‘Volkswagen is putting finishing touches on Up GTI’

Posted on 02-06-2016 at 7:52 by Dizono – 59 Comments”

And that is a good thing.

Volkswagen warmed us in 2007, already up with the Up! Concept and in 2011 went to the gelijkname A-segmentertje actually in production. All in that same year we got the GT up! dished, a smooth jam that ready seemed to be going into production. The more powerful cube was even tested in practice. Unfortunately it never came so far and it was the little VW until recently only available with petrol engines with 60 or 75 hp. Rap is different.

With the facelift of the beginning of this year, there finally change in, Volkswagen stepped up a turbo on the 1-litre three-cylinder and, with that, comes the power to 90 hp. Good for 0-100 in ten seconds and to a top of 185 kilometers per hour. It’s starting to seem.

According to the British Autocar would Volkswagen once again working on an agile Up, that this time no GT Up but Up GTI to be called. The expected power output is 115 hp from the EA211 1.0 TSI, the same as the Golf Bluemotion TSI. That should be enough to top towards the top at around 200 km/h and 0-100 kmm/h in approx. 8 seconds ready to play.

The true Volkswagen-adept will now perhaps equally behind his ears scratching, as do these figures not somewhere to think? Exactly, the very first Golf GTI had 110 hp, weighed 840 pounds about 50 kilos less than an Up and does 0-100 in 9.1 seconds. That is quite in the same vein so, reliving old times! Moreover, Volkswagen is not the only manufacturer that would work on a small bomblet on the basis of an a-segmenter, there are also rumours that Renault is working on a new Twingo RS. And yes, when the Twingo goes all that power to the rear wheels…