VW Golf GTI Performance Pack (2019) Review
How does the new VW Golf GTI fight back against its posh Audi S3 sibling? With the new Performance Pack, an optional upgrade that gives you bigger brakes, another 10bhp under the bonnet, and a traction-boosting limited-slip differential. That proper diff is a first for a Golf GTI, but it鈥檚 also electronically controlled (just like in a Ferrari 458) so up to 100% of the torque can be sent to an individual front wheel. So, what's it like to drive? And when you really put the hammer down? Switch the GTI Performance Pack to Sport and you can really start to feel the differential working as the computer brain that controls it becomes noticeably more aggressive. Its effect is especially obvious out of tight corners or on wet roads, where you can feel it juggling power between the wheels as you change the throttle position and steering angle. Just when you think the nose might start to nudge wide you sense the outside front wheel driving harder than the inside wheel, keeping your line tight and tugging you through the bend. Is the GTI Performance Pack good value for money? When the 19-inch wheel upgrade (18s are standard) is 拢965 and the panoramic roof is a 拢930 extra, the Performance Pack seems good value at 拢980. Volkswagen UK expects only a third of GTI customers to opt for it, but the uptake will surely be much higher. How does it compare to the Audi S3 enemy witihn? The Audi鈥檚 extra power and traction mean it鈥檚 much quicker to 62mph, but although the advantage of four-wheel drive might show on a sodden road, for the most part the GTI鈥檚 diff will be more than enough. Like-for-like, a front-wheel-drive Performance Pack GTI is 88kg lighter too, so its movements are a little more agile and instantaneous.
This guaranteed an unusually large volume available for luggage and cargo, even if Volkswagen felt necessary to increase it further thanks to a 1970 facelift that saw the car鈥檚 nose greatly extended. The Typ 3 proved successful, though without any possible comparison with the Beetle. The car was everywhere on German roads and was quite appreciated in America but, to be frank, I almost never saw any of them in France. Nevertheless, this was enough to justify a similar approach for Volkswagen鈥檚 next model, the slightly larger Typ 4, known as the 鈥?11鈥? Also available as a four-door, unlike the 1500/1600, the 411 was introduced in 1968, but the older Typ 3 remained in production. Both cars were finally withdrawn between 1973 and 1974, when they were replaced by the brand new Passat and, to some extent, the upper models of the Golf. These two new cars were water-cooled front-engine, front-wheel-drive saloons, the traditional Volkswagen architecture seeming more and more dated at the time. A nice and accurate model. As usual, and as often mentioned here, the plastic wipers look too thick but the wheels fitted with hubcaps seem great to me. Equally good as the previous die-cast, though my copy seems very sensitive to corrosion (actually my fastback model has the same problem, which is unfortunately common with Minichamps models). I鈥檒l give a 12/20 rating to this model.
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26,890, VW said Wednesday. 28,490 2019 Golf GTI with which the four-door shares its engine and chassis. Buyers will have the choice of three trims for the 2019 Jetta GLI: S, 35th Anniversary Edition, and Autobahn. 895 destination charge. Regardless of trim level, the GLI is less costly than an equivalent Golf GTI. A 2.0-liter turbo-4 engine that makes 228 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque is standard on both. The GLI's brakes also come from the GTI and the hotter Golf R variant, with the discs measuring 13.4 inches in the front. 800 option on every trim level. 33,500 version of the Golf GTI. Technophiles may find the Jetta GLI Autobahn more to their liking over the comparable GTI Autobahn trim. The Jetta GLI in the range-topping trim adds a 10.3-inch digital instrument cluster, an 8.0-inch touchscreen for infotainment, heated and cooled leather seats, Beats audio, and a panoramic sunroof.
