ABT just announced it’s version of the MK6 GTI, check out the press release and photos below. Can’t say I’m a fan of the body accessories or wheels.

ABT GTI

ABT GTI Rear

ABT GTI Front

ABT GTI Interior

Press release (translated):

“For five decades refined ABT Sportline now vehicles – and to match the anniversary, the Allgäuer the new, sixth GTI before. With these three letters since 1976 are very athletic and quick “Gölfe” means.From the beginning, ABT was the first address for those who have more driving dynamics and wanted. Even the current generation of compact athlete carries the magic code, and of course it is also now available in a stunning version of ABT to have. Already impressed with the performance, because from the standard 210 hp (154 kW) through optimized engine management (ABT POWER) dynamic 260 hp (191 kW). ABT POWER S makes the GTI even sharper: In this case, in addition, a new turbocharger “made in Kempten” are used. Then provide the sporty 2.0 TSI 300 hp (221 kW) and accelerates in just six seconds from a standstill to 100 km / h. Thanks ABT suspension springs, the focus of the GTI satte 30 millimeters lower, making the transmission more sporty golf can be driven. Especially on twisty roads, the abbot of Christian’s chassis attitude really fun. And the brakes from the house of ABT is also in extreme cases vigorously.

But ABT Golf GTI is not just a hot sports equipment for the street, he sees this: The body package, which the designers have designed, underlines the sheer dynamism of the car: No matter which side of the GTI is considered, he always impressed . Rear spoiler attachment and rear bumper, side moldings, front grill and sloping apron and the winding 4-pipe exhaust system form one unit. In addition, the abbots designed a front lip which, in combination with the front apron and the new ABT daytime running lights for a power-performance provides. This fits well then the elegant expressive colors such as: Painting in carbon steel gray metallic harmonizes perfectly with side rails and front lip in the contrast color red are required. Also in the interior, the design continues, because all the apertures, the ring of the combined instrument panels and steering wheel are in the tone painted. One sees the Allgäuer athletes, that he is more than a “normal” Golf GTI – and is the sixth variant of the fast compact with the large tailgate in the best tradition. Even his five predecessors were in the ABT “About Golf”. ABT and GTI, these six letters are easy for 33 years.”

Source – http://www.abt-sportsline.de/tuning/shop/VW-Golf-VI-GTI-5K0_1370_4

VDUBDRIVEN FEATURE: MK4 OF THE MONTH
+ Silver Snail’s Reflex Silver GTI

This month's featured MK4 is Silver Snail's GTI

“This months featured MK4 is Silver Snail’s Reflex Silver GTI with pretty pink BBS RS 17 in. wheels, Euro bumpers and quite a stance. Many have said that she is almost as hot as her car, we would probably need some pics to determine the validity though. Let’s see what she had to say!”

Interview

[VDD] Thanks for taking this opportunity to tell us a little more about  yourself and your car! Let’s start with the basics, what’s your name, location, club/affiliation and car’s nickname – if it has one?

[Susannah] Susannah Kirstine, Toronto. Clubs: Kool Haus, Low.Life.Society, TMTuned. My cars name is Frankford. J

Silver Snail's GTI

[VDD] What got you into VWs, i.e did someone you know also work on them?

[Susannah] My dad used to race Trans Ams competitively but I bought the GTI because for the price it was the easiest car to tune (learning from dad) and my boyfriend at the time had a Civic SiR and it was faster than it. :p

[VDD] How long have you been modifying VWs? Any cool current/previous projects?

[Susannah] I bought the GTI at 17 it was my first car. I recently got a 2001 Honda CRV as my beater. I also owned a 87 Rabbit Black Tie Edition that lasted all of three months in my parents drive way. Sold it when I realized how bad the a-pillars where, it was to big of a bite for me to chew.

[VDD] Now let’s move on to your GTI. Anything unique about your GTI? (besides the wheels, we’ll get to that below)

[Susannah] Nothing really, it’s just clean I guess? OEM euro bits, and the stance I suppose set it off.

[VDD] We love your Pink BBS RS wheels, did you consider any other wheels in this color?

Susannah's pink BBS RS setup

[Susannah] Yes, I want to buy my friends 18” monoblocks and paint the inserts pink, since pink has kind of become my signature. I was also thinking about getting 18″ Image IFX wheels…

[VDD] Your profile states that your GTI has a Big Turbo upgrade and all the goodies that go with it – Any dynos or movie clips?

[Susannah] I went to the dyno and I have a sheet, nothing too impressive considering I have stock internals and a stock 02M clutch. After my friend MINT GTI (Milos) did the swap for me I realized how pricey a clutch kit is for that transmission and just haven’t had the money for it. At 14 PSI I did 265 WHP and 230 WTQ, the mechanical dump has since been connected so it’s a 3” off the turbo whenever it spools to 10 PSI so it should free up a little more HP and TQ, I can also bump the PSI up to about 17 or 18 safely new dyno sheet soon I hope. It’s a GT3071R with custom AWP 630cc tuning on an AWW motor.

