The Volkswagen GTI Roadster Vision Gran Turismo is a concept car developed by Volkswagen in 2014.
Development
The concept car, presented at Worthersee Treffen 2014, originated from another prototype, the Vision GTI, born from a competition created for Volkswagen's young designers and wanted by the Wolfsburg style manager, Klaus Bischoff; this was in response to Sony's invitation to build a Volkswagen that would celebrate the first fifteen years of the driving simulator series Gran Turismo.
Specifications The concept, as evidenced by the name, features a roadster configuration, and uses a chassis formed by two shells in carbon fiber separated by a central element. Based on a modular transverse platform called MQB (Modular Querbaukasten), the GTI Roadster Vision was equipped with a 3.0 V6 engine TSI with twin-turbochargers, producing and of torque. Power was sent to a 4Motion all-wheel drive system through a 7-speed DSG dual clutch transmission. This allowed for an acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 3.6 seconds, with a maximum speed of . The tires are size 235/35 at the front and 275/30 at the rear, with 20 inch wheels.
Media The GTI is featured in the Polyphony Digital games Gran Turismo 6, Gran Turismo Sport, and Gran Turismo 7.
See also Vision Gran Turismo
References
References
Gran Turismo website