Volkswagen Golf GTI Dark Shine concept με 395 άλογα

18:41 14/5/2015 - Πηγή: AutoBlog

Golf GTI Dark Shine ονομάστηκε τελικά το Golf GTI concept των εκπαιδευόμενων της Volkswagen για το φετινό Wörthersee. Το αυτοκίνητο είναι βαμμένο σε κίτρινο και σκούρο γκρι χρώμα, φορά μαύρες ζάντες 20″ με ελαστικά διαστάσεων 235/30 και μηχανικά, ο 2.0-λιτρος TSI

κινητήρας δυνάμωσε και παράγει 395 άλογα με 487 Nm ροπής. Αυτός εξοπλίζεται με νέο intercooler, νέα εξάτμιση, νέα carbon εισαγωγή αέρα, επαναπρογραμμισμένη ECU, με το DSG να έχει νέες ρυθμίσεις.

Στο εσωτερικό συναντάμε δερμάτινες και Alcantara επενδύσεις, κίτρινες ραφές, κίτρινες λεπτομέρειες, bucket καθίσματα της Recaro, με το τιμόνι να είναι επενδυμένο με Alcantara. Επίσης οι εκπαιδευόμενοι τοποθέτησαν και ένα ηχοσύστημα αποτελούμενο από 8 ηχεία και 3 subwoofer, συνολικής ισχύς 3.500 Watts.

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The lake is calling … world premiere: Volkswagen apprentices present their Golf GTI Dark Shine at Wörthersee event

Other show car premieres: Golf Variant Biturbo Edition (Zwickau) and ŠKODA FUNstar (Mladá Boleslav)

They have followed the call of the lake: 13 Wolfsburg apprentices from Volkswagen and group company Sitech Sitztechnik have traveled to the 34th Wörthersee GTI meeting today to present their 395 PS (290 kW) Golf GTI Dark Shine to the public for the first time. Their sporty two-door Golf features a two-tone color scheme. The front is painted in dark Daytona Grey Metallic and the rear in unique R-yellow pearl effect – giving rise to the name “Dark Shine”.

The Golf GTI Dark Shine is impressive confirmation of the high-quality practically oriented training provided by Volkswagen. From the initial idea to today’s world premiere at Reifnitz with an estimated audience of 150,000 car enthusiasts, the budding vehicle paint technicians (2), vehicle interior fitters (4), automotive mechatronics technicians (4), media designers (1) and process technicians specializing in plastics and rubber engineering (2) planned almost every step themselves, exchanged ideas, tried them out and realized the best. The 17 to 25-year-olds developed considerable specialist knowledge and skills. The four women and nine men grew into a strong team; Dr. Stefan Kreher, Head of Volkswagen Vocational Training, and project manager Holger Schülke are proud of them.

“By working on the Wörthersee GTI project, our apprentices learn about the complexity of automobile production,” says Kreher. During the creation of their dream GTI, our budding specialists cooperated with experts from a variety of different professional families. Kreher: “The project offers especially talented young people an opportunity to learn from experienced colleagues from the entire company at an early stage.”

Last fall, the 13 apprentices received a body in white in Wolfsburg; over a period of about nine months, they then made optical and technical modifications to create their dream GTI on the basis of the standard Golf GTI Performance1 in line with their own ideas. The modified 2.0-litre TSI engine develops 395 PS (290 kW). Maximum torque of 487 Newton-meters is available at 4,700 rpm. The stainless steel exhaust system with enlarged tailpipe trims is hand-crafted. The unique GTI also features a carbon air box. The intercooler and the control units for the engine and the DSG dual-clutch gearbox have been specially adapted.

As regards the appearance of their show car, the team members selected an expressive two-tone color scheme. The front of the car is painted in Daytona Grey Metallic and the rear in R-yellow pearl effect, creating a dark-bright contrast between front and rear. Two offset arrow-shaped R-yellow pearl effect stripes run over the bonnet and to the rear third of the roof. At the rear of the roof, up to the roof spoiler, these stripes are then painted in Daytona Grey Metallic, contrasting with the roof itself. In addition, stripes and arrows on the side of the vehicle provide accents. The “Dark Shine” is entirely hand-painted, and was sanded down and polished several times to ensure a perfect paint finish with smooth transitions.

