In celebration of 40 years of the Golf GTI, 12 trainees from Volkswagen and Sitech Sitztechnik has presented a 400 PS Golf GTI Heartbeat in Austria at the international meeting of GTI fans.
This unique GTI is based on a standard Golf GTI Performance and was created in slightly less than 9 months on the basis of ideas developed by apprentices aged between 20 and 26 training in 5 different vocations.
The two-door sports Golf is painted in reflex silver metallic with the roof and front end covered in a contrasting dark grey foil. GTI honeycombs in bright tornado red with contrasting dark and light grey provide further design accents on the bonnet, the closed roof and on the wings, marking the transition from dark to light. In addition, an individual high-gloss body kit and 20-inch wheels featuring wide tyres on BBS aluminum rims with exclusive paintwork accentuate the car’s sporting presentation.
The front of the passenger compartment is dominated by two folding bucket seats from the Golf GTI Clubsport S – decorated by a crystal grey embroidered “40” emblem on the headrest and honeycomb perforations with a red background on the back rests. These are repeated on the door insets. Heartbeat symbols on continuous lines decorate the strips above the door trims and the trim strip below the glove compartment. Instead of rear seats and luggage space, the rear end of the car features a high-end sound system with 1,360 watts from 7 speakers and a special HIFI system with LED lighting and engraved glass covers.
The Golf GTI Heartbeat bears witness to the high-quality practically oriented training provided by Volkswagen. From the initial idea to today’s world premiere before tens of thousands of GTI enthusiasts at Maria Wörth, the 5 women and 7 men planned almost every step themselves. After discussing many ideas and techniques, they opted for the emotional Heartbeat concept. Finally, they assembled their Golf GTI Heartbeat on its wide wheels.
“During the creation of their dream GTI, our apprentices learn about the complexity of automobile production,” says Peter Christ, Head of Automotive Technology Training in Wolfsburg. “We select especially talented young people and give them an opportunity at an early stage to learn from experienced colleagues from the entire company – for example from the design departments, the MultiMedia Center, the pilot hall and the paint shop.”
The Golf GTI Heartbeat is the 9th GTI project vehicle of Volkswagen Vocational Training to be presented by apprentices and to make its world debut at the Wörthersee meeting.
*Sitech Sitztechnik is a Volkswagen Group company specializing in the development and production of vehicle seats.
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