The 164mph VW Golf GTI TCR Is The Clubsport Successor We've Been Waiting For
There’s a new top dog coming to the Golf GTI range, and it looks extremely promising. It’s called the Golf GTI TCR - riffing off the customer racing car of the same name - and its 2.0-litre inline-four will shove 286bhp to the front wheels only via VW Group’s ‘VAQ’ electronic locking differential.
Sound familiar? That’s because the spec mirrors that of the Golf GTI Clubsport - albeit with the 286bhp output made constantly, and not as part of an overboost feature. The Clubsport was the Golf GTI’s 40th-anniversary special, so we weren’t expecting a successor to arrive before the Mk7 Golf is replaced. Until recent rumours suggested otherwise, however, and now we’re here.
Unlike the Clubsport, the TCR won’t necessarily be held back by a 155mph electronic limiter. If you want, you’ll be able to remove the buffers entirely, giving a 164mph top speed.
The press release only mentions a standard-fit DSG automatic gearbox, and from what VW UK tells us, there probably won’t be a manual. We won’t know for sure until final specs are confirmed, so keep your fingers crossed.
The car will be revealed in full at the huge Worthersee GTI Treffen meet on 9 May, ahead of a launch nearer the end of 2018.
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Comments
Does it have a VR6?
No, vr6 would make more power
That would massively hurt handling and make the weight distribution even worse
It literally says it in the article that it will have a 2.0 litre inline-4.
Just a new set of wheels and a new setup made on the nurburgring from the clubsport i guess? Is it really developping it if you don’t change it? I mean it could have been named the clubsport mk2
It better will be available with a manual, otherwise it’s not really a GTI. Not being one of those manual kids, but it’s a GTI, it’s sort of the law. But the R has it so I got hope.
Yes it must be a manual.
I am proudly a 16y/o “manual kid”
😂
The clubsport didn’t come with a manual.
That’s why I’m so disappointed with the latest Polo GTI, only available with the DSG gearbox…
I remember the time when there was only one GTI, and it was THE GTI.
I don’t, Mk2 GTI 8V, 16V and G60. Mk3 GTI 8V, 16V, G60. Mk4 well that was shit anyways. Mk5 GTI, GTI Edition 30. Mk6 GTI, GTI Edition 35.
FINALLY, The GTi is competitive again!
The GTI has always been competitive. Just not for raw performance - that’s what the R is for.
Aaaannd guess what’s not going to come to North America?
this car! and it has me pissed! another car that the USA doesn’t get. What’s the point of saving my bloody money if I’m not getting access to these cars? this is absolute BS
Damn,that is impressive.But…….wait for it……..where is the f###ing manual mot#########g option to the f######g GTI !!! To be serious,there really should be a manual option,I know that your farting DSG is fast but maybe,just maybe some people would like to buy a hothatch to actually have fun with changing the gears.Again,I know it is fast but I would rather slap the knob than tick my paddle
“Slap the knob”
Excuse me what the fck
Cost???