Many details in the interior take up the color scheme: the leather upholstery of the Recaro bucket seats and the bench rear seat is painted grey using a tone identical to the Daytona Grey exterior color. The central sections are covered in titanium black Alcantara and the side bolsters of the seats and backrests are covered in black carbon leather. In contrast, the GTI logos on the backrest of the bucket seats and the single or double felled seams are yellow. The bucket seats are also surrounded by restrained yellow piping. The multi-function steering wheel is covered in titanium black Alcantara, with the 12 o’clock marking, seams and spokes set off in R-yellow, together with the surrounds and needles of the instrument cluster.

At the Wörthersee horsepower festival, a high-performance sound system is also essential. The unique GTI features a high-end audio system with a total output of 3,500 Watts. Eight speakers in the passenger compartment and three subwoofers in the rear deliver sound that is both powerful and crystal clear. The central subwoofer is lit by LEDs and partially glassed in. The amplifier, which also features lighting, is recessed in the floor of the trunk under a glass cover. The sound system can be controlled from a tablet computer.

Since 2008, Volkswagen has offered its best apprentices the opportunity to expand their specialist knowledge and to demonstrate their creativity and teamwork capabilities on projects like the Wörthersee GTI. The Golf GTI Dark Shine is the eighth apprentice GTI to make its world debut in Reifnitz. Its predecessors were also attractions at other public events such as the IdeenExpo in Hanover.

The Wörthersee GTI cars created by apprentice teams from Wolfsburg to date are:Golf GTI Performance (2008), Golf GTI Street (2009), Golf GTI Yellow Pearl (2010), Golf GTI Reifnitz (2011), Golf GTI Black Dynamic (2012), Golf GTI Cabrio Austria (2013), Golf GTI Wolfsburg Edition (2014), Golf GTI Dark Shine (2015).

The members of the Wörthersee Team 2015 by training vocations are:Vehicle interior fitters: Alexander Giesbrecht (25), Kay-Vivian Erhardt (17) – both Volkswagen, Alexander Roser (19) and Jana Peil (20) – both Sitech Sitztechnik. Vehicle paint technicians: Celine Raditsch (20), Darius Pesel (19). Automotive mechatronics technicians: André Haase (23), Samuel Pili (21), Jan Quiring (19), Julian Lucht (21). Media designer: Hendryk Riedel (20). Process technicians specializing in plastics and rubber engineering: Melina Svoboda (19), Sebastian Del Giudice (22).

Sitech Sitztechnik is the Volkswagen group company specializing in the development and production of vehicle seats.

Other studies making their debut at the Wörthersee meetingAt the 34th GTI meeting, apprentices from the Zwickau vehicle plant (Volkswagen Sachsen) and Mladá Boleslav (ŠKODA) also presented their own show cars. These studies demonstrate the creativity, performance, team spirit, craftsmanship and technical abilities of Volkswagen Group apprentices.

The Golf Variant Biturbo Edition: The technical highlight of this show car is a 240 PS (176 kW) 2-litre biturbo diesel engine with 4Motion four-wheel drive and maximum torque of 500 Newton-meters. The engine was “borrowed” from the new Passat Variant 2.0 TDI 4Motion². The 14 apprentices from Zwickau were the first to install this engine on a Golf Variant. The interior design is adapted to harmonize with the special paintwork in Alor blue with decor strips in Deep Black pearl effect. Following the GTI meeting, the “Biturbo Edition” will be on show at other locations, for example at the opening of an extended exhibition at the August Horch Museum in Zwickau.

The ŠKODA FUNstar from Mladá Boleslav (Czech Republic): At the Wörthersee meeting, ŠKODA apprentices are presenting a pickup based on the ŠKODA Fabia3. The ŠKODA FUNstar drives up on 18-inch ‘Gemini’ alloys and combines a 1.2 TSI petrol engine with 122 PS (90 kW) and a modern seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. It features steel grey and moon white metallic paintwork, elaborate LED technology and striking contrasts in reflex green.

