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Up GTI .... will there be a Citigo version ever?


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21 minutes ago, leckman said:

According to the Evo magazine the 3 door GTI wil cost less than £14K when it goes on sale.Thats a really good price if true.

 

You could get a brand new Seat Ibiza FR for that at the minute with the discounts being offered!

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Smitten with this already, want a test drive to totally convince me . Come on Skoda what will your offering be and when?

 

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/up/99514/new-2018-volkswagen-up-gti-uk-prices-and-specs-revealed

 

Volkswagen up! GTI - front

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Has anyone seen the write up in Auto Express about Tubo UP?

This made me laugh:

"The 113bhp served up by the turbocharged three-cylinder is combined with 200Nm of torque, available from 2,000rpm. The engine is one of Volkswagen’s new generation 1.0-litre TSI stop/start units creeping into new cars across the VW Group’s various brands. Now though, it’s the beating heart of the fastest up! yet. It should deliver a classic three-cylinder thrum, but a sound actuator means that those in the cabin will get a synthetic exhaust note piped through the speakers".

The sound actuator would probably have to be one of the first things to be switch off / disable !!!

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1 hour ago, Emil said:

Sound actuator isn't a new thing. If memory serves gti golf has the same thing. Could be funny sometimes. ;)

I know it's not a new thing, but just because you can doesn't mean its a good thing.......

I just think it might be a bit OTT on a VW UP - ideas of grandeur springs to mind.

 

I'm sure it sounds great !!!!!!

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1 hour ago, jerrybean said:

I know it's not a new thing, but just because you can doesn't mean its a good thing.......

I just think it might be a bit OTT on a VW UP - ideas of grandeur springs to mind.

 

I'm sure it sounds great !!!!!!

VW offering options at no extra cost ,to give punters a choice - switch it on or off  .Simples each to their own then.

 

Minor criticism imo, thank god it's not an EV, that sounds like a milk float or a sowing m/c.

 

Perhaps the UP GTI is what the BMW Mini should have been, and not the bus that exists today. 

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https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/volkswagen/up-gti/first-drives/volkswagen-up-gti-2018-review

 

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/up/102374/new-volkswagen-up-gti-2018-review

 

http://www.evo.co.uk/volkswagen/up/gti

 

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/volkswagen/vw-up-gti-2018-review/

 

I want a test drive very soon !

It Might ,just take this old fart back to his motoring youth but maybe uplift it from his  apprenticeship days.

 

Volkswagen Up GTI

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8 hours ago, jerrybean said:

Has anyone seen the write up in Auto Express about Tubo UP?

This made me laugh:

"The 113bhp served up by the turbocharged three-cylinder is combined with 200Nm of torque, available from 2,000rpm. The engine is one of Volkswagen’s new generation 1.0-litre TSI stop/start units creeping into new cars across the VW Group’s various brands. Now though, it’s the beating heart of the fastest up! yet. It should deliver a classic three-cylinder thrum, but a sound actuator means that those in the cabin will get a synthetic exhaust note piped through the speakers".

The sound actuator would probably have to be one of the first things to be switch off / disable !!!

 

The sound actuator DOESN'T pipe through the speakers. That is an error. It isn't synthetic in the sense it is simulated like you get in some Fords.

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21 hours ago, VRS Mike said:

Probably good fun and within safe limits. This could be the new lupo GTi! 

Apart from being slower - progress...

 

No doubt it will have a glovebox and boot light though ;) .

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54 minutes ago, Brian69 said:

Apart from being slower - progress...

 

No doubt it will have a glovebox and boot light though ;) .

 

probably slower in standard for, but once remapped it will blow it away!

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On ‎08‎/‎07‎/‎2016 at 12:53, EikokuSanzoku said:

Lupo 1.6 GTi..... that was a hot hatch 120hp, sub 8 seconds?

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/car-reviews/volkswagen/lupo/207407/

 

https://www.autocar.co.uk/opinion/half-price-heroes/small-perfectly-warmed-vw-lupo-gti

 

Was the Lupo a 3 DR only, with less useable space overall than the VWUP GTI? 

Weight difference?

125bhp 1.6-litre engine from the Polo GTi and weight-saving aluminium panels than contributed to a kerbweight of 960kg – almost 200kg less than the fast Polo

 

Comparison Autocar stats :"Anyway, "1070kg is still sufficiently light that you can make this a warm hatch by giving it a 999cc triple engine, making a modest 114bhp at 5000rpm, and a more immodest 147lb ft, which is generated from just 2000rpm thanks to the fact the motor’s turbocharged. Driving the front wheels through a six-speed manual gearbox, it’s enough to propel the Up GTI to 0-62mph in 8.8sec."

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While the Lupo is quicker 0-62 and top end (which is irrelevant unless you’re on a track) I’d imagine the Up will pull better mid-range due to it having more torque. 

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