Chengdu Auto Show: China-made Volkswagen Polo GTI hits the floor

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The Volkswagen Polo GTI debuted today at the Chengdu Auto Show, it will be launched on the China auto market on September 13, it is made in China by the Shanghai-GM joint venture. It loox the same as the European GTI but is has a very different engine. The European Polo GTI comes with a decent 180hp 1.4 TSI, the Chinese Polo GTI will have to do with a 131hp 1.4 turbo.

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Chengdu Auto Show: China-made Volkswagen Polo GTI hits the floor

Strangely, this old engine has been mated with a very modern 7-speed DSG. What on earth, are those Chinese-Germans thinking here? It is just a weird machine and price will likely start around 150.000 yuan, which is very expensive, but we also hear it would be 170.000 yuan, which is plain crazy. For a fake Polo GTI! If Chinese car buyers fall for it the joint venture will earn a lot of money, if they don’t, the GTI-brand will loose a lot of its credibility. Risky bet.

Via: Autohome.

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1 COMMENT

  1. I agree with you on this.. Fake Polo GTi to hurt the image. I was thinking of another car fun to drive for me to park in the driveway next to our VW touran that my wife likes to drive, but this has made me disappointed and go test drive a ford focus.

    SILLY MOVE VW

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