1 Golf GTI Performance: fuel consumption (super) in l/100 km: 8.1 – 7.5 (urban) / 5.4 – 5.1 (extra urban) / 6.4 – 6.0 (combined); CO2 emissions in g/km: 149 – 139 (combined), efficiency class: D, C2 Passat Variant 2,0 TDI 4Motion: fuel consumption (diesel) in l/100km: 6.5 (urban), 4.7 (extra urban), 5.4 (combined), CO2 emissions in g/km: 140, efficiency class: B.3 The new ŠKODA Fabia: fuel consumption in l/100 km: 6.1 – 3.9 (urban), 4.2 – 3.1 (extra urban), 4.8 – 3.4 (combined), CO2 emissions in g/km: 110 – 88 (combined), efficiency class C-A+.

For editorial teams:

1. Opinions on the Golf GTI Dark Shine:

Alexander Giesbrecht (25), future vehicle interior fitter from Wolfsburg: “I covered the steering wheel in Alcantara by hand. It really does feel good.”

Kay-Vivian Erhardt (17), from Gifhorn, apprentice vehicle interior fitter: “We mixed the special paints ourselves. The leather for the bucket seats was painted in a grey tone precisely matching the Daytona Grey exterior.”

Alexander Roser (19), from Wasbüttel, apprentice vehicle interior fitter with Sitech: “I helped to assemble the rear seat bench I’m really pleased to see how well carbon leather, Alcantara, grey painted leather and the yellow seams harmonize with each other.”

Jana Perl (20), from Rümmer (district of Helmstedt), apprentice vehicle interior fitter with Sitech: “We decorated the bucket seats with restrained yellow piping. We first dyed the leather yellow, then we folded it into narrow strips and sewed it into the bucket seats by hand.”

Celine Raditsch (20), budding vehicle paint technician from Wolfsburg-Neindorf: “I really enjoyed working on the concept for the car and carrying out such demanding painting work. We are really pleased with the final result.”

Darius Pesel (19), apprentice vehicle paint technician from Wittingen-Hagen (district of Gifhorn): “I painted the brake calipers yellow so that they fit in very well with the color scheme of the grey wheel rims and the entire vehicle. We painted the yellow GTI trim strips on the headlights in advance and then sent them to the supplier for installation so that the headlamps would be watertight.

André Haase (23), apprentice automotive mechatronics technician from Gifhorn-Wilsche: “Our sound system has a total output of 3500 Watts and we will be blasting out powerful, crystal clear sound across the lake.”

Samuel Pili (21), apprentice automotive mechatronics technician from Wolfsburg: “We can control the sound system from an iPad or smart phone.”

Jan Quiring (19), apprentice automotive mechatronics technician from Leiferde (district of Gifhorn): “Our Golf GTI is simply unique with 395 PS and fantastic torque.”

Julian Lucht (21), apprentice automotive mechatronics technician from Wolfsburg: “We have built a car that is full of surprising effects. I really like the wheel rims. The overall picture is harmonious – wide, low and powerful.”

Hendryk Riedel (20), apprentice media designer from Flechtorf (district of Helmstedt): “Our ‘Dark Shine‘ looks powerful and sporty. I really like it.”

Melina Svoboda (19), apprentice process technician specializing in plastics and rubber engineering from Wolfsburg-Wendschott: “We hand-crafted all the attachments. The sills and spoilers had to fit the body perfectly and the color tones also had to harmonize.”

Sebastian Del Giudice (22), apprentice process technician specializing in plastics and rubber engineering, from Gifhorn: “I am proud of our body kit. All the attachments are specially produced components that we fabricated and painted manually.”

Holger Schülke, project manager and instructor: “The Wörthersee GTI is a highly challenging and motivating project – a real highlight of our vocational training.”

