Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet Review

With an output of one hundred fifty five kW / 210 PS (from five,300 rpm to six,200 rpm), the TSI engine that lies at the center of the new Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet has precisely the same power because the classic GTI with a steel and/or panoramic sunroof. Specifically, this can be a GTI direct-injection petrol engine of the EA888 series. The turbocharged one6-valve four-cylinder engine develops a most torque of 280 Newton metres at a coffee 1,700 rpm. And this torque remains out there at a relentless level up to five,200 rpm – a perfect plateau for a torque curve, that is really not curved any more.

The TSI engine accelerates the foremost powerful Golf Cabriolet ever from zero to one hundred km/h in mere seven.3 seconds. A special strength of the engine is its nice flexibility: the manually shifted Cabriolet will accelerate from eighty to a hundred and twenty km/h in mere ten.5 seconds – this price shows why the open-top four-seat convertible is a perfect cruiser. The VW Golf GTI Cabriolet attains a prime speed of 237 km/h (DSG: 235 km/h). This contrasts with a combined fuel consumption of simply seven.6 l/100 km and 177 g/km because the equivalent CO2 emissions (DSG: seven.7 l/100 km and one hundred eighty g/km CO2). Incidentally, the Golf GTI is that the solely convertible within the compact category up to 210 PS to be offered with a twin clutch gearbox!

Like the classic Golf GTI with a hard and fast steel roof, the new convertible conjointly exhibits visual emblems of the GTI. they're the standard GTI insignia that have created their means into the collective memory of all automotive drivers over the past thirty six years. At the front, they're the red framing of the radiator grille with its honeycomb structure and GTI signature, the honeycomb structure of the lower air inlets, the front GTI bumper and therefore the GTI-specific fog lights with chrome surrounds. At the rear, the Golf GTI Cabriolet is distinguished by a brand new diffuser style, the standard chrome tailpipes (one on the left and one on the right) and smoked LED back lights. The licence plate at the rear is additionally illuminated by LEDs. From the perimeters, the facet sill extensions and 17-inch ‘Denver’ alloy wheels (on 225/45 tyres) build the convertible a GTI. Of course, here too 18-inch ‘Detroit’ GTI wheels with 225/40 tyres are out there as an choice.