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New Golf GTI on Australian roads soon?

August 6th, 2009 Posted in Volkswagen

Mk6 Golf GTI

Those of you waiting for the new Mk6 Golf GTI to reach Australian shores will be pleased with the anonymous tip I received from an AUSmotive reader yesterday. Apparently a truck carrying a new GTI was seen heading from Port Kembla towards Minto in Sydney’s south west.

That may seem innocent enough, of course, but Port Kembla is one of the unloading points after cars are shipped to Australia, and Minto is the location of PrixCar, who are contracted by a number of manufacturers to make basic preparations to cars prior to registration.

Volkswagen Australia have been understandably cagey about release details for their latest Golf hero. The best info I’ve been able to get my hands on is that the GTI will be launched in October this year.

So, back to our GTI on the truck. An educated guess would indicate that, firstly an October release looks realistic and, secondly, that the GTI in question is most likely to form part of Volkswagen Australia’s press/launch fleet. This would allow reviews to take place during September in line for publication shortly after the car’s national launch. If previous form is anything to go by expect to see the first published reviews in the major daily newspapers, with the big car mags to follow.

Now, if all that GTI talk is leaving you too excited, then take a squiz this Evo magazine review where they put the new GTI up against that other car Volkswagen Australia should be bringing down under, the stunning Scirocco.

Oh, extra excitement for GTI fans may be just around the corner, too. Remember that speculation suggests the rumoured 200kW Golf R20T (or whatever it will be called) is due for an official reveal next month in Frankfurt.

UPDATE: Thanks to Ed who reports of spotting a GTI at Fremantle earlier this week. See the comments section below.

[Thanks to Matt for the review tip]

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  1. 14 Responses to “New Golf GTI on Australian roads soon?”

  2. By shane on Aug 6, 2009

    Hooray!!

  3. By Ed on Aug 6, 2009

    I spotted one on the wharf at Fremantle on Tuesday. There may have been more - I didn’t have time to stop and get a proper look.

  4. By Liam on Aug 6, 2009

    Thanks for that Ed. 8)

  5. By Mark on Aug 6, 2009

    cheers Ed! might pop down with the telephoto and have a squiz then

  6. By Liam on Aug 6, 2009

    That’s the way, Mark.

  7. By Sledz on Aug 8, 2009

    Any ideas on what options where are going to have in Australia?

  8. By ads on Aug 14, 2009

    i am not entirely sure what i saw, but i am convinced it was a mkvi GTI turning right on to beatty rd off granard rd (bris) at around 0740 this morning.

    here is the map ref.

    (http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Beatty+Rd,+QLD&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=67.555209,116.279297&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FUFLW_4dEdAeCQ&split=0&ll=-27.568852,153.019552&spn=0.033972,0.056777&z=15&iwloc=A)

    it was a 5 door (no surprises), reflex silver, and had distinct dual tail pipes at the outside corners of the rear lower valence… interesting :-)

  9. By Liam on Sep 9, 2009

    Mk6 GTI spotted in Sydney: http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99827

  10. By Liam on Sep 29, 2009

    I spotted a Mk6 GTI in Canberra on the weekend, too! 8)

  11. By WAY on Sep 29, 2009

    I spotted a white one last night. Must be getting close!

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