Another day, another special edition of the Volkswagen Golf GTI. Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) has just released a teaser of a new variant of the hot hatch, featuring the distinctive Sepang International Circuit (SIC) grandstand as the background.
There are no clues as to what form this car will take, although the above image is very clearly of the current Mk8 model (so still no Mk8.5 facelift as yet). The only hint we can glean is from the caption, which states that “two icons are about to meet.”
We’ll take this to mean that this is a co-branding exercise, and the racy nature of the background means that the collaboration is likely motorsport-themed. Could we see the car carry the branding of SIC and its sponsor Petronas, replete with highlights in the oil and gas company’s turquoise-green corporate colour scheme? All pure speculation, of course.
Whatever it is, expect the car to come with accessories such as a bodykit, different wheels, window tint and special badges, as has been the case with the previous Edition 50 and Black Edition. What almost certainly won’t change will be the mechanicals – a 245 PS/370 Nm 2.0 litre turbo four-cylinder engine and a seven-speed DSG wet dual-clutch transmission, whisking the GTI from zero to 100 km/h in 6.4 seconds.
GALLERY: The last Volkswagen Golf GTI special edition – the Black Edition 
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