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    Volkswagen Motorsport’s new car will be based on a Golf 8 GTI

    By khulekani / on Jul 2nd, 2020 / in Car News, featured

    Volkswagen Motorsport’s new car will be based on a Golf 8 GTI

    By khulekani / on Jul 2nd, 2020 / in Car News, featured

    By Staff Reporter

    Volkswagen Motorsport’s new Global Touring Cars (GTC) racing car is to be built using the new Golf 8 GTI body. GTC, which launched in South Africa in 2016, is the premier motorsport championship in South Africa and includes the main GTC Championship (GTC1) as well as the second-tier class, GTC2.

    Volkswagen Motorsport will compete in the two Golf 8 GTIs in GTC1. They will be driven by 2019 GTC champion Keagan Masters and Daniel Rowe, the 2016 GTC2 champion. Volkswagen Motorsport will also be represented in the SupaCup, which replaces GTC2, by 2016 Driver Search winner and 2017 Polo Cup Rookie winner, Jonathan Mogotsi. Mogotsi will be racing the SupaCup Polo, which is a newly developed car for the second tier class within the GTC Championship. The new car is an exciting addition to South African motorsport and produces over 200kW coupled to a locally developed 6-speed M-Trac Sequential Gearbox.

    In the GTC series all vehicles have to adhere to strict control measures which feature a common chassis, running gear, a single ECU to control performance, tyres, suspension and other components. The power output of the car is yet to be confirmed but VW did let it slip that we are in for 370+ kW of power.

    The start of the official 2020 South African Motorsport circuit racing season is still unconfirmed, but it is hoped that motorsport events can resume in August 2020 and the first round will likely start at Zwartkops Raceway in Johannesburg.

    Words via www.vw.co.za.

    Categories: Car News, featured  /  Tags: Global Touring Cars, Volkswagen Golf 8 GTI
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