Volkswagen showed the Golf GTI of the student's First Decade and the Golf GTE Estate impulsE

24 May 2017

I started one of the most famous festivals of tuning in the Old world Wörthersee.

First things first, the prototypes of the Volkswagen Golf GTI and GTE – the results of the fruitful work of the student teams. The group has taken under his wing talented guys and gave them the opportunity to be realized.

Volkswagen Golf GTI First Decade – a car with a hybrid power plant with total capacity of 410 BHP (300 kW). First Decade combines gasoline engine and electric motor, with drive to the front and rear axle, respectively. The prototype turned out all-wheel drive, so it should be good ride quality. The hybrid grid has a capacity of 48 V, and power arriving at the rear wheels is 12 kW.

Volkswagen Golf GTI, the design can operate in three modes, remaining only gasoline, pure electric or hybrid. Electric traction can be used when maneuvering in a Parking lot or in traffic, thus caring about the environment. To restore energy reserves used regenerative braking. To manage the operation modes of the First Decade through the app on the tablet or via the display of the infotainment system's Mirror Link.

"In the process of creating the Golf GTI First Decade, our students learned about the difficulty level of future task of automobile production. They will receive additional experience in the use of digital technologies. That's why we have gathered talented people and gave them the opportunity to learn from experienced specialists of the company", said Peter Christ, the head of the training Department in Wolfsburg.

The main part of Volkswagen Golf GTI First Decade painted in the color "Atlantic Blue Metallic", but on the side of the car flaunt, sharply contrasting with bands of colour Satin Ocean Shimmer. To underscore the already sporty character of the car, a honeycomb grille painted in deep black color. First Decade got a rear spoiler from modification and Clubsport 20-inch wheels from MB-Design in black with a Central "star" of the blue colour.

As for the interior, a special Golf GTI, the students have worked on glory – the rear seat was thrown for unnecessary and to confirm emphatically sporting style of the car. The front seats are replaced by sports and civil, with adjustments using the tablet. The whole interior is replete with leather and Alcantara. What young people don't like loud music? So the developers of the Volkswagen Golf GTI First Decade decided that the car for tuning-show should sound. As a result, 11 speakers, 1690 watts of output power and the absence of earplugs, even as options.

The second premiere at Wörthersee is the Volkswagen Golf GTE Estate impulsE. Students from the school of the Volkswagen Sachsen established its car-based station wagon GTE Variant. The main highlight of the car was a battery with increased from 8.8 to 16.8 kW capacity. So the guys managed to double the mileage of the car solely on electric. The exterior of the Golf GTE Estate is painted in five colors – undetected car will remain. Another feature of the prototype is the hood vent "gills".

The color scheme of the interior harmonizes with the exterior color. The dashboard has got insert a color of the exterior. This finish is different and the center console with a huge touch screen on top. Seat, steering wheel, the selector knob KP is trimmed in leather with large stitches. Front seats – sports "ladles", however very comfortable.

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