In its wheel wells, XKR - S rolls on 20 - inch wheels with
slightly wider rubber than those on the GT500.
Not exact matches
Related frumpy shoe — the
rubber bottom,
slightly wedge - soled, black shoe with a toe box as
wide as the rest of the shoe, and sort of squared - off.
If you're going for stickier
rubber — I'd recommend Michelin Cup 2s and put them on a
slightly wider, lighter wheel — fit upgraded anti-roll bars.
It's lowered strut (front) and torsion beam (rear) suspension — which is
slightly retuned for the new driveline — means the Polo GTI is especially tenacious in corners, with grippy 215 / 40 - series
rubber now wrapped around
wider (by half an inch to 7.5) new - look 17 - inch «Parabolica» alloy wheels (with a space - saver spare); though Australian models do not receive the adaptive dampers offered in selected European markets.
The extra front - end grip could be just the thing that some drivers need for inclement weather and provided reasonably neutral,
slightly understeer - y handling in the dry, but fans of sweet powerslides and sporty tail - wagging will definitely want to take a test drive in the RWD version first, which comes standard with stickier summer performance tires with
wider 255 / 35R18 staggered rear
rubber.