2019 Volkswagen Golf GTI Review Spec Release Date Picture And Price
Volkswagen has introduced the latest version of the Volkswagen Golf GTI at the 2013 Geneva International Motor Show. For the first time, the legendary sports car is available in two power levels: standard GTI Performance 220 PS or 230 PS and the front axle differential lock. There are a few changes to the interior of the Volkswagen Golf GTI. Compared with the previous model, the wheelbase extended 53 mm to 2,631 mm, but at the same time shortened front overhang 12 mm. In parallel, A-pillar "wandering" further to the rear, which makes a longer hood and visual shift the entire vehicle cabin rearwards. This "cab-backward effect" makes the GTI more than the premium class car compact car class. In addition, the reduced height of the GTI 27 mm to 1,442 mm. Car length grew by 55 mm to 4,268 mm now, and the width grows 13 mm to 1,799 mm. New GTI is powered by a turbocharged direct injection petrol engines (TSI) with 162 kW / 220 PS. For the first time in the history of the iconic sports car, specifically Performance GTI will be offered. In this version, the maximum engine power boosted to 169 kW / 230 PS. The second version of the GTI develops a maximum torque of 350Nm. Standard GTI accelerates to 100 km / h in 6.5 seconds and reaches a top speed of 246 km / hour. Performance GTI reaches a top speed of 250 km / h and just 6.4 seconds to sprint to 100 km / h. 24,765. When the new model arrives for the 2014 model year, it should carry a similar price tag.
Much like Genting but instead of a three lane per side wide road this is a two lane road with one lane for each direction with parts that narrow to something like one and three quarter of a lane road. Mighty fun up and down. The AMT has one extra gear. Somehow everything works well. The front end does not wash out in sharp corners and you can point it where you want it to be. It's rear isn't as mobile as I would have liked as it does not actually pivot out like something overtly sporty would. Of course, this is a small affordable SUV. It isn't a small affordable warm hatch that you can punt around. But I did just that and the darn thing actually performed well up and down a mountain road. Reaching 984 meters above sea level was actually done in about 15 minutes or so.
Going down was a great deal faster. The brakes, were a tad bit over servoed but I got used to it sometime before going up the mountain. So it wasn't an issue. So again, if you drive it at normal city and highway speeds and don't decide to corner like it is a Honda Civic Type R then this M4 AMT will perform as well as it should. Even with an automotive journalist behind the wheel. The only issue I had with the burnt orange M4 AMT was there was quite some tyre noise. The GWM Haval M4 AMT will come with Continental CC5 tyres. This orange car is actually the test mule for Go Auto so the tyres have some mileage under them and were about half worn. In fact the car had over 205,000km of testing kilometers piled onto it. It was the test bed for the AMT to see how reliable the transmission is/was. The promising thing is that the M4 AMT with over 200,000km is still running strongly with the same engine and transmission unit. There have been periodic adjustments to the AMT clutch as recommended by GWM and the usual fluid changes.
The AMT has held up to some abuse. And then I came to Gurun and used it to climb Gunung Jerai. Redlining the engine, upshifting and downshifting pretty hard too. And as for the rest of the car, there were no rattles whatsoever. The burnt orange test mule was well screwed together (granted aside from the leather trim and premium infotainment system everything is in the budget airline class). The white M4 AMT shown above, which I also drove, had about 13,500km on it and that had two tiny squeaks. One on the front passenger door trim and another one on the driver's side seatbelt brackett. Both very minor and have been brought up to the people who assembled the car directly after the test drive. As a matter of fact, the visit to the assembly plant was an eye opener. The levels of Quality Control and Assurance processes are actually higher than most other vehicle assembly plants in the country even though it is small.
