« Reply #8 on: 14 May 2020, 04:56 »
The “Edition” anniversary models don’t *need* to be more powerful but it makes them a bit more interesting/desirable.
It doesn’t cost VW much to throw in some extra go from the parts bin along with the bits of special trim.
The 20th Anni had standard power 8v and 16v engines but VW cheekily added a (cutting edge at the time) 110PS Diesel to the line up (still badged as a GTI) for continental Europe, but sadly not imported to the UK.
They did the same for the 25th using the PD150 Diesel alongside the petrol special edition GTIs.
But that was also when it all changed and VW started to add the Leon Cupra spec engine to the Anniversary GTIs.
It’s become a modern tradition and kind of expected now with the anniversary edition GTIs to have the detuned R engine in Cupra spec.
At 330 PS the R will have quite a performance gap over the GTI even if the latter has circa 290-300PS, therefore the price gap between anniversary GTI and range topper R would need to be more than it has been for the last generation unless the Ed45 has other tricks up its sleeve.
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