If you have a MK7 GTI and you're balling on a budget, here are some of our favorite upgrades for you! Most performance cars force you to make a choice. You can have something fast or something livable, something modifiable or something reliable, something exciting or something that doesn't drain your bank account every time you drive it. The MK7 GTI quietly refuses to play by those rules and that's exactly what makes it so hard to argue against. Stock you're working with a 2.0L turbocharged four cylinder producing 220hp, a six speed manual or DSG transmission, and a chassis that Volkswagen spent serious money developing on European roads that would humble most American performance cars. The ride is composed, the interior is genuinely premium, and the driving experience straight off the lot is polished in a way that cars costing twice as much struggle to match. But here's where the MK7 really separates itself. The EA888 engine is one of the most tune friendly platforms in the enthusi...