The new VW Golf GTI is still looking to be the consumer champion
After months of patiently waiting, the price of the 8th iteration of the Volkswagen Golf GTI has finally been revealed.
The new Volkswagen Golf 8 GTI has been slapped with a R669,300 price tag and will go on sale in South Africa from the 1st of September 2021.
Powering the new Volkswagen Golf 8 GTI is a 2.0-litre TSI unit that spurts out 180 kW of power and 370 Nm of torque. A reasonable 11 kW more than what its predecessor makes.
The engine is mated to a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission that sends power to the front wheels enabling the hot hatch to sprint from a standstill to 100 km/h in 6.4 seconds.
The new Volkswagen Golf 8 GTI is equipped with 18” Richmond alloy wheels, LED headlights plus a vision package.
Other standard features include Climatronic air conditioning, a 10.25” multi-colour InnoVision cockpit, cruise control, parking sensors, 30-colour ambient lighting, heated leather-wrapped sports steering wheel and “GTI Vienna” leather seats.
Offered as options is a Black styling package that adds black 18” Bergamo alloy wheels. Features such as mechanically swiveling trailer hitch, LED matrix headlamps, head-up display, a smoker’s package, 19” Adelaide alloys plus Harman Kardon sound system also come as options.
Volkswagen also offers the Discover Pro audio system that incorporates sat-nav, wireless App-Connect and voice control as options.
Active safety features include a parallel parking assistant, rear assist with a rear-view camera, blind-spot monitoring, lane assist, adaptive cruise control as well as autonomous emergency braking.
The Volkswagen Golf GTI comes standard with a 3-year/120,000 km warranty, 5-year/ 90,000 km EasyDrive Service Plan and a 12-year anti-corrosion warranty. The service interval is 15,000 km.
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