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Originally posted by techweenie
The new GTI and the A3 are the same platform, AFAIK.
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They are. My company bought a GTI from Germany last March that we have had for a year. Until recently when VW began releasing US spec models, it was the only one in private hands. It's made the show and magazine circuit. Car made 185 whp and 200 ft/lb of torque right off the boat. After a custom APR chip with our 3" T321 exhaust and cold air intake, the motor makes 215 whp and 249 ft/lb of torque.
Ours is a euro-spec car with 11.3:1 CR and thus needs 93 octane to live. It pinged like crazy (even stock) with 91 octane we have here in California. US spec GTI's have 10.3:1 CR.
Road & Track tested our car 0-60 in 5.92 seconds. This was on a sweltering 90° day with Santa Ana winds and huge 19" wheels.
We are in the process of finishing up our manifold/turbo upgrade where we plan in the 250-275 whp range without sweating it.
http://www.autotech.com/projectcars_mk5.htm
Our GTI weighed right around 3,000 lbs (also a non-sunroof model) before we stripped a little over a hundred pounds out of it.
The A3/GTI are great little cars, much improved over the prior Mk4 platform. Local dealer here has a GTI with DSG for $25,800.
Ralph