Mk7 Golf GTI Discussion Thread

[Ryan_R]

I assume base spec also weighs a bit less than Highline too (would effect 0-100 time, not dyno)

[Golf7]

Interesting. Hardly seems appropriate that VGA put the car on their press fleet if it's not indicative of local spec. I wonder what a regular production 103TSI would do on the same dyno as a point of comparison. VW are known for being somewhat conservative with their power figures.

I knew they were conservative but those numbers just blew me away! I'm yet to reacquaint myself with the 118TSI for a comparison, but right now I would have to say the so called "103TSI" test car was faster that the 118! We recorded a 0-100km/h time of 7.8 so I'm amazed!

[Ryan_R]

The claimed time for the 118 is 8.0 seconds. I've never tested it stock. Got a 6.6 with APR stage one though.

[DoggieHowser]

Volkswagen Golf GTI driven full road test car review - BBC Top Gear - BBC Top Gear

This really doesn't help VW Australia at all if they don't have the PP at launch...

[andrew7]

I thought it had been made clear that the PP was coming to Oz? (not in the first batch but next year)

[FSI 220]

Unfortunate Launch of the GTI in South Africa...

Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI crashed in South Africa

[Guy_H]

Volkswagen Racing UK have a couple of new ones:

[Ryan_R]

I'm not expecting anyone to know, but if you do find out... could you let me know if the Audi S3 Intercooler purchased a year or two ago will fit in a Mk7 GTI

Not sure what to do with my one that hasn't been installed

[Guy_H]

Ryan, not a hope sorry - totally different configuration from what I have seen.

[WhiteJames]

Audi S3 for 2014 is detuned by 15kW ... 206kW & torque remains the same at 380Nm. Not much more power than the power-pack Golf GTI. Golf R MK7 likely to be the same at 206kW, only with a bit more weight than the Audi S3 as it would miss out on the alloy parts that Audi's have.

Car & Driver Mag (USA) seem to think that the Power-Pack Golf GTI MK7 will weigh 32 kgs more than the std GTI with added weight in the haldex system & larger brakes ... weight at the front where you don't want it. Despite what VW are saying that the PP GTI will not weigh any more than the std GTI ... the Haldex system would have to account for some weigh gain imo.

Autocar.co.uk Magazine have weighed the MK7 Golf GTI PP with DSG and a few extras like DCC dampers weighing in at 1450kgs.

Audi S3 to Lose Power When Sold in Australia

Cheers.
WJ