Engine shot (of course there's some pink in there!)

[VDD] What’s next for your car? Any plans?

[Susannah] More HP and interior coming soon.

[VDD] Who helped build your car? Any shoutouts?

[Susannah] Lots of people. MINT GTI (Milos), my friend German, Manolo,  Tom and Marco at SEM Motorsports, my sponsors Unitronic, Katja at TMTuning and Kevin at Altered Altitude Customs.

Yum

[VDD] Describe a perfect Saturday/Sunday with you and your car:

[Susannah] Probably cleaning it, or having a party at my mom’s listening to music.

[VDD] Leaving the most important question for last: Who’s hotter, you or your car? Maybe a pic of you two sitting side by side could help!

[Susannah] Hahahaha, I like to think my car…

[VDD] We’ll let you decide haha:

Susannah and her car

[VDD] Thanks for taking the time to fill us in about yourself and your car! We can’t wait to see what’s next for your GTI!

http://vdubdriven.com

VDUBDRIVEN FEATURE: MK3 OF THE MONTH
+ Beacom’s Sequoia Green GTI

This month's featured MK3 is Beacom's GTI

“This months featured MK3 is Beacom’s Sequoia Green GTI with a Jetta front end, clean Euro accents and a set of Gold BBS RS wheels. Dope. Let’s see what he had to say.”

Interview

[VDD] Thanks for taking this opportunity to tell us a little more about  yourself and your car! Let’s start with the basics, what’s your name, location, club/affiliation and car’s nickname – if it has one?

[Cory]

Name: Cory Beacom
Location: Oakville, Ont. Canada
Club: Bankrupt
Cars Nickname: Baxr (just because it’s the first 4 letter of my license plate)

Beacom's GTI

[VDD] What got you into VWs, i.e did someone you know also work on them?

[Cory] Every since I was around 15 or 16 I started saving for my first car. Honestly at first I didn’t really look into VW’s but after a while I started to get into them with one of my close friends getting one to work on as well. This car is my first VW and I’m sure it won’t be my last.

[VDD] How long have you been modifying VWs? Any cool current/previous projects?

[Cory] Since I’ve had my car – so around 2 and a bit years I guess. At first things did not go in the right direction, but soon turned around, aha. Was helping a friend with a mk1 jetta he had like shaving the bay and other stuff, but we lost interest and he needed garage space back.

[VDD] Now let’s move on to your GTI. Anything unique about your GTI? (besides the wheels, we’ll get to that below)

[Cory] Well my car was found by my parents actually while driving out to a relatives they saw it sitting on a farm with the for sale sign in it. It was also an American car, which I found out later was “illegally” imported when a detective showed up one day to ask me a bunch of questions about who I bought it from aha.

[VDD] We love your Gold/Silver BBS RS wheels, did you consider any other wheels with this scheme?

Cory's current wheel setup

[Cory] I used to have mk4 Wolfsburg wheels with the same scheme (gold centers, polished lips) but felt it was time for some wider wheels with some dish. I also got new flat caps for them with retro BBS logos, which aren’t completely done yet. Was thinking about colour matching the centers over the winters as well but don’t think that is going to happen.

[VDD] Do you have any work done to your motor? Any shots/dynos or exhaust clips?

[Cory] I haven’t done much to the motor yet, lots of maintenance like crack pipe, mounts chains, etc. It does have a gutted manifold, intake and unitronic chip though. I do have an exhaust clip but the quality is bad so I’m gunna have to take a new one.

Cory's engine bay

[VDD] What’s next for your car? Any plans?

[Cory] I have tons on the to do list right now, I’m pretty sure instead of the list getting shorter it just keeps getting longer. I’m in the process of finishing all the pillars and headliner in a black suede. After that I have to get my euro bumpers and new hatch painted. Then airbags. Then turbo? I hope aha but I think I could go on forever.

[VDD] Who helped build your car? Any shoutouts?

[Cory] Lots of my friends have helped me out a lot putting stuff on and together. Thanks to Alex (mk2fu) for letting us all use his garage installing coils and all the other crap we have done in there.

[VDD] Describe a perfect Saturday/Sunday with you and your car:

[Cory] Waking up and cleaning my car and then going on a nice cruise in the country where I don’t have to be worried about cops as much.

Roller

[VDD] Thanks for taking the time to fill us in about yourself and your car! We can’t wait to see what’s next for your GTI and other projects!

http://vdubdriven.com

Just wanted to share some pictures and a video of the setup I am working on. I am using a Snow Performance Stage 2 kit with the optional reservoir and 225 cc/min nozzle (even though I want 175 but I am going to try this out since I lost that one somehow).

