1 R32 and there are 5 more sitting at the lot. The person that bought the only one paid $4000 above MSRP. This might be a bad place to sell these since it's sandwiched between the WRX and STi. Nevertheless, it's a good car, but not much on the road.

MADCAT

Read the latest Road and Track Mag. They compared the R32 to the EVO and STI. The golf had no chance.

2001AudiS4

They are comparing a N/A 6 vs turbocharged 4's. For the engine of choice in the VW, it is pretty impressive. Who knows, in the future they may decide to go with forced induction on the R32. I think people are comparing this car to the EVO and STi because of the normal VW GTI customer. They are a younger crowd that tends to lean towards modding their car for performance. In stock form it may be a bit slower, but it sure looks a WHOLE lot better. I have seen many around town. VERY nice looking car.

anokha786

Sweet

mobilezen

I Saw the same pics awhile back on vwvortex. It looks like all the other hatchbacks like the Si, Focus, etc etc.