Edition 40???

[matchboy]

It looks ok, I'd have one!  Not mad keen on the black Clubsport banner down the sides though.  Screams 'Halfords' to me.  Still, the added bhp is what the GTI should have had in the first place!

[kenny.c]

From some of the pictures ive seen...the headlights look to have the double "U" in them.
For me major question is.....Tuned up GTI engine or De-Tuned R engine..?

It would need to be a detuned R engine with PP standard with some nice seats.

Im not to keen on the side stickers.

Ken

[caprigreen]

Does anyone know when this will be ready to order and is it limited edition , will you be able to achieve discount on a special edition ?

[gazmondo35]

I think it's definitely a golf r lump,because in this link below it shows extra rads in the bumper which the gti doesn't have.



http://youtu.be/SxxwC4tYUpI

[JoeGTI]

I think it's definitely a golf r lump,because in this link below it shows extra rads in the bumper which the gti doesn't have.



http://youtu.be/SxxwC4tYUpI

The car also appears to be missing front fogs, with cooling ducts in their place, same as the R.

[kenny.c]

Fair point on the extra rads/coolers.....also some of the pictures show the rear light clusters looking like the darker R units.

Ken

[remlapeel]

So basically it's a detuned R badges as a GTI lol

[charv94]

On a pricing point, I saw on autocars coverage earlier today, they stated prices to start at 27500? now this struck me as normal gti money? Surely this can't be right?

Also, how close would it have to be to R pricing for people to think about getting a more powerful, more capable car? over a special edition?

[monkeyhanger]

On a pricing point, I saw on autocars coverage earlier today, they stated prices to start at 27500? now this struck me as normal gti money? Surely this can't be right?

Also, how close would it have to be to R pricing for people to think about getting a more powerful, more capable car? over a special edition?

£27500? That does seem cheap. In "Boost" mode, that ED40 kicking out 280PS should be almost as quick as an R when moving as it's not lugging around 120Kg for the 4Motion system, you don't get the sureity of the 4WD system and the extra stand-still gains (0-62), but you do get the kind of seats I had always thought the GTI, GTD and R should have had access to on the options list if not standard. This is what the GTI should've been in the first place to put it above its Focus, Astra and Megane peers on the figures front.

[J400uk]

I like the look of it, Leon Cupra engine presumably?