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Originally Posted by naDintheHat
1.8t GTI 337 - Only produced 1,500 in the US.
1.8t GTI 20th Anniversary - Only produced 4,000 in the US. Smoked headlights.
Both have the same exterior styling.
Both have Recaro seats, only difference is the color scheme.
Both have the 12.3in front brakes.
They basically are the same car with small differences.
Really the rarity is the only thing that makes them different.
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As a 337 owner myself:
Like he said, they ONLY made 1500 337's, all made in 2002, all in reflex silver, all without sunroofs. All were the same car, in other words. They came with 18" special finished BBS RC wheels, and 1" lowered suspension (1" lower than the stock GTI.) recaro interior, red stiched theme on the seats, leather wheel, shift boot, and e-brake boot. Also came with the best of all the factory mods: THE 02M 6-SPEED TRANS!
The 20th's will all have sunroofs. They are a tad heavier. They came with 18" OZ Aristo's (.:R32 rims), the same suspension, the same trans, and the same seats, wheel, knob, and boot, but stiched in silver. They also have the silver trimmed gauge cluster (337 does not.) Also, as stated above, had the smoked (Factory Joey Modded) headlights. They made 4000 US 20th AE's. 1000 Imola Yellow, 1000 Jazz Blue, and 2000 Black Magic Pearl. They are also all individually numbered.
As far as why to buy over regular GTI- it's all about badges really. They have better pedal feel than a regular gti, the 02m is also a far superior trans. As far as speed's concerned; they're about the same. But to get a GTI to look like a 20th or 337 is expensive enough, and then you're just a clone.
To give you an idea of rarity, out of the ****load of cars at blown euroz, there were only 2 337's, and mine was one... About 6 or 7 or more 20th's.
All in all, I'd say go with a 337 or 20th! He would probably be able to finda 337 a tad cheaper too. And if he doesn't like the silver, tell him it will grow on him.... guarenteed, I hated silver before I bought it
Both came with the 180hp AWP 1.8t.