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ABT-Tuned Golf 7 GTI Dark Edition Gets 300 HP for Essen

ABT-Tuned Golf 7 GTI Dark Edition 11 photos
Photo: ABT Sportsline
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Joining the Polo R WRC on ABT Sportsline's Essen Motor Show stand this year will be a Golf GTI project car.
It's called the Dark Edition VS4 and it's based on the seventh generation Golf GTI with the Performance Package. ABT took the 230 PS, 350 NM engine and boosted it to 300 PS. This isn't really news stuff, it's just their Stage II package for the car. Still, we can't help but be impressed with 0 to 100 km/h in 5.8 seconds.

But the GTI Black Edition's saving grace is the whole package, with 20-inch ABT turbine-style wheels wrapped in 235/30 R20 high-performance tires, new skirts and flares and a four-piece exhaust system similar in style to the Golf R.

Really, if you want a Golf R with front-wheel drive, this is basically it.
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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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