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380 HP Golf GTI Wolfsburg Edition Revealed at Worthersee

The Vision GTI could be considered the coolest VW concept ever made, but no GTI fan will ever dream of a speedster. They want a roof over their heads, tartan seats and a trunk full of bass speakers. Thats why for this year's Worthersee meeting in Austria, the Vision GTI is joined by this custom project, a 380 horsepower 3-door created by apprentices.
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It's called the Wolfsburg Edition and is based around a GTI with the performance pack. Stage 3 levels of tuning were necessary in order to get sportscar levels of power from such a small engine. The increased levels of power come thanks to a carbon air box and a hand-made stainless steel exhaust system featuring vacuum valve control.

The four young women and eight men working on the Wolfsburg GTI have updated the look as well. Spoilers, light alloy wheels with red pinstriping and a special decal add to the charisma. This last element shows the outline of eight landmarks from the region, including Schloss Wolfsburg, Planetarium, the Car Towers at Autostadt, Phaeno, Autostadt Customer Center, Volkswagen Arena.

After seeing the inside, many GTI owners will probably feel a bit inspired. The normal seats were swapped out for buckets from the Golf R which were then upholstered in black and red leather with accents of that trademark tartan cloth. The gear knob, meanwhile, has been changed from the usual rounded DSG look to a golf ball, like on the manual GTI. Lots of red accents (too many, actually) tie the whole thing together as well, like the three stripes on an Adidas sneaker.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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