For Volkswagen Group to gain a firm foothold in China market, a great deal of reasons are historical reasons. Of course, there are also excellent products of Volkswagen brand. Santana and Jetta have established the "power" of Volkswagen brand in China, and also established the brand consumption tendency in the consumer's concept. It is said that Volkswagen is "durable", "advanced" and "easy to use".
Of course, Volkswagen brands are not only these cards in the China market, but also catchy classic models such as Magotan, Passat and Tiguan, including the "original Volkswagen"? Golf. The new generation of golf will be launched on November 7, which makes the golf hot instantly.
The new generation of golf in China will continue to be younger and more concise in appearance, longer and wider in body size, and more elegant and harmonious in visual effect.
it's a pity that the new golf has not been equipped with a stronger 1.5T engine in the early stage, but still uses a 1.4T engine and a 1.2T engine. The golf model is expected to be equipped with a 1.5T engine in the later stage. For those who want to buy golf, they may wish to wait and see! As for the performance version of golf models (Golf GTI), China will come soon.
recently, Volkswagen brand released a brand-new golf GTI overseas. Clubsport, which can be regarded as a more advanced version of the new golf GTI, is mainly different from the golf GTI model in appearance kit.
golf GTI? Clubsport is not much different from the new golf GTI. It still follows the appearance of the new golf and adopts the same power system as the golf GTI. The main changes are the appearance details and chassis configuration. It can be said that golf GTI? Clubsport can be said to be an "enhanced" model of golf GTI.
golf GTI? Clubsport is the star of golf GTI. At the New North Circuit in Europe, golf GTI? Clubsport can be said to be comparable to Honda Civic TYPE-R, and it is the most eye-catching predecessor model in New North Circuit.
golf GTI? The appearance of Clubsport is more "performance-fighting" than the ordinary version of Golf GTI. A large number of blackened appearance kits are blessed in golf GTI? On Clubsport, it is painted with a unique model with a large-size red brake caliper. With 18-inch two-color five wheels, it is majestic and shocking.
The rear part is extended with a large-size roof spoiler and rear enclosure. Coupled with the exhaust from both sides and the simple and thick rear part design, the posture of the performance car is vividly displayed.
meanwhile, golf GTI? Clubsport pays great attention to creating an atmosphere, and expresses the "red performance elements" just right. You can see the red elements with a fighting atmosphere in appearance and interior. Golf GTI? Sports seats, two-color stitching leather and red atmosphere lights are mostly used in the interior of Clubsport, which render the fighting atmosphere in place.
golf GTI? Compared with the seven generations of golf GTI, Clubsport has not been upgraded a little bit, but has always regarded performance and driving pleasure as the essence of golf GTI.
golf GTI? Clubsport first evolved in the brake system, upgrading the brake caliper to the opposite double-piston brake caliper, and upgrading the ABS (Anti-lock Brake System) and ESC (Body Stability System) accordingly.
besides, golf GTI? Clubsport has also made a major upgrade in the chassis system. A so-called famous saying in the performance modification industry: "One low covers a hundred ugliness" is reasonable. Golf GTI? Clubsport specially adjusts the suspension of the whole vehicle. By fine-tuning the front and rear camber of the chassis, a new suspension control swing arm is added, and a customized shock absorber and spring are introduced. Compared with ordinary GTI, the height of the body is fully reduced by 15 mm..
it is worth mentioning that golf GTI? In order to further improve the driving pleasure and handling performance, Clubsport adds a limited slip differential driven by the front axle on the basis of adding DCC dynamic adaptive suspension, which can effectively make up for the understeer of the front drive.
more than that, golf GTI? Clubsport has also made a big upgrade in the power system. On the basis of EA888 engine, a 2.T engine with both performance and reliability has been developed again. Compared with the previous 2.T engine, the horsepower has been increased to 3 horsepower, and the torque output has been increased to 4 Nm, which is matched with a 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox.
and this golf GTI? Clubsport According to official information, the car accelerates within 6 seconds in 1 kilometers, and the electronic speed limit is restricted to 25 km/h.
it can be said that the resurrected golf GTI? Clubsport, in the technological progress of the times, has not been abandoned by the times, but has become stronger and stronger in the torrent of time, becoming more sweet and worthy of being believed by the public car fans.
the revived golf GTI? Clubsport is a brand-new display of Volkswagen brand for its performance cars, and it is also an inheritance of the product reputation and product "idol" of Golf GTI. To put it another way, golf GTI? Clubsport inherits the spirit and genes of GTI. Compared with any generation of GTI, golf GTI? Clubsport will only be stronger, not weaker.
golf GTI? The positioning of Clubsport is actually very subtle, between Golf R and Golf GTI, both of which are Volkswagen classic performance models, while Golf GTI? Clubsport seems to be a combination of the two, subtly at the balance point between the two, occupying the right place and the right time.
after all that talk, golf GTI? The original intention of Clubsport is consistent with the mission of the whole car family of golf, which is to let consumers experience the mechanical charm of Volkswagen brands as much as possible, and at the same time enjoy the convenience brought by vehicles, and also experience the pleasure and fun brought by driving vehicles. This is the initial intention of the golf family. ?
a generation of popular classic models has ushered in a new generation, which can be said to be original, younger in appearance, more in brand recognition design and enhanced in performance, but the original intention of Golf GTI has not changed, that is, to provide pure and innocent driving pleasure for more drivers. If the meaning of Volkswagen brand is to let the public drive a cheap car, then golf GTI is born for the public's driving pleasure. ?
This article comes from the author of Chejia, car home, and does not represent car home's standpoint.