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The Jetta GLi 1.8t is a 6-speed, with 4 doors, and much better styling then the GTi IMO. If speed is your only concern, then a GTi is the obvious winner due to its weight advantage (170lbs) and the price difference ($3.5k), but as a daily driver, i'd say Jetta GLi.
The 1.8t is by far one of the most modable engines ever built. Companies like Neuspeed, GIAC, REVO, and APR all have chips that put the 1.8t's hp #s over the VR6 for a fraction of the cost. I've got friends deep into tuning VW's, they are not cars to be taken lightly.
Finally, the days of the 1.8t are nearing its end. The newest C&D said that the new base Audi A4 will have the new 2.0t, with about 200hp, and the mk. V GTi is also reported to have the new 2.0t. VW is in the middle of a crossroads, slowly phasing the VR6 engine out of prodution, and making the turbo engines their only sports engines.
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Kimi Raikkonen 2007 WDC
Scuderia Ferrari 2007 WCC
"I collect walnuts"
-Kimi Raikkonen on his hobbies outside of F1
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