Gone are the days when the Volkswagen Golf is just some rinky dink vehicle for college students and teenagers.
In fact, the upcoming 2022 Golf GTI is expected to pack serious power and agility under the hood and on the road. This is a level of performance our car mechanics aren’t used to seeing from Volkswagen.
“Under the hood, the GTI gets the EA888 evo4 2.0-liter turbo-4. With 242 horsepower and 273 pound-feet of torque, it makes 14 more horses and 15 more lb-ft of torque than the current engine. It will be paired to a standard 6-speed manual transmission or an available 7-speed dual-clutch transmission now controlled electronically. Don’t worry about the manual dying off; 40 percent of current GTI and Golf R buyers choose it in the U.S.
“Underneath, Volkswagen tweaks a winning formula. A front differential lock comes standard, as does an electronically controlled limited-slip differential. The car continues on an updated version of the MQB platform used by the current model.”
Rolling the Performance Bar
We’ve always been Volkswagen fans for the car’s trust worthy reliability. Car mechanics know these cars can go the distance with fewer car repairs needed. Now we’ll have to add high performance to our expectations of what Volkswagen can do. Impressive, indeed.
