Volkswagen Golf GTI pricing and SA launch
After the official reveal last year, Volkswagen South Africa is getting us excited about the eighth-generation Golf GTI. With a public digital reveal, we got the official sale date and local specifications.
Everything new about the Volkswagen Golf GTI.
There is only one variant of the Golf GTI, so the following is standard for all models. There is a long list of optional features which we will cover later on in this article.
Buyers will have three exterior finish options in their choice of colour:
Solid: Pure White, Urano Grey, and Moonstone Grey.
Metallic: Dolphin Grey, Atlantic Blue, Kings Red and Reflex Silver.
Pearlescent: Deep Black Pearl and Oryx White Pearl.
The Lights and Vision Package comes standard with high-beam control light assist. The new Golf GTI will also ride on eighteen-inch Richmond alloy wheels.
Inside the cabin are GTI Vienna leather seats matched with a leather-wrapped multi-function sports steering wheel. Standard features include climatronic air conditioning, Composition Media Radio, keyless locking and starting system and thirty-colour ambient lights to set the mood.
Engine details.
Powering the Volkswagen Golf GTI is a 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. This creates 180 kW and 370 Nm which helps race the GTI from zero to 100 km/h in 6.4 seconds. Cruise Control (with a speed limiter) and Parking Distance Control come standard.
List of optional features.
- Adaptive cruise control with front assist.
- Autonomous emergency braking.
- Black styling package. Includes eighteen-inch Bergamo alloy wheels.
- Blind-spot monitoring.
- Discover Pro audio system with sat-nav, wireless App-Connect and voice control.
- Harman Kardon sound system.
- Head-up display.
- Lane assist.
- LED matrix headlamps.
- Mechanically swivelling trailer hitch.
- Nineteen-inch Adelaide alloy wheels.
- Parallel parking assistant.
- Rear assist with rearview camera.
- Smoker’s package.
Pricing for the Volkswagen Golf GTI in South Africa.
The Volkswagen Golf GTI comes standard with a three year/120 000km warranty, five year/ 90 000km EasyDrive Service Plan and a 12-year anti-corrosion warranty. The service interval is 15 000km.
You can pre-order the car right now at the launch price of R669 300.
