interesting sighting

[larry leung]

I recall the opposite of the original GTi in '76 (or was that '75?).

Not too much appearance parts, (larger steel wheels, tape stripes on the sides like the US models, red stripe around grille, GTi badges, blacked out rear window frame area and 4 round lights like the MUCH later US A2's), all performance parts, mostly for Euro top end, (1.6 F.I. liter 110 HP vs 1.5 liter around 70-80 HP carburator engine, front stabilizer bar, slightly effective front lip spoiler, that's about it) where it was actually able to JUST make it to the 200 kph club vs. the normal Golf's 160 + kph. The car was pretty much about cheap performance, as one U.S. wag called it, Germany's Camaro....

As for HiPo diesel Golfs, they were called GTD's and they ran the 80 or so HP turbo diesel of the time. Or so I recall from an Austrian friend whom wanted one, but lived in the US at the time (so he couldn't get one! He settled on an '84 Rabbit GTi)

------Original Message------
From: Kwattro at aol.com
To: gplsek at hotmail.com
Sent: September 12, 2000 2:13:38 AM GMT
Subject: Re: interesting sighting


In a message dated 00-09-11 19:46:09 EDT, you write:

<< some GTI's TDI
 and about 8 Skoda Fabias >>



Geez, old news.  There have been GTi diesels ever since the A1...slow poke 
lovers would prefer the 718iL that the president of one of the Bahaman Isles 
has...
Don't forget, the original GTi was an appearence package with steel wheels, 
red paint and badges, and a few details (of course, we saw this again with 
the wayyy tooo ugly A3 GTi 4 cyl.).  I have some pictures from Germany with 4 
door VR6 Golfs, etc.  Fun stuff..rare in the states, though.

Later!
Carter J
Kwattro at aol.com
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