![]() "The car should look fast, even when it is standing still, and the paint should emphasize its surface contours." "We were looking for a very provocative and aggressive red," says Malte Hammerbeck, one of the designers behind the new show car. The "Gran Turismo Red" is a new interpretation of the classic Golf GTI option "Tornado Red." The Roadster Vision GT is a design that would look good in nearly any color, but the glossy metallic red paint accentuates it perfectly. The Roadster Vision GT has been downsized compared to the Design Vision and production GTI. The rear-end has a diffuser and mid-mounted exhaust ![]() "The Vision GT project offered a wonderful opportunity to sketch out extreme ideas and design elements of the GTI that are portrayed as vibrantly, dynamically and emotionally as possible," explains Klaus Bischoff, VW head of design. The car stands on 20-in center-lock aluminum alloys with body color accents and 235/35 ZR20 front and 275/30 ZR20 rear tires. Above that diffuser, exhaust finds its way out via dual trapezoidal tailpipes and air shooting over the low, race-inspired cabin is transformed into downforce by a huge rear wing. Carbon edging stretches from the front splitter, around the fenders, back via the side skirts and around into a rear diffuser highlighted by red light strips. Up front, a three-dimensional face provides home for squinty LED headlights, a large, smiley grille and a splitter. The concept's low windscreen is flanked by equally low-profile side windows designed to give the car a speedboat-like look. The pillars also serve as the end points for the sharp side creases. Without a roof to blend into, the C pillars are left to round up into a rollover bar and float backward over the rear wheels, blending with the rear bumper. Specific styling elements developed from last year's Design Vision include the body wrapping C pillars and beefy side skirts, which are even more pronounced on the Roadster. The GTI Roadster Vision GT has a low-set carbon tub and low-profile windscreen Volkswagen calls it the "most spectacular GTI ever," and we'd have trouble arguing. The result is video game-level awesomeness that you can touch, feel and (theoretically) drive. Volkswagen used the Design Vision GTI as a starting point before slicing off the roof and most of the windshield, exaggerating the styling out further, and covering it all in a luscious red paint job. The powertrain behind the Vision concept is familiar, but the look and feel are brand new. The GTI Roadster is actually a bit speedier than last year's hatchback, capable of tearing to 60 mph (96.5 km/h) in 3.5 seconds and cranking the speedometer needle to 192 mph (309 km/h). That engine shoots output to all four wheels via a seven-speed DSG dual-clutch transmission and 4MOTION all-wheel drive. Just like last year's Design Vision GTI, the GTI Roadster Vision GT packs 503 horses (375 kW) and 413 lb-ft (560 Nm) of available torque in a 3.0-liter twin-turbo TSI V6. The 2013 Design Vision GTI served as a starting point for the 2014 Roadster
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