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At this stage a public debut for the new GTI could be the Frankfurt Motor Show in September but nothing has been confirmed yet.
VW will be fine-tuning the aero package over the course of the coming months before undertaking the record attempt next summer.
It will be coming to South Africa in the second quarter of 2019.
We can expect to see front-wheel-drive return, as has been the case with all previous GTI’s.
For the lap to be successful, Dumas must record an average speed higher than the 238 km/h recorded back in June.
Todd Ford, product manager for Volkswagen Australia, said the R division was “looking at new engines and technologies”.
Ollie Marriage from Top Gear became just the third person to pilot this electric rocket and he had some rather interesting things to say.
Whatever the vehicle is, it will wear VW’s next-generation interactive LED headlight and taillights.
It will bump up the modern hot hatch with black details, performance upgrades and standard driver assistance.