But an ABT Golf GTI is not only sports car, it also looks as if it were. The body package created by the designers underscores this car’s pure dynamism: No matter from which side you look at the GTI, it will always be a thoroughly impressive car: Aerofoil and rear apron top, side mouldings, front guard and apron and the slanted 4-pipe exhaust system form a unit. 

The ABT designers also designed a front lip that in combination with the front apron and the new ABT daytime lights make for a really powerful appearance of this car. Inside, this design is continued. All tops, the combined instrument’s ornamental rings and the wheel panels are signal-colour-painted. You can tell by just looking at it that this car is no “ordinary” Golf GTI. The sixth variant of this fast compact car with the huge hatchback thus follows a tradition: After all, ABT has also turned its five predecessors into “super-Golfs “. ABT and GTI, this pair of three letters each has been, well, a couple for 35 years now....