- To mark the 35th anniversary of the GTI, Volkswagen is bringing its Golf GTI Edition 35 production car to the annual GTI Meet this week at Worthersee.
- VW also is displaying the Golf24 endurance racer and restored Golf GTI 16S from 1977.
- YouTube videos show the Golf GTI Edition 35 and Golf24 racecar in action.
WOLFSBURG, Germany — To mark the 35th anniversary of the GTI, Volkswagen is bringing a trio of fast Golfs — including the Golf GTI Edition 35 production car, the all-new Golf24 endurance racer and the restored Golf GTI 16S from 1977 — to the annual GTI Meet this week at Worthersee, Austria.
VW also has released a YouTube video of the GTI Edition 35 titled "Are You GTI Enough?"
along with a video of the Golf24 racecar.
The Golf GTI Edition 35, the most powerful production GTI ever, is being offered on a limited basis to European customers from around $43,000.
Also celebrating the 30th year of the GTI Meet in Worthersee, VW Motorsport is showing off its Golf24 racecar, which will compete later this month at the Nurburgring 24-hour race.
The all-wheel-drive Golf24 is a new design that VW Motorsport describes as its "Super Golf," spitting 434 horsepower from its turbocharged 2.5-liter inline-5 engine.
VW is fielding three Golf24s at the Nurburgring.
A vintage Golf GTI 16S Group 4 racecar from 1977, powered by a 212-hp 1.6-liter Oettinger-modified engine and restored by KWL Motorsport, will compete in the three-hour classic race that precedes the 24-hour race at Nurburgring.
Inside Line says: The Fast and the Furious — VW-style.
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k55 says:
09:49 AM, 10/26/2011
oh I see........so if I buy a GTI 35th I can make my girlfriend have an orgasm.........wait a minute ...apparently she doesnt need me to do so, just the car. In that case no deal .
dmpete says:
07:20 AM, 06/02/2011
Build the flared out version of the GTI 24 for the street, w/434 horsepower, and that look, I will instantly sell what I am driving and buy one. That race car looks just sick.
goaterguy says:
06:40 AM, 06/02/2011
Well, fast is relative when talking about a VW GTI...
zeniff says:
12:15 PM, 06/01/2011
Man, that 1st commercial is LAME....A guy driving the heck out of a GTI I can appreciate. A chic all decked out in lipstick? Let's be serious here, folks.
jeremy_c says:
10:18 AM, 06/01/2011
Not impressed by any of these so called "limited edition" goods. It's nothing but a marketing ploy to create hypea and charge more for the same thing. When you think about it, every car model is limited edition except maybe for the Porsche 911 because each model year ultimately ends.