The brand new Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport formally debuts on Could 31. When you’re the impatient kind, don’t fret, VW has a teaser for you proper now. We have seen some teasers main up thus far, and whereas the photographs listed here are technically nonetheless teasers, there’s little left to the creativeness. Visually talking, anyway.
The Golf GTI Clubsport is not a GTI with some suspension tweaks and a badge. It wears a brand new fascia and upgraded headlights on the entrance, and the massive VW badge within the grille additionally lights up. On the rear there is a large roof spoiler that sits above new taillights and a rear fascia just like the Golf R, albeit with single exhaust pipes on the corners. It rides on new 19-inch wheels, with Warmenau solid wheels weighing 17 kilos obtainable as an choice.
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There’s nonetheless a physique wrap on the near-production model offered right here, however you get the overall thought of the way it seems to be. Mechanical adjustments are nonetheless largely a thriller, although VW guarantees the Clubsport would be the strongest front-wheel-drive GTI of all of them. Managing the facility is an electronically managed entrance differential lock, whereas DCC adaptive chassis management is non-compulsory. There’s additionally a particular drive mode unique to the Clubsport aimed particularly at lapping the Nürburgring. Acceptable, contemplating that is the place VW will debut this new scorching hatch.
Whereas we do not understand how a lot horsepower is beneath the hood, will probably be greater than the GTI’s present 241 hp. VW introduced a one-off GTI Clubsport 24h race automobile that’ll make 343 hp. We do not count on the manufacturing Clubsport to succeed in such a lofty determine—it is tuned to run on E20 gasoline, amongst different upgrades. However it definitely has us questioning simply how far VW will go along with its track-focused GTI. Maybe the 315-hp Honda Civic Kind R could possibly be in its crosshairs.
We’ll discover out for certain later this month. VW will probably be on the Nürburgring for the ADAC 24-hour race, debuting the Clubsport and competing with the Clubsport 24h. We’ll share all the small print as quickly as now we have them.
