Nevertheless, sometimes, you just can't avoid it, as was the case of a duo of journalists trying out the new Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk7 during the hot hatchback's launch event in Cape Town, South Africa.
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If you want a boring GTI, then look no further than the Mk IV, which only had a laughable 148hp (150PS) when it first came out, and was virtually indistinguishable from the rest of the range – it didn’t even have a proper visible exhaust tip, hiding its pipe behind the rear bumper.
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It could be the 71mm (2.8 inches) wider, 57mm lower (2.2 inches) and 15mm (0.6 inches) shorter body of VW's Wörthersee Tour study with the aggressive details that exaggerate the original GTI's styling cues, or the fact that instead of the regular model's 217hp (220PS - base) / 227hp (230PS – Performance Edition), it sports a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6 with 496hp (503PS) and 560 Nm (413 lb-ft).
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Now, according to a report from Edmunds, Volkswagen, which is also working towards the same goal, is currently developing a carbon fiber roof for its high-performance Golf variants, which will lower the car’s center of gravity and reduce its weight by around 18 to 20 pounds (8.2 to 9.1 kilos).
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Promising to be the most radical Golf-based concept to make its way to the Wörthersee festival since the Golf GTI W12 from 2007, the new Design Vision GTI racing study was created by a team under the guidance of VW brand head of design, Klaus Bischoff.
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It is this version of the new Golf GTI that German car magazine Sport Auto took to a quiet side road and freed all of its 227-horses through the front wheels.
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VW research and development boss Ulrich Hackenberg confirmed to Car Magazine that a concept car previewing a future version of the GTI will be revealed at the tuning show.“It won’t have as much power as the Golf GTI W12. It will be more realistic,” Hackenberg told the British publication.
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To find the answer(s) to this question, two editors from MotorTrend and European Car took the Scion FR-S and the sixth-generation VW Golf GTI for a spin around the track. They also brought along a third car to the playground, the 1989 BMW M3 from the E30 generation, to serve as a benchmark.
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As you probably have already noticed, the US-spec Golf looks just like its European version, both inside and out, so we’ll focus on technical aspects in this article.
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To make your decision easier, we have put together a list of all of the hot hatches that are expected to go on sale in Europe in 2013, and which you can check out in detail right after the break.
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VW will show the regular hatchback versions of the Golf, including the entry level TSI model powered by a new 1.8-liter turbocharged gasoline unit with direct injection that replaces the 2.5-liter inline-five, and the TDI with a four-cylinder turbo diesel.
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According to a study from media monitoring firm Kantar Media, the car that swept journalists off their feet at the Geneva show was none other than the mundane Volkswagen Golf!
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As well as showing off its first upgrades for the regular Golf and several Audi models at the Swiss show, the German tuner also announced its upcoming goods for the GTI and released a pair of renderings to provide us with a visual of the car.
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