Yahoo Autos 5 cool things about the Volkswagen GTI
The all-new 2015 Volkswagen GTI has arrived at dealerships and local roads. If you’re a VW enthusiast, you’ll be on the lookout for sightings and no doubt seeing the GTI at local car show events. When you get a chance to inspect a GTI in person, check out these five cool features that stood out on our own test car. (Read our Volkswagen GTI first-drive review.)
Driving Moods
It’s easy to tailor your driving experience with a simple tool—your right foot. But the current rage is to offer programmable modes, and VW is part of the crowd. Oddly, there’s no “Eco” mode here, just “Normal” and “Sport,” the latter delivering a raspier engine note, increased steering weight, and quicker throttle response. You can personalize the adjustments, to provide, say, light steering with a bit of engine bark. But I just leave it in Sport all the time.
Get shifty
In an era of 7-, 8-, and 9-speed automatics, the manual transmission is seemingly going the way of the Dodo. Case in point: The 911 GT3—a street-legal racecar—doesn’t offer a three-pedal setup! But you can get the slick six-speed manual on every trim of the GTI.
