Description
Up for sale is my lovely little VW Lupo GTi. Its a 2003 1. 6 16v with the desired 6 speed manual.
I’ve owned the car since 2020 and have only used it as a second vehicle for a bit of weekend fun, or occasionally travelling into London as its ULEZ compliant. I’m only selling now due to not using it as much recently, so would rather someone else enjoys it.
I bought the car from a VW enthusiast and most of the sensible and drive enhancing modifications were done by him, and these include
AP Coilovers
Fully Polybushed with Powerflex bushes
Full custom Powerflow exhaust
Pop-out rear windows
Smoothed boot with popper
Momo 300mm Steering wheel
Drilled and grooved mintex discs and pads
Pioneer Speakers
In their ownership the car also benefitted from a full respray with extra coats of lacquer for a deep gloss finish, and it really does clean up lovely, as can be seen in the photos. Obviously it is a 20+ year old car now so it does have age and use related marks but still presents very well.
There is a large folder of many receipts/ paperwork/ invoices for things over the years and it has been maintained to a high standard. I have only done around 5k miles in it in my ownership but anything its needed its had. Cam belt and water pump done not long before I purchased it, as well as clutch replaced and flywheel skimmed. Since owning it I have replaced the spark plugs with NGK Iridium, new performance ignition leads, new ignition coil, new wiper mechanism, new indicator stalk, engine oil change using Quantum 5w40 Platinum and new oil filter, and gearbox oil change with Millers Nanodrive oil. I have also fitted the Whiteline rear ARB and also installed a double din android headunit, so bluetooth etc can be used from phone (can also connect to internet etc if wanted). I have also fitted the extremely popular Sprogley Motorsport AMS Intake which is a great addition.
As can be seen in photos the car comes with the very sought after heated leather seats, including Audi S-line headrests trimmed to match, these are lovely seats and a real step above the standard cloth interior. All the original wheels are in good condition with their centre caps (VW stickers needed for these) and come fitted with Toyo Proxes, all with loads of life left on them.
The car is on around 152600 miles but presents really well for this, you really do need to see it to appreciate it (particularly compared to some of the other examples around). I have never had any hesitation about jumping in this and driving wherever I need to, its a lot of fun to drive and I’ll definitely miss it.
MOT runs until February 2025, comes with 2 keys and the original VW folder. There aren’t many of these fun little cars left anymore and its definitely a future classic. Its had pretty much everything most would want to do, to really enhance the handling of an already great car, and despite the mileage, with proper continued care and maintenance these engines will run for ages (as has been shown with many other GTIs from across Europe).
The car is located just outside Stevenage, Hertfordshire and I’m happy to take you out for a quick spin in it.
Happy to listen to sensible offers or interesting P/ XIts an awesome little car that is fantastic to drive and always puts a smile on my face. Not many of these left on the road so definitely a future classic.
