Hidden_Hunter
Needs more IceBone
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- Oct 7, 2006
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- Melbourne, Australia
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- '13 BMW 125i, '26 Buick Standard Six
Australia?s extreme temperatures has forced Volkswagen to reduce the power of its performance hero.
Australia has been denied the most powerful version yet of the Volkswagen Golf.
The Golf R has just been launched in Europe with a 199kW turbocharged four-cylinder, but the German company says Australian-specification models will use a slightly detuned engine owing to concerns with the country?s hot climate.
Power drops to 188kW to safeguard the hot-hatch?s engine-cooling system, though torque remains unchanged at 350Nm
http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-news/fastest-golf-slowed-by-aussie-heat-20100201-n78l.html
Wow that's pretty lame, I would have to assume the American's will get the same limited version