The humble VW Golf has come a long way over its 30 year history. No longer just an affordable econo-box, the Golf has grown substantially in both size and weight with each new generation and now comes with niceties you’d expect in much more expensive metal. Build quality is better than some luxury makes and [...]
Volkswagen surprised us all when it displayed the twin-turbo W12 powered Golf GTI 650 concept car at May’s Wörthersee 2007 Auto Show. The concept featured a twin-turbo 6.0L W12 mated to a six-speed manual transmission, and it’s styling was so dramatic that we thought we’d put up a gallery of new images of the super-hatch.
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The folks at AutoCar got a chance to test drive the 641 horsepower Volkswagen Golf GTI W12. The Volkswagen Golf GTI W12 gets its 6.0 liter W12 engine from a Bentley giving it the ability to produce 641 horsepower and performance that is up to par with the Porsche 911 Turbo. The little Golf GTI [...]
Audi wasn’t the only carmaker showing off an official tuner special at this week’s Wörthersee 2007 Auto Show. Sister brand Volkswagen has unveiled its hotted up Golf GTI W12 650 concept car, a race inspired hot hatch packing a Biturbo W12 engine developing peak power of 650hp (477kW) at 6,000rpm and torque of 750Nm.
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