Great news for Volkswagen SouthTowne and Volkswagen lovers: For the second time in 5 years the Volkswagen GTI is Automobile Magazine’s 2010 Automobile of the Year. This is the first time in the publication’s history that they’ve named the same make and model of automobile the year’s top vehicle twice, and it’s no accident.
Car buyers are looking for something affordable, fuel-efficient, and reliable, but they also want something fast and luxurious. There aren’t many cars out there that fit that bill. In a fast changing economy, the consumer wish-list of vehicle characteristics is also changing. Practicality and affordability is overtaking sexiness, speed and handling. But with Volkswagen’s GTI Mark 6, all of those wishes are fulfilled.
The 2010 Volkswagen GTI, according to Automobile Magazine, is “just as much fun to drive and with just as much street cred as cars costing three times as much.” Plain and simple, Volkswagen has been putting sleek, sporty, and sophisticated luxury cars onto the market at prices any new-car buyer can afford for longer than any other automaker.
Even for car writers who experience the thrill of cars costing well into six figures on a daily basis, the 2010 Volkswagen GTI still gets their pulses racing. Check out the 2010 VW GTI at Volkswagen SouthTowne in Salt Lake City, Utah, where it starts at just $25,000.
