VW up! GTI Concept Unveiling & Interior – Video

Since we don’t get the standard Up! in the United States, don’t waste your time pining for this one.

In the markets where it will be sold, the car is to counter other hot minis such as the Fiat 500 Abarth and Mini John Cooper Works Hardtop. It will come with a 1.0-liter turbocharged inline-3 delivering 113 horsepower to the front wheels via a 6-speed manual.

Such an output may be lower than what rivals offer but recall that the Up! only weighs about 2,200 pounds. The lightweight, no frills nature of the car is reminiscent of the original Golf GTI which weighed 1,785 lbs and had 108 hp on tap.

Other planned specs include a torque figure of 170 pound-feet, a 0-62 mph time of 8.8 seconds, and a top speed of 122 mph. Once again all figures are reminiscent of those of the Mk1 Golf GTI launched four decades ago.