After showing off a Mk7 Golf GTI concept in Paris, Volkswagen is continuing the development and testing of its hero hot hatch, as these spy shots from South Africa show.
The pics were taken yesterday in Upington, in South Africa’s Northern Cape, where temperatures in the mid 40s are not uncommon.
The new 162kW/350Nm GTI is set for a European launch early next year. AUSmotive’s prediction, based on the phases of the moon and not much else, says the Australian launch will follow before the end of 2013.
[Source: opelclub.co.za]
3 replies on “Golf GTI gets hot and bothered in South Africa”
No suprises here. Will be a predictably good car that will be sold in huge numbers and with a massive waiting list.
Personally I think VW styling on all bar the scirocco are bland and boring, especially their interiors.
It’s missing some LEDs on the front.
But yes it has very VW styling… = boring, but that is what everyone has now come to expect from VW.
vw engineers havent had the best logic for their ‘hot weather’ cars… OK lets reduce the power AND fit a smaller intercoolers!