Frankfurt: The
curtain goes up on the new Volkswagen
Golf GTI Pirelli. The sports car from
Wolfsburg, displayed at the same time
on both the Pirelli and VW stands in
the Frankfurt Motor Show, returns to
the market some 25 years after the
debut of the first Golf GTI Pirelli,
sold in 10,500 units in just six months
and today highly sought after by collectors.
The new Golf Gti Pirelli, like that
in 1983, combines Italian technology
and style with North European style
and technology and, just like its progenitor,
has already aroused the interest of
its fans. The main features of the
new Italo-German sports car include
the 18 inch 5P Pirelli dedicated rim
in light alloy, the cockpit with its
design inspired by the tread of the
new P Zero Pirelli and the most powerful
engine every built for a GTI. The
four two litre turbocharged cylinders,
with direct injection, generate 230
bhp, able to ensure the new Golf GTI
Pirelli reaches up to 245 kmh and
can achieve 100 kmh in just 6.8 seconds,
falling to 6.6 seconds in the version
with a double clutch sequential gearbox
(DSG), optional, which ensures the
vehicle enjoys constant power even
when changing gear.
Power which places
the Golf GTI Pirelli at the top
of its segment, without penalising
consumption levels which are decidedly
modest: travelling 100 kilometres
requires just 8.2 litres of fuel,
which drop to 7.9 litres with the
DSG. The new Volkswagen-Pirelli
is, in addition, equipped as standard
with the new P Zero, developed
exclusively for supercars and already
adopted as original equipment by
other super sportscars. The Golf
GTI Pirelli will be available in
four colours, including Sunflower
yellow, realised exclusively for
this model, with bumpers the same
colour as the body.
At the Frankfurt
Show, Pirelli is also displaying
its winter line which, every year
in Germany, takes pride of place
in all the toughest tests i.e.
those organised by Adac (German
Automobileclub) and by the most
prestigious journals in the car
sector. Pirelli’s Winter line
features a major novelty, especially
for the German market: the Winter
W270 Sottozero i.e. the first Pirelli
winter tyre with “W” speed index,
up to 270 Km/h. A new Pzero will
also be on show, in an eye-catching
flaming red “livery”.
Pirelli
tyres are marketed in Oman by their
authorized sole distributor General
Trading Enterprises LLC an OTE group
of company with strong distribution
and service network spread across
Oman.
