Just put a deposit on a car only a true VW geek could appreciate. If you are one read on in envy, if you aren't you prolly won't understand.

Here in the US the Golf is considered an econobox, or entry level vehicle. I know in Europe it's considered an upscale full size car, but here it's the bottom of the VW line.

So the 2010 Golf TDI I just bought is obviously the work of a madman (probably named Peitz). It started life as a plain old Golf. But then VW shoved the suspension from a GTI underneath it, put GTI sport seats in the interior, and crammed the Turbo-Diesel engine from a Jetta under the hood mated to a 6 speed manual tranny. Then to cover up the Diesel ping and turbo whine they put in a 300 Watt custom designed sound system with Dyn-Audio speakers and VW's latest touch screen head unit (drool). Not done yet VW added built-in Bluetooth, steering wheel controls (for the stereo and Bluetooth), Xenon headlamps, power sunroof, 10 spoke allow wheels, yada, yada, yada. Oh, and it gets 41 MPG on the highway but leaves the line like a raped jackrabbit (tons of torque!)

But it still looks like a plain old Golf (except for the alloy wheels and TDI badge). Talk about a sweet sleeper!

I'l be taking delivery in a day or two and will post pictures - though the coolest thing about this car is that it isn't really much to look at - all the good stuff is hidden inside until you bring it out to play in traffic...