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| 2010 volkswagen gti |
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| 2010 volkswagen gti |
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| 2010 volkswagen gti |
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| 2010 volkswagen gti |
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| 2010 volkswagen gti |
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| 2010 volkswagen gti |
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| 2010 volkswagen gti |
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| 2010 volkswagen gti |
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| 2010 volkswagen gti |
2010 volkswagen gti
The 2010 Volkswagen GTI, which is making its U.S. debut in NYC, launches here this October along with the standard sixth-generation Golf (losing, once again, the name "Rabbit" -- too cheerfully cheap a name for a car with costs that must be converted from euros to dollars). The 2010 Golf TDI goes on sale shortly thereafter.
2010 volkswagen gti.
The new GTI's 2.0L turbo FSI with 10 more ponies, for a total of 210, carries over from the 2006-09 model. Both the six-speed DSG and full manual gearboxes remain unchanged for '10. The DSG is one of the best sequential manuals in the business, but the full manual has an easy, progressive clutch pedal and a slick feel that should make it easy to save the $1,200 or so and keep the car a bare-bones model. Same, too, with the standard Tartan plaid interior; a perfectly bolstered and good-humored choice over the optional heated leather. The optional two extra doors, which will add about $500, are worth it however, for the family guy or woman who doesn't want to give up the sporting life.
While VW says it has reworked its front strut/rear multi-link suspension, it feels pretty much just like its predecessor, with much of the Mark V carried over but with new sheetmetal and a more refined interior. Mark V to Mark VI GTI, and its Golf basis are much like the difference between C5 and C6 Corvette. Dimensions are virtually unchanged, though all the sheetmetal below the daylight opening is new and slightly more angular, with wider taillamps and the right-side dual tailpipe moved to the right side of the underbody to make the GTI look lower and wider
