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Volkswagan GTI
The GTI 337 was officially
introduced at the New York Auto Show and made
it to dealers by late May 2002. The price
of the GTI 337 was $22,225 in the U.S. and
$32,900 in Canada. Only 1,500 units are being
produced for the American market with an additional
250 specifically for Canada and it only came
in Reflex Silver.
"The
337 name comes from the code name for the
Golf model back in the early 1970s,"
said Frank Maguire, vice president in charge
of sales and marketing at Volkswagen of
America, Inc. "The GTI is the sport
version of the Golf and since we didn't
begin selling the GTI here until 1983, the
name 337 seemed like a nice way to recognize
the history of this vehicle and make it
meaningful to our most enthusiastic drivers.
This is a very unique car for the Volkswagen
lover."
The sedan version of
the Golf is the Jetta, also known as the Vento
(from 1992) and later as the Bora from 1998
in various parts of the world, until 2005
when the Jetta name was revived worldwide.
In the Americas, the sedan version of the
Golf has always been sold as the Jetta, where
it has always been more popular than its European
counterpart. The
Golf shares the Volkswagen A platform with
a number of other Volkswagen Group products
including the Audi A3 and TT, the Škoda
Octavia, and the Seat León.
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