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Auto.de tests VW Golf GTD the golf family of Volkswagen is unceasingly growing. After Golf plus GTI and variant is the latest offshoot of the family at the dealers for sale now: the GTD. With 170 Horsepower, six-speed double-clutch transmission and a fuel consumption of 5.3 l is the economical driving fun the way promises at least the manufacturer. Germany’s big car Portal auto.de wanted it exactly know and has tested the spar athletes. Although the youngest member of the VW with less power than his brother, petrol in the spirit must come from the GTI, he offers plenty of fun for a diesel. The GTD from zero to one hundred Sprint in 8.1 seconds, top speed is located at 222 kilometres per hour. It was immediately clear that this is no ordinary golf the testers of the car magazine of the portal. The chrome strips in the front grille, the vertically arranged fog lights, the rear diffuser and the darkened tail lights show that they are not ready-made.

Also the Interior is sports: sports seats,. Aluminum, three-spoke sport steering wheel and aluminium pedals. But thus it has also been unfortunately. Because the sound of the engine can not deliver what the bare data. The athletes for the ears of the tester behaved too quiet in the city. At least on the highway at full speed, the 170 HP want to be heard, at least a bit. For wind and bad road noise behaves exemplary.

Starting immediately in Botticelli blue Citroen starts the year with some new features. There will soon be the new C1 in improved optics on the market. The new version, which has comfortable revisions in the Interior, can be ordered from February 2012. Credit: Rusty Holzer-2011. As of March, the model is then available in the trade. Who wants to wait not until then can look at expected to the C1 on January 10, 2012 at the motor show in Brussels. The online portal auto.de already reveals details about the changes made.

The new Citroen proves to be particularly environmentally friendly. So, he undercuts the limit of 100 grams of CO2 emissions as first gasoline engine of the car manufacturer. The average fuel consumption is at 4.3 liters per 100 kilometers. Regarding the optics, the new model retains the familiar round headlights, but receives a shorter hood. New is also equipped with LED daytime running lights and fog lamps on the apron, which is a completely new design. Innovations were also in the area of the wheels made. So fall on the 14-inch alloy wheels “Rift”, the 14-inch wheel cover “Notus” will not go unnoticed.

At the rear of the vehicle was used with the new chevrons and logo also on a new design. Who so far could decide in terms of colors, has found may be the solution to the problem with an extension of the color palette. So, there is the new Citroen C1 not just in scarlet-red, tritium-yellow, Electra blue, Lipizan white and Caldera-black as well as gallium light grey and slightly darker Carlinite gray, but also Botticelli blue.