What more can one say about a car that has been one of the most successful models of all time over the past three and a half decades and after which an entire class of vehicles is named? Perhaps that the latest generation of this stateof-the-art Volkswagen Golf lays down the benchmark in every respect – and that despite this fact, ABT has once again succeeded in applying the perfecting touches: dynamically elegant bodywork components, the very finest in automotive technology and an impressive hike in the engines’ power output put this ‘classic car’ in a class of its own, enabling this German legend to once more take off where we at ABT last left off. And the same goes for efficiency, too: for example, after undergoing the ABT treatment, the works 1.4 TSI, 122 hp engine now outputs a genuinely powerful 160 hp. In so doing, it matches the performance ratings of the next step up on VW’s standard power-output ladder for its 1.4 TSI unit – while offering a significant reduction in fuel consumption at the same time.
