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The GTI?
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:22 pm
by toXXin
Very interesting pictures here...have a look and see what you think!
http://www.vagclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6774
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:52 pm
by dxg
Look like the bunny to me. Bit of a shame that they haven't done anything distinct from the Golf GTI in terms of styling, but there you go...
Do those wheels look like 16s?
Good find, anyway!
Deek.
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:08 pm
by dino
Very nice - Alloys look so small though!
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:13 pm
by GaryUK
Looks sweet!
You could always swap the alloys for the 17/18 inch golf ones lol!
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:09 pm
by veedub-ally
Nice pics. It is a shame it doesn't look very distinctive. You could actually do a lot more just buying a standard lesser model and modding it yourself.
The alloys are 16" and just smaller versions of the Golf GTI. I got the dealer to check the style of the Varano alloys I specced on my new car and VW UK sent a PDF file listing all their alloys for all models. The Polo GTI wheels were listed as 205/45/16 and same style as the Golf GTI.
I just wonder what the spec will be and how much it will cost...... not that I will be buying one!
Alistair
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 9:58 am
by Si_GTi
The tinted headlights made it then
but look a bit wierd on a white car, nevermind. Doesn't look like any of these cars have got xenon headlights mind you, a bit disappointing IMO. Not bad overall, I'll wait until it gets to my local dealership and get a closer look - hoping they'll do a similar thing to the launch of the Golf GTI and take a handful to Oulton Park again
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 6:31 pm
by toXXin
GaryUK wrote:You could always swap the alloys for the 17/18 inch golf ones lol!
If you have 5x100-5x112 adaptors, you can!
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 7:54 pm
by mfa-polo
I've been think of getting some GTI MK5 replicas from
www.vwspeed.co.uk, which are 5x100 ET35 but they only seem to have 18", dont want bigger than 17" end up looking like cartwheels (IMO).
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 7:59 pm
by GaryUK
toXXin wrote:GaryUK wrote:You could always swap the alloys for the 17/18 inch golf ones lol!
If you have 5x100-5x112 adaptors, you can!
Oops didn't realise they were different fitment lol
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:00 pm
by GaryUK
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:36 pm
by Si_GTi
Awwww, no Golf GTi-esque flat-bottomed steering wheel
Add xenon lights and I'd be happy
by the way are those the "official" press shots? Red is OK but it'd not the colour I'd plump for I don't think
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:06 pm
by dino
mmmm thats lush but true needs xexons
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:23 pm
by GaryUK
I would have thought xenons would be an option? I love the dark front lights, the seats don't look as grippy as the golfs.
I think they are the official shots.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:37 pm
by Si_GTi
I have read on various forums around the Internet that xenon lights should be an optional extra but won't be available for around 3-4 months after the initial launch?
If anyone sees the second shot there, this one...
... in a high resolution (ie. 1600x1200) then please let me know, as I want a new wallpaper
Looking forward to seeing this at my dealership!
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:47 pm
by andyg
I think it looks way too much like the Golf GTi, its like they took all the fancy bits from the Mk5 golf GTI and shoved them on the Polo. I bet the price difference for a new one of these and the golf isnt that much.
