The anniversary model with a motorsport touch. The fastest lap of the Golf GTI EDITION 50 was completed in good weather conditions in the Eifel: with an output of 239\u00a0kW (325\u00a0PS), acceleration from 0 to 100 km\/h in 5.3 seconds and a top speed of 270\u00a0km\/h, the model is predestined for this track. A MacPherson front axle and a four-link rear axle form the basic layout of the chassis. Overall, the anniversary model is 15\u00a0mm lower than a classic Golf and is equipped as standard with DCC adaptive chassis control. It is even sportier with the optionally available GTI Performance package EDITION 50, which includes a specially tuned chassis lowered by another five\u00a0millimetres, a lightweight R-Performance exhaust system with rear silencers in titanium as well as 19\u2011inch forged alloy wheels and size 235\/35 R19 91Y Bridgestone Potenza Race semi-slick tyres. The most powerful Golf GTI production model was equipped with this Performance package on its fast lap at the N\u00fcrburgring. <\/p>\n
GTI with impressive performance level. Benjamin Leuchter knows the Golf GTI EDITION 50 down to the smallest detail and knows the Nordschleife like the back of his hand. \u201cThe Nordschleife is unique with its bends, very different sections, bumps and even jumps,\u201d explains Leuchter. \u201cAnd the same is true for this GTI: with impressive power, a very neutral set-up and at the same time the ability to take any bumps in its stride. The Golf GTI EDITION 50 is therefore more than just an anniversary model: it shows what performance in the compact segment can feel like when technical expertise, passion and 50 years of GTI history come together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The anniversary model with a motorsport touch. The fastest lap of the Golf GTI EDITION 50 was completed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-653247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}