2023 Volkswagen Golf GTI 40th Anniversary Edition

The VW GTI has formally arrived at center age. To celebrate its birthday, VW is launching a special 40th-anniversary minimal edition edition of the warm hatch identified as the — you guessed it — Volkswagen Golf GTI 40th Anniversary Version, which it introduced on Tuesday.

You are going to be equipped to tell the unique version apart from a common, yard wide variety GTI many thanks to a couple distinctive layout cues. The main and most noticeable variance will be the exterior coloration. Though the unique version will be available in four hues, two are unique to the 40th-anniversary edition: Urano Grey and a vintage GTI shade, Twister Pink. The other two colors are Opal White Pearl and Pomelo Yellow Metallic.

Over and above the unique colours, the 40th Anniversary Version gets other layout tweaks like doorsills with specific “40” badging in a honeycomb-like design and style, moreover an illuminated grill with a crimson stripe across it a 40th-Anniversary certain black-painted roof, black mirror caps. It is rolling on unique gloss black 19-inch wheels with crimson pinstripes, wrapped in summer time efficiency tires borrowed from the not-for-the-U.S. Golfing GTI Clubsport 45.

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Inside of there is a “40” badge on the steering wheel, honeycomb interior accents, typical plaid fabric seats, and a golf ball-influenced knob for the shifter on guide types.

These hoping for a lot more electric power with this distinctive edition are out of luck. The 40th-anniversary edition is driven by the exact same 2.-turbocharged I4 with 241 and 273 lb-ft of torque as other GTIs. As in the regular GTI, you can pair that with both a 6-pace manual or a seven-speed DSG transmission with VWs Tiptronic shifting.

When a lot of special edition vehicles break the lender, this one doesn’t appear to do that. Pricing for the 2023 VW Golf GTI 40th Anniversary Edition starts off at $34,150 for the handbook the DSG will established you again $34,950 like a $1,095 location payment.

If you want a single, you’re going to have to act immediately although. VW is only building 1,500 of the 40th-anniversary edition divided up amongst manual and DSG versions. It goes on sale later this calendar year.