2. Technical data: Golf GTI Dark Shine (unique vehicle – not for sale):

Engine

Transmission

Paintwork

Interior

Wheels

2.0 l TSI BlueMotion Technology, four-cylinder gasoline engine,395 PS (290 kW), maximum torque 487 Nm at 4,700 rpm

Six-speed dual-clutch gearbox (DSG)

Daytona Grey Metallic (Z7S) / R-yellow pearl effect (unique color)

Grey leather with black Alcantara, yellow GTI logos and seams

Alloy rims: ATS Racelight (8.5 x 20 ET 40), 10-spoke design, metal valves

tires: Dunlop SP Sport MAXX (235/30 R20 XL ZR)

Special equipment (selection)

Paintwork

·Two-color scheme: Daytona Grey Metallic (Z7S) and R-yellow pearl effect (unique color)·Front painted in Daytona Grey Metallic, rear in R-yellow pearl effect·Two offset R-yellow pearl effect stripes on center of bonnet and over roof, rear third of roof with color change, stripes Daytona Grey Metallic, body R-yellow pearl effect·Two arrow-shaped stripes on the sides divide the body into front (Daytona Grey Metallic) and rear (R-yellow pearl effect)·Alloy wheels painted Daytona Grey, pinstripe and bed painted R-yellow pearl effectExterior:

Individual body kit (hand-crafted Volkswagen parts) including front spoiler, sills, wheel arch extensions, rear spoiler and roof spoiler with individual high-gloss paintworkMirror housings painted Daytona Grey with logo “Der See ruft …” (The lake is calling) in R-yellow pearl effectRadiator grille in high-gloss black with R-yellow pearl effect trim strips (including headlights)Interior:

Bucket seats (Golf 6 R) at the front with central section in Alcantara (titanium black), side bolsters carbon leather (black), edging in leather, painted grey with two single felled seams (yellow), head section and top of bottom section leather, painted grey with GTI embroidery, piping and single felled seam (yellow)Rear seats: central section Alcantara (titanium black), side bolsters carbon leather (black), edging leather, painted grey with two single felled seams (yellow), central seat leather (black), side bolsters carbon leather (black), central section Alcantara (titanium black), edging leather, painted grey with two single felled seams (yellow), central arm rest leather (black), headrests in leather (black) with a single felled seamSteering wheel covered with Alcantara (titanium black), 12 o’clock marking, seams and spokes yellowModified instrument cluster (Golf R), needles R-yellow pearl effectShift lever knob with golf ball effect, covered with Alcantara (titanium black), shift lever boot with double seams (yellow)Trim strip above glove compartment in Daytona Grey with yellow logo “Der See ruft …” (the lake is calling), trim strips on doors with GTI logo, with color change at center of vehicleSide trims: inserts covered with leather, painted grey, side armrest leather, painted grey, with carbon leather, piping (only at front) and single felled seam (yellow)Black foot mats with black surrounds and yellow single felled seamsSound system:

High-end sound system (Audiotec Fischer), total output 3,500 Watts8 speakers (Focal) in the passenger compartment und 3 subwoofers (Clarion) in the rear controlled by Helix DSP, 2 x 4-channel Brax NOX4, recessed subwoofer box partially under glass cover, LED lighting strips around subwoofer, amplifier with LED lighting under glass cover, supplementary batteries, crossovers and distribution blocks in spare wheel wellEngine/exhaust system:

Modified engine (modifications to intercooler, engine and DSG control units, air intake with carbon air box and turbo outlet), hand-welded stainless steel exhaust system (diameter 76 mm), enlarged tailpipe trims, down pipe with 200-cell metal catalytic converterSuspension/breaks:

Coilover suspension with separate adjustment of rebound and compression phases, suspension brace painted in R-yellow pearl effectHigh-performance brake system (Brembo), 8-piston fixed caliper at front (Audi RSQ3), single-piston floating caliper at rear (Audi RS6), painted in R-yellow pearl effect with GTI logo, ventilated, perforated wave brake discs (front: 365 x 34 mm, rear: 356 x 22 mm), braided brake hoses