Here are some pics:

- Reservoir mounted to the battery cover:

Reservoir

Reservoir

- I didn’t want to mount the nozzle with the plastic bung in the stock hose that runs into the TB, so I fabbed this metal insert.

Custom adapter

Custom adapter

Custom adapter

I was planning on cutting the stock TB hose in half and inserting this piece in between with clamps on each side. The ends are ribbed in hopes of preventing the hose from slipping off. What do you guys think?
- Lastly, I made a display to keep me updated on the system’s status:

Display

Display

The box is wrapped in MK5 interlagos plaid vinyl. The idea is to display temperature, contain two switches (one for the display, one for the meth controller), and 3 LEDS (power, low level reservoir warning, injection status).

Here is a quick demo video I made yesterday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO7iPa24oZQ

In this video I was testing out the MAF controller – at 3000RPM, the system fires (as shown by the blue LED). The top left red led indicates ample reservoir fluid, the bottom one indicates MAF controller power.

What do you guys think?

Follow the thread here – http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4450645

Volkswagen has a major success on its hands with the latest Jetta TDI. Not only has the fuel efficient machine managed to take home nearly every green car award known to man, it’s also been selling in numbers well over its initial sales goal. When the German automaker launched the diesel sedan, it had estimated that about 20% of all units sold would be equipped with an oil-burning engine. In reality, about half of all wagons sold have the TDI mill and about 30% of sedans are so equipped.

For this reason, VW is now expecting that 30% of all 2010 Golf hatchbacks will be sold with the automaker’s 2.0L turbocharged diesel engine when it goes on sale in the U.S. later this year. Interestingly, fellow German automakers BMW and Mercedes-Benz have not seen this kind of success with their latest diesel engines. We imagine that the low price of the Jetta TDI in comparison to its gasoline-powered siblings may have plenty to do with its strong sales numbers.

Source – Autoblog

(These are preliminary and still may change)pdf files:

Golf – http://media.vw.com/article_download.cfm?article_id=10477

GTI – http://media.vw.com/article_download.cfm?article_id=10476

“Volkswagen has officially taken the wraps off its diesel-powered GTD ahead of its AMI in Leipzig debut next month. As the name implies the GTD is essentially a diesel-powered version of VW’s hot GTI hatch. Such a model has been rumored since late last year.

The GTD use VW’s 2.0L TDI powerplant, tuned to produce 170 horsepower and 258 b-ft of torque. That power will be sent to the front wheels via a six-speed manual or VW’s six-speed DSG gearbox.

Although not as quick as its GTI counterpart, the GTD will make the sprint from 0-62 in 8.1 seconds, on its way to a top speed of 136 mph. The GTD uses only 5.3 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers, which roughly translates into a combined 44 mpg.

Despite the oil-burner up front, the GTD still shares plenty of DNA with its GTI counterpart. The GTD employs 17-inch wheels, a sports-tuned suspension and upgraded brakes. The GTD uses the same front fascia as the GTI, but sports a chrome grille accents instead of red.

Inside the GTD features sport seats and a three-spoke steering wheel with a flattened bottom. A unique black headliner distinguishes the GTD from other Golf models.

The GTD will hit the German market sometime this summer — with a base price of 27,475.00 Euros — but it remains unclear if VW will market the GTD in the States. However, VW is already pushing its diesel technology on the American public in the form of the Jetta TDI, so it remains possible that we could see GTD on our shores in the not-too-distant future. ”

Source – http://www.leftlanenews.com/volkswagen-gtd.html

Autocar drives the new GTI

“What is it?This is the new VW Golf GTI, the Mk6, although it’s not quite brand new. Beneath the new VW Golf GTI’s freshened body lurks an upgraded version of its predecessor’s underpinnings and floorpan. Given the praise heaped on that car, it’s a great starting point. Still, there is still plenty that is new about Wolfsburg’s latest hot hatch.

The styling changes successfully set the latest VW Golf GTI apart from the standard Golf. At the front, the angular headlamps with unique inner graphics are neatly offset by a shiny black honeycomb grille and a front bumper with an integrated splitter.

Further back, black extensions are added to the side sills, a spoiler is mounted above the rear window and a deeper rear bumper houses chromed tail pipes.

Step inside the VW Golf GTI and you find an upgraded version of the standard Golf’s excellent cabin. The heavily cushioned seats support and secure your body well, and offer a broad range of manual adjustment. They are, however, mounted higher than those in the VW Scirocco, so you get a slightly less sporty driving position.

