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Friday, February 22, 2013
Fans of Volkswagen’s existing GTD and upcoming GTI will recognize the new GTD’s basic formula, which largely starts and ends with dropping a high-output diesel engine into a Golf imbued with the GTI’s handling gear. The 2014 GTD, based on the new seventh-generation Golf platform, gets a lowered sport suspension, 17-inch aluminum wheels, smoked LED taillights, a rear spoiler, and a body kit with a rear diffuser.
In fact, the GTD looks nearly identical to the GTI concept VW showed at last year’s Paris auto show. (The latest, MkVII Golf–based GTI has yet to make its production-form debut.) The only differences between the two are the GTD’s signature gray striping in its front fascia and its exhaust-outlet arrangement of two clustered tips on the left side of the bumper, as opposed to the GTI concept’s split dual outlets. Just three exterior colors are available: Tornado Red, Black, and Pure White.
The GTD’s cabin is set apart by sport seats with a special tartan pattern, a black headliner, a sport steering wheel, stainless-steel pedals, a GTD shift knob, and unique instrument-cluster trim. The European model will come standard with ambient lighting, automatic climate control, park assist, and VW’s new modular touch-screen infotainment system.
The GTD’s GTI bits are great, but its main party trick lives under its sleek hood, where you’ll find Volkswagen’s new EA288 TDI direct-injected, 2.0-liter turbocharged diesel four-cylinder. The new engine pumps out 184 horsepower and a Ford Focus ST–shaming 280 lb-ft of torque, the latter peaking at just 1750 rpm. Those figures mark increases of 16 ponies and 22 lb-ft over the last-gen GTD’s 2.0-liter four. European buyers can choose between a six-speed manual and a six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission.
Thanks to: Car and Driver
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