In 1976 a 182km/h Golf ruffled a few feathers among the German establishment. On the autobahn this compact, wild young racer suddenly started looming up in the rear-view mirrors of fast sports cars and big saloons cruising in the fast lane. The rest is history.

The new Golf GTI, with its new 2.0-litre Turbo FSI petrol engine delivers 147KW/200hp and sends an impressive 280 Newton metres along the crankshaft in the low rev range (1800rpm). The car sprints to 100km/h in just 7.2 seconds with the manual six-speed gearbox. If the DSG double-clutch gearbox is taking care of gear changes for you, the Volkswagen will even leap to 100km/h in 6.9 seconds.

Experience the Golf GTI today.