The new Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport tears around the Nürburgring without holding back

For two weekends now, the marriage between the eighth generation of the Volkswagen Golf and the long-standing Nürburgring circuit has conspired to bring us good news about one of the most sought-after cars of this year. Although last week we saw an unwrapped unit of the Volkswagen Golf R running around the German track, today we bring images of a version that sits between this one and the Volkswagen Golf GTI, the Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S.

As we know, starting from the famous reference compact, Volkswagen chose to pay tribute to its iconic model with an extremely limited edition of 400 units, 100 of them for Germany alone, and it did so by throwing down a real gauntlet: 310 CV for a front-wheel-drive car that set a time on the German track of 7 minutes, 49 seconds and 21 hundredths aboard that Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S back in 2016.

Now, what we expect from the new Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S is essentially a further twist of the screw on the current Volkswagen Golf GTI and a leap forward from the foundations laid by the previous Clubsport S, which won over the brand’s fans when it was presented around Lake Wörthersee, a place of pilgrimage for Golf enthusiasts.

The novelties of the new Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S

So we would expect a compact with, at least, 300 CV still below the Golf R. Likewise, its behaviour, more abrupt and less forgiving than that of the Volkswagen Golf GTI, will clearly define the personality of each one.

As for the styling changes, the lower grille of the bumper has a different design from that of the GTI and includes a pair of concave recesses defined at the ends, just in front of each wheel on the front axle and below each headlight.

The brake discs appear to be a larger diameter than those of the standard model, and the wheels recall those seen in the video of the Volkswagen Golf R. The side view also shows changes at the rear, since the spoiler above the rear window is significantly longer and more pronounced.

As for the two exhaust tailpipes, although they seem to be inserted into the same bumper as the Golf GTI, they appear to be of larger diameter or oval-shaped, in the style of those fitted to the Audi RS. It should be noted that, thanks to the video you can watch below, the sound seems gruffer, deeper, rougher, and the vertiginous gear shifts offer a further sensory appeal that adds to the sound of what will be the new Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S, whose presentation we hope is coming soon.

https://youtu.be/nZPKYYQ4KqQ

Technical specifications of this car

HatchbackVolkswagen Golf28 versions · from 24,450 €