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Cliffs note version:

 

GTD - 170 hp, 260 lb-ft 2.0L common rail diesel

GTI "Plus" - 270 hp + 7-spd DSG + AWD

R42 - 350 hp turbo five shared w/ TT-RS & RS3

 

Looks like WRX and STI will be getting some decent competitions.

 

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/db2008au01132_medium-1280.jpg

 

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/29/rumormill-volkswagen-working-on-gti-plus-gtd-and-r42/

Posted
Not in the looks dept, actually the evo and sti are ugly now too. Everyone is making the performance cars under 40k looks like common grocery getters. Also the rims on that vw are pretty horrible
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They should just do away with the 3-door GTI and bring over the Scirocco. It's pretty much the same car but better looking.

 

http://news-images.caradisiac.com/IMG/jpg/4/5/0/1/3/VW_Scirocco_Front.jpg

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Specs sound amazing. Now if only they could make a car that didn't look like a shoe...

 

All the best hot hatches in europe (Renault Megane, Cliosport, Twingo, Focus ST/RS Fiesta ST, GTi, Abarth 500, Cooper S/JCWetc...) all look like shoes.

 

I don't get what youre complaining about. I don't see how they can design a hot hatch that still has utilitarian trunk space without looking like a shoe.

Posted
Which is why i dont like hatchs lol

 

It's really too bad too many ppl in this country think like tthat, it keeps some of europes best offerings out of the US and instead we stuck stuck with ugly sedan versions of said hatch cars more often.

Posted
It's really too bad too many ppl in this country think like tthat, it keeps some of europes best offerings out of the US and instead we stuck stuck with ugly sedan versions of said hatch cars more often.

 

+1. Same goes for wagons and diesels.

Posted

Well since im not a fan of wagons or hatchs that look like shoe boxes, them not coming here doesnt really bother me.

 

Diesels however, have a place in my heart

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the 4-door looks the best

 

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/10/02_2009_vw_gti_live.jpg

 

ill be waiting for the GTI "plus" version

Posted
Those wheels suck! Get someone to design something that looks good....WTF?
Rehab is for quitters.
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Well since im not a fan of wagons or hatchs that look like shoe boxes, them not coming here doesnt really bother me.

 

Diesels however, have a place in my heart

 

sorry, no picking and choosing, gotta accept it all together. diesel hatchbacks are an institution in europe.

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