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"I" Before "E", Except After "D"
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Derek Kreindler
(IC: employee)
Published: February 20th, 2014
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Joining the Volkswagen GTI and GTD is the new Golf GTE, a performance plug-in hybrid that puts down as much power as a GTI. According to AutoExpress, a prototype they drove last year hit 62 mph in 7.6 seconds while emitting 60 percent less CO2 than a Toyota Prius. Power comes from a 1.4L TSI 4-cylinder engine making 148 horsepower, mated to a 108 horsepower electric motor.
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Published February 20th, 2014 9:46 PM
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How about a CNG-powered VW GTG?
That's a very impressive 0-60 time, in 1985.
Why, oh why, was this model necessary? I don't know about you, but that's exactly what I am looking for when I am shopping for a GTI. A weaker hybrid model. The GTI series is an automotive institution. They should be taken out back and shot. Although the VW GTD does sound interesting...
This whole thing is giving me ADD.