Hi guys, quick question for you - my girlfriend is interested in purhasing a new car, she is really looking into getting a Jetta or something. Recently we test drove a 2003 GTI VR6 together, and it really surprised both of us. The car has 50K on the motor and was traded in by an older gentleman that was the original owner of the vehicle. I haven't seen many other GTI VR6's in that era and am pretty new to VW also so any insight on this car would be helpful.

My girlfriend, Kelli, is looking for a daily driver that she can tastefully modify and still have some power on tap. I believe this motor puts out 240hp..? and seems to be quite a strong puller. I am more familiar with BMW's, but I still love all German cars so this may be a good buy for her. Just hoping to get some opinions. Also this car is selling for around 14, but the sales guy we met with arranged a price of 13 flat. Does this sound fair? It is under the blue book value here, and seems to be rather rare. I would rate both the interior and exterior of the vehicle as 9/10 easily. Very sound, and has the 6 speed manual gearbox. All thoughts welcome, thanks again!

 

i like the price and the hp on that car 208...give or take. because thats the 24v VR6 so not as much power as someone told you but still enough to pass someone while staying in 5th gear if you wanted. nice car. if it feels good to you, i highly recomend it

 

Thank you for your opinion. I ran the VIN of the car and it comes back as the 30V motor, would that explain the difference in quoted horsepower?

 

there is no such thing as a 30v vw motor. to my knowledge....and 03 is not an R32 that would quantify the extra horses...

 

I didn't think there wasa 30V either, that's why I was surprised. Just thinking about the layout even would surprise me... I mean what would it be? 3 intake vales, 2 exhaust? Doesn't make a whole lot of sense. However searching through autotrader I saw a couple ads that had the same thing listed... is it just me or does this seem odd? For example: http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...mp;cardist=124