What the hell VW? 

"Carbon Fiber Sasquatch" (turbopumpkin) 01/20/2017 at 21:20 • Filed to: None

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After reading @lanciere post about the Beetle, I’d thought I’d look up what the Beetle currently offers. I found this nonsense.

Yes, it’s a model designated 2.0T instead of 1.8T yet still retains the 1.8L turbo engine.

I think German humor is lost on me...

404 - User No Longer Available > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 01/20/2017 at 21:25

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Just trying to be more BMW. #JustGermanThings

330i = 3.0L I6 Engine
328i = 330i = 2.0 I4 Turbo Engine

540i = 4.0L V8 Engine
535i = M540i = 3.0 I6 Turbo Engine

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 01/20/2017 at 21:26

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Not a big deal, Mercedes and BMW have been doing that for ages.

Stef Schrader > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 01/20/2017 at 21:26

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More like ARR line.

ARR.

ARR!

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 01/20/2017 at 21:26

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170 out of 1,8T? what is this 2008?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 01/20/2017 at 21:26

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The real “what the hell” here is that price tag.

Bytemite > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 01/20/2017 at 21:44

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Just German things.

Everyone else is making 200+ hp out of 1.6T and 270+ hp out of 2.0T. And here comes VW with their 2.0T GTI giving you a whopping 210 hp! And then they make you pay extra for performance trim so you can get 220 hp!!! Wow!

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 01/20/2017 at 21:56

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Not to mention that everyone else in this class is getting around 40mpg highway now. The new VW engines desperately need released

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > Bytemite 01/20/2017 at 21:57

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Isn’t the GTI refresh going to have like 250hp and like 290lb/ft?

Bytemite > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 01/20/2017 at 22:03

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Well it’s about damn time, but they’re still too late. Others are taking off into 300 hp with 2.0Ts.

InFierority Complex > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 01/20/2017 at 22:05

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The unfortunately named Golf R gets about 290hp and its the same engine from the GTI with a tune, I think. I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who was disappointed with that gas mileage, it’s not much better than my 80s V6.

Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 01/20/2017 at 22:17

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Well the newer Audi’s with the 2.7T are actually supercharged.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 01/20/2017 at 22:37

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That price is painful.

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition 01/20/2017 at 22:49

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I think you mean Thupercharged lol

al-zo - Now with an Acura! > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 01/20/2017 at 23:36

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Doesn’t the R-Line share the powertrain with the Turbo, which really is a watered-down GTI engine and 2.0?

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > al-zo - Now with an Acura! 01/20/2017 at 23:47

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It looks like it used to but now it doesn’t? Maybe it’s just a mistake?

The AE86 of Mt. Akina (Hachi) > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 01/21/2017 at 01:54

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“People’s car”

Vítor > Carbon Fiber Sasquatch 01/21/2017 at 07:31

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The refresh GTinhave 230 hp. The R and GTE kinda hold the GTi back

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > Vítor 01/21/2017 at 09:08

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The R needs more than just a 2.0L, whether that’s a bigger engine or hybridization it just has to be something more than a tuned AWD GTI.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > 404 - User No Longer Available 01/21/2017 at 22:29

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you pay more for less.

at a PCA “did you hear ___ with the GT3, paid 4k for a badge delete! 4k to not put stuff on. With a business stategy like that how’d they loose the war?”

404 - User No Longer Available > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 01/21/2017 at 22:37

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I’ll gladly do it for 2k with some dental floss.

But I swear I remember seeing on the configurator that designation delete is free... maybe guy got scammed.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > 404 - User No Longer Available 01/21/2017 at 22:53

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I think the gt3 came with custom embroidered seats so they might have to redo those.  

Justino6969 > InFierority Complex 01/31/2017 at 14:51

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The R has a few different internals (wrist pins and forged rods, I believe, among others) and a bigger turbo.