It might appear the same on paper (right on down to its bore and stroke) but the VW Golf GTI’s turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine is, in fact, different to that found in its predecessor. Part of Volkswagen’s new EA888 engine family, it produces 207bhp, an increase of 10bhp over the old Golf GTi and generated 200rpm further round the dial, at 5300rpm. Torque remains the same as before, peaking at 206lb ft from just 1700rpm.
What’s it like?

The first thing that hits you is just how flexible this latest Golf GTi engine is; it’s as happy on the autoroute behind Nice as it is screaming up the snaking roads leading into the surrounding mountains.

You can feel the shove begin to swell from 1500rpm, and it remains wonderfully consistent. It is only when you approach the abrupt 7000rpm cut-out that it begins to run out of breath. And boy, does it sound good; there is a delicious rift of induction blare and a hearty rumble through the exhaust.

The new VW Golf GTi’s 0-62mph time remains at 6.9sec in manual guise. Top speed has increased by 3mph to 149mph. Still, Volkswagen’s data is notoriously conservative, so don’t be surprised to see independent tests improving on those figures. And there’s no doubting the efficiency of the new engine; its CO2 emissions of 170g/km are 54g/km less than a Focus ST’s.

A six-speed manual gearbox comes as standard, while VW’s six-speed DSG double-clutch unit is an option. Our test car was a manual; the shift action is light and the travel is long, meaning it can sometimes snag when you hurry the lever across the gates. However, it is imbued with an excellent spread of ratios.

In suspension terms, the new Golf GTi follows the lead of lesser Golf models, using MacPherson struts up front and a compact four-arm multi-link rear. It’s little changed over the old model. But while the hardware is familiar, it has all been tuned to provide the sort of sharpness and response that hot hatch customers demand. Firmer spring and damper rates lower the body by 22mm (front) and 15mm (rear) compared with other Mk6 Golfs. Beefed-up anti-roll bars are also fitted for added body control.

Other developments include VW’s ACC adaptive chassis control system. It links the dampers to the steering and throttle, adjusting the bump and rebound properties for added ride refinement. An associated system called dynamic chassis control also adjusts the electronic assistance of the steering.

Even in sport mode, the ride is nicely controlled, and since this has been achieved without resorting to overly soft damping, the GTI has excellent body control too.

At lower speeds the electro-mechanical steering can sometimes feel over-assisted; the apparent lightness is aimed at aiding manoeuvrability around town. Where it really shines is out on the open road, where it weights up progressively and proves impressively direct as you tip in to tightening corners.

A good part of the precision within the steering can be traced to the adoption of an optional electronic differential for the first time, for Volkswagen has done an excellent job of quelling torque steer without resorting to a mechanical limited-slip diff.

There’s sufficient performance, a heightened level of handling and accompanying composure to ensure that the Golf GTI punches well above its price tag.
Should I buy one?

It would be hard to argue against it. While still possessing the ingrained sporting character that made its predecessor so memorable, the new VW Golf GTI displays small but important improvements in its overall dynamic repertoire. Detailed as they may be, they help make it even more compelling to drive while introducing a further degree of refinement. ”

- Greg Kable

Source – http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Volkswagen-Golf-GTI/238885/

Passat CC Wagon

“Volkswagen’s recent announcement that it has overtaken Ford as the world’s third biggest carmaker doesn’t appear as though it will have any effect on the pace of the company’s new model roll out. Set to appear over the next couple of years are the recently revealed Mark VI Golf, new-generation Polo, the up! minicar range, a new roadster and North American sedan, plus all of their respective cabrio and wagon variants. One other possibility is a new wagon based on the Passat CC.Expected to be launched a year from now, this latest rendering gives a good indication as to what a new Passat CC wagon could look like. As suggested by this rendering, the wagon will feature the same sleek profile as the saloon but could also include a slightly longer wheelbase to boost interior space. Seating capacity, however, should remain at enough space for four.

The engine lineup should mirror that of the sedan, which means a base 2.0L TSI engine with 200hp (147kW) and 207lb-ft of torque in the U.S., available with either a six-speed manual or six-speed Tiptronic automatic transmission. Available optionally will be a flagship 3.6L FSI, rated at 280hp (206kW) and 266lb-ft of torque. Other markets will feature a base 160hp (105kW) 1.8L: TSI model and two diesel variants developing 140 (90kW) and 170hp (110kW) respectively.

VW marketing chief Detlef Wittig has previously stated that the company expects 60% of CC sales to come from the U.S. alone, which means the wagon would likely be sold on both sides of the Atlantic.”

Source – http://www.motorauthority.com/preview-volkswagen-passat-cc-wagon.html

Check out this turbocharged Hayabusa powered MK1 Golf on Youtube! It has been converted to RWD and stripped of most of its interior.  Insane…