Finally a decent Golf GTI for Australia.

[neil]

I bet the title gets the petrol heads revving.
Diesel GTI
http://www.smh.com.au/drive/motor-ne...1028-hjup.html

[Buller_Scott]

hell. yes.

[geoff_gti]

I would like to see a new Polo GTD too! Golf 6 will be out of my budget if I upgrade anytime soon...

[ENERG1]

I saw one of these in Spain 3 months ago and they look the goods

Luke

[GoLfMan]

I like it...

but i'll save my coin and get a Mk5 GT TDI and DPF delete that shizzle

[mikepologti]

thaught they would have put a bigger diesel in it. as it stands its underpowered. bit of a dissapointment , i would have liked one of these .

[GoLfMan]

thaught they would have put a bigger diesel in it. as it stands its underpowered. bit of a dissapointment , i would have liked one of these .

harden up and do a DPF delete on it!!! 170kw is NOT underpowered by any standards!

[Timbo]

thaught they would have put a bigger diesel in it. as it stands its underpowered. bit of a dissapointment , i would have liked one of these .

Try it...those 350 torques are very, very strong -- not unlike a chipped Polo, actually

[sabloke]

So how much power and torque stock we're talking about? I'm at work and can't access the article... I doubt is 170 kW though, most likely 170 HP. Hope I'm wrong though.

[Lorenz]

Here you go!

The Golf GTD is powered by a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel. At 125kW it has 30kW less than the GTI but boasts an extra 70Nm of torque (350Nm).

Volkswagen’s GTD would follow diesel hot-hatches from Renault (Sport Megane dCi 175) and sister company Skoda (RS TDI).

The GTD is 1.2 seconds slower (8.1sec) in the 0-100km/h acceleration run, though offers a significant fuel economy advantage – 5.3 litres per 100km v 7.6L/100km (GTI DSG). Emissions are 139 grams (CO2) per km v 178g/km.

As with the GTI, the GTD is available with a choice of manual or dual-clutch auto gearboxes – both with six ratios.

Volkswagen says the GTD is “aimed at diesel drivers who value maximum dynamics”. In Europe it’s priced slightly below the GTI that starts at $38,990 in Australia for a three-door manual version.