New Customer Racing Golf Gets GTI Seal

The acronym GTI, Gran Turismo Injection, has been synonymous with quality, power, and performance for 40 years, since the launch of the first Golf GTI in 1976. The newest Golf GTI, a customer racing vehicle which was unveiled in July 2015 has already had widespread popularity among racetracks all over the world. By January, all available models had been snatched up by teams and will be handed over to them this week on March 11th. The cars will race in up to 16 national and international TCR touring car championships this year.

Jost Capito, Volkswagen Motorsport Director, explains, “The Golf GTI TCR allows customer racing teams to partake in reasonably-priced motorsport with a Volkswagen. Furthermore, the teams can expand their motorsport commitments in numerous TCR championships, both at national and international level. We are providing them with a car that is ideally suited and prepared for this purpose: the Golf has not only made an outstanding impression at tests, but also shown its great potential in competition. We are delighted by the high demand for the car among customer racing teams, which confirms that we are doing a good job.”

There are a lot of factors that go into make the GTI name so infamous. Each Golf has a wider chassis, 18-inch racing rims, an aerodynamic front splitter and carbon rear wing. It has a 2-liter turbo engine with direct fuel injection and generates 330 horsepower and 303 lb-ft of torque. This car is based on the seventh generation of Golf, which is also celebrating its 40th birthday this year. To celebrate, Volkswagen is launching the Golf GTI Clubsport that they revealed at the International Motor Show in September. This vehicle will be powered by a 2-liter TFSI engine that generates 265 horsepower.

“VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GTI TCR – 330-HP GOLF FOR CUSTOMER RACING RECEIVES GTI SEAL OF QUALITY : Volkswagen Media Centre.” Volkswagen Media Centre. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Mar. 2016. <http://media.vw.com/release/1158/>.

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