The Volkswagen Up GTI Will Cost A Surprisingly Affordable £13,750

Prices have been announced for the intriguing Up GTI, and it's very good news for hot hatch fans looking for a fun car on a budget
The Volkswagen Up GTI Will Cost A Surprisingly Affordable £13,750

Your own slice of brand new GTI giggles is more affordable than we’d expected it to be. Volkswagen has announced a very reasonable £13,750 entry price for the new Up GTI.

That buys you a three-door, with an extra pair of doors priced at £400 in the UK. Either way you’ll be left with a cheeky city car with a 1.0-litre turbocharged three-pot. It’s good for 122mph and a 0-62mph sprint in a stated 8.8 seconds – although we wouldn’t be surprised if the truth were nearer eight seconds.

The Volkswagen Up GTI Will Cost A Surprisingly Affordable £13,750

Weighing 1070kg it’s going to be a fun thing to toss around a back road, with 113bhp under your right foot for the straight bits and a six-speed manual gearbox to row through. Apparently it’ll even give you 50mpg, if you’re really, really dedicated to the cause.

In the notoriously expensive German market the starting price is €16,975, equivalent to £14,977. The order books open on 6 February, and unless you’re quick you can expect a long lead time; it’s going to be popular. Standard kit includes heated front seats, Bluetooth, USB connection, DAB radio and air conditioning. It even has tartan GTI seats. What more do you need?

The Volkswagen Up GTI Will Cost A Surprisingly Affordable £13,750

A basic Mini costs almost £16,000, the cheapest 103bhp Fiat 500 TwinAir will set you back £15,115 and there’s no sign of a new Suzuki Swift Sport yet, so this is looking like We could be tempted. Easily.

Comments

BV86_OFISHAL (AUDM Fanboy)

Imagine an AWD Up! R. Nuff’ said.

01/18/2018 - 11:18 |
38 | 8

YOU PEOPLE ARE NEVER HAPPY ;)

01/18/2018 - 11:27 |
53 | 0

There would be almost no demand for that car.
Price had to be pretty high. Also the weight would increase.
They also most likely need a new and bigger engine as the 1.0s “reasonable” power figure range isn´t endless. That adds just more weight and so on.
At that point you can go for a Polo GTI, weight and money wise.

01/18/2018 - 11:45 |
3 | 1

There is a German tuner who converts a normal up into a 1.8 t quattro weapon. It is one of his projects for this year.

01/18/2018 - 11:55 |
17 | 0

Too heavy and it probably isn’t powerful enough to benefit from it. But I’m sure the 1-litre unit could be boosted to 140hp or so.

01/18/2018 - 12:34 |
0 | 0

UP EXCLAMATION MARK

01/18/2018 - 14:20 |
7 | 0
Anonymous

Still can’t afford it. #PovertyLife

01/18/2018 - 11:24 |
29 | 20
Nishant Dash

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01/18/2018 - 11:42 |
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Anonymous
01/18/2018 - 12:21 |
45 | 2
Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

113 hp for a GTI I mean wtf

01/18/2018 - 12:41 |
1 | 1

The Mk1 GTIs had around that power

01/18/2018 - 12:44 |
2 | 1
Sir Wafel (WhyBeAre of CT) (Multipla Squad) (propane)

In reply to by Olivier (CT's …

It really doesn’t need more

01/18/2018 - 18:45 |
1 | 0
Anonymous

I guess you can say things are starting to look Up! over at VW. leaves room

01/18/2018 - 14:20 |
1 | 1
Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Sir, I’ll ask you to come in this special room with mirrors everywhere, please. I have a few questions for you.

01/18/2018 - 14:21 |
1 | 1
Anonymous

More like 30k here in Finland.

01/18/2018 - 14:23 |
0 | 0
Anonymous

Love it

01/18/2018 - 14:37 |
0 | 0
HAYABUSA

This thing is gonna sell like hot bretzels 🥨

01/18/2018 - 16:00 |
0 | 0
CannedRex24

here in india, theres this car called the suzuki baleno RS.
105bhp
fwd
turbo
950kg
apple carplay and android auto
decent size( bigger than this, yet smaller than most european hatchbacks)
price?
equal to 9000 pounds

take that vw

01/18/2018 - 16:11 |
3 | 1
Anonymous

I hope they’ll make a Performance Pack version of it with 130bhp.

01/18/2018 - 16:24 |
0 | 0

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