Volkswagen up to date the Golf on Tuesday, giving the enduring hatchback a refreshed exterior look and a revised cabin. The GTI variant additionally acquired a light styling makeover and elevated horsepower.
The GTI’s up to date 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder EA888 engine will now make 261 horsepower (195 kilowatts) in Europe, a rise of 20 hp (15 kw). The hatch continues to energy its entrance wheels, however with the handbook gearbox possibility now useless, the one transmission obtainable is VW’s seven-speed DSG automated.
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VW designers turned the Golf’s restrained grin the wrong way up. The hatch encompasses a broad decrease grille opening with upward-slanted accents and reshaped headlights. The one design distinction on the again is the taillights, which have new inner graphics. Every unit has a thinner reverse mild, a daring C-shaped bracket, and 6 inner markers.
The GTI advantages from the Golf’s up to date cabin, including a brand new and improved infotainment touchscreen and rejiggering the steering wheel buttons. Volkswagen additionally developed illuminated contact sliders for the quantity management and air-con system whereas simplifying the infotainment system’s menu construction within the free-standing show.
For the primary time, the automaker will provide the GTI with real carbon trim for the cabin. The hatch will even have a contrasting black roof possibility and 15 exterior colours – 4 greater than earlier than.
The 2024 Golf GTI at the moment bought in the USA makes the identical 241 hp and 273 pound-feet of torque it has for the reason that Mk8’s launch in 2021. Whereas Volkswagen declined to share information on subsequent 12 months’s US-bound GTI, we count on the corporate to deliver the up to date mannequin stateside for 2025, full with the up to date styling and further energy. Meaning if you’d like a GTI with a stick shift, you will have to act quick.