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Originally posted by RallyJon
But you just couldn't avoid ricing it up for the baggy pants crowd? I used to love VWs. My first car was a Scirocco, then a boring 8V GTI, then one of the early VR6 Golfs. What the hell has happened to VWs? Now it's all body kits and silly wheels.
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That's what the market is for VW, 16-30 year olds who want as much bling as they do performance. The upwardly mobile of this demographic buy an Audi.
Just like every other auto manufacturer, VW increases the horsepower to help offset the extra weight that is in each corresponding chassis.
I agree, the Mk1 cars were/are great. I had a Mk1 Jetta GLI that was down to 2,000 lbs and had the 4K close-ratio trans with short ring & pinion with 160 bhp on tap from a high-compression 2.0L 8V way back in the late '80's. That was a fun ride, long before the heavy VR6 and sublime 1.8T came along.
Ralph