2012 Volkswagen GTI Edition 35 – First Drive Review

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Volkswagen tries to corner its own all-wheel-drive Golf R with a front-drive GTI.

The Volkswagen GTI is one of our favorite cars, and not just among compacts. It terms of driving enjoyment and overall refinement, it's a difficult car for anything on the market to top, especially when you take price into consideration. Sure, there is the far more powerful 270-hp Golf R, but that car carries a 282-pound weight penalty over the GTI, not least because of its all-wheel-drive system. Now, though, VW is trying to slot a car right between the GTI and the Golf R: the GTI Edition 35, conceived to celebrate the GTI’s 35th anniversary (in Europe; U.S. sales didn't start until a few years later).

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Jens Meiners and Matthias Knoedler 25 Jun, 2011

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Source: http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/car/11q2/2012_volkswagen_gti_edition_35-first_drive_review
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