Autotech's MK V GTI

[mikeyb]

Volkswagen tuners in North America have it rough. Not only are they forced to put up with VW’s notoriously long product cycle, they also have to wait an extra year or so after a new model is launched in Europe before it arrives on our shores. A perfect example is the fifth-generation GTI, which debuted last fall in Europe (a full seven years after the Mk IV GTI came to market), but won’t be available here until early next spring. Not content to simply wait it out, veteran VW tuning house AutoTech has taken bold measures to ensure that when the first US-spec GTIs roll onto dealers’ lots next year, they’ll have a full catalog of modifications waiting... Full Story (http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/article_1605.shtml) http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/uploads/014_001.jpg

[mp3moose]

VW's make me smile. Clean, simple, fun. Man, over 300tq in this car is awesome.

[tsunami]

thats the first new golf i actually like... very nice

[tsunami]

wow... with an ecu upgrade they are getting 252hp and 300 ftlbs... unreal... i know the last gen gti deffinatly benefitted tremendously from an ecu upgrade but it wasn't that much... my buddy got 40 or so hp and 60 or so ft lbs iirc... the 2.5" lowering did a lot for the looks, as well as those 19" bbs wheels... the stocker is being sold around 23k... not to bad....

[ChopstickHero]

nice!

[Iggy]

that car looks great, but I still cant get over the fugly back end of the car