Also, personally I think that the GTI badge has a lot of heritage and is something to be proud of. The same applies to the VW badges. But each to their own. 
not sure Nazi history is something to be proud of!
but I agree with RR, it's a personal preference thing, and it is car dependent as well. the GTI badge is subtle and cool
....I think that if you felt that strongly about Hitler being responsible for being the midwife of Ferdinand Porsche's birth of the Volks Wagen, then you wouldn't buy a Volkswagen or even possibly anything made in Germany at all.
In WWII my English father fought Rommel in North Africa.... Then fought in Sicily and Italy, ending in the liberation of Greece where he met my Greek mother. Greece had been under Nazi occupation for several years and in fact my mother's uncle was shot by a Nazi firing squad for collaborating. So, you could easily forgive my parents for being anti German - But they weren't, and they had several Volkswagens: A white Mk1, a Camper, and a red Mk1 Scirocco (all lefthand drive because they lived in Europe). My father had seen and experienced first hand in WWII how good German engineering was!!
One of my close friends is Bavarian and her father was one of Mr Hitler's drivers during WWII - That doesn't make her a Nazi. She drives a BMW Mini Cooper S and lives in England.
But we agree with each other about the GTI badge subtlety and about ETTO 
wasn't an entirely serious comment RR, and like another member who has posted all my suits are made by Hugo Boss too and i am well aware of their company history.
