Purie is right. North America already got the TSI engine about 12 months ago in the later MKV North American GTIs.
They are best identified by the engine cover, but switch also resulted in a change from timing belt to timing chain.
Top engine 2.0TSI - (CCTA) EA888
Lower engine 2.0TFSI - (BPY) EA113
North America only is only listed as 7hp less than the European counterpart. 200hp vs 207hp. Most have argued that this is due to octane of fuel that is available in the US as some MKV GTI owners have report higher numbers in the 2.0T by just switching to higher octane fuel.
In Europe, VW brochure recommends unleaded Super plus (~94 octane) which is ready available at their pumps, while in North America VW recommends 91 octane. 91 Octane is available in all US states, but 93 octane or higher is not available approximately west of the Mississippi.
Recommending fuel that is not available in some areas will not only hurt sales, also open VWoA to a potential of compensation lawsuits in the US.
Assuming about 15-18% in drivetrain loss(an average for FWD cars), a bone stock GTI's should be putting about 170hp to the wheels if they have 200hp at the crank.
Proof that octane helps is in a test by Fifth Gear UK they ran a GTI on higher octane gas. On the fifth gear dyno, the MKV GTI gained 5whp but just using higher octane fuel.
Watch the video below about 3mins in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDHwCWdrtdg&feature=related
I think just spec'd as 200hp for North America marketing.:thumbsup: