German Engineering Meets SoCal Beach Life - Kleine GTI Commercial

For those of you old enough to remember this GTI commercial, it influenced 1000s of future VW, BMW, Audi, Mercedes and Porsche owners to begin their life long affair with German driving machines. Relive the memory one more time... or for the first time.
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Carboy - 8/1/2008 9:02:01 PM

+1 Boost

They seem so powerful compared to now. That's first time I seen a hatchback go sideways.

quizz - 8/1/2008 9:13:29 PM

+1 Boost

GTI of the 80's is truly a cult classic. It started the whole "pocket rocket" rage. The 1st generation Prelude was another classic.

steve27t - 8/2/2008 12:08:02 AM

+1 Boost

Carboy check out Top Gear GTI on You Tube and you will find the latest model going sideways a lot. The
original European GTI had 110hp I believe the US version had less.

steve27t - 8/2/2008 12:10:41 AM

+2 Boost

Carboy, found you this from 5th Gear...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiXrrm9KCUg

seriously sideways. Edition 30 GTI 230 hp.

SteedPub - 8/2/2008 10:08:24 AM

+1 Boost

Sheds a tear...............

I bought a 1984 GTI and that commercials was a big part of it.

The 90hp wonder at the time was as fast as a 1984 Chevy Camaro Z28 from 0-60. The slideways cornering in the commercial was its prodigious off-throttle oversteer.

avanti64 - 8/8/2008 12:29:03 AM

+1 Boost

And at 80 mph it was revving 5000 rpm in fifth gear!