200 MPH Golf

Volkswagen Golf GTI W12-650

Volkswagen has figured out how to ensure that the GTI wins Automobile of the Year again next year. Its crazy engineers made a rear-wheel drive GTI with a twin-turbocharged, 6.0-liter W-12 in the back. Too bad we'll probably never get our grubby little fingers on one of these. But if we did, we'd love it. But what did happen is that VW stuffed the mid-section of a Mk5 GTI with a 650-hp version of the W-12 found in the Bentley Continental GT. The engine is mounted longitudinally, and its 550 lb-ft of torque makes its way to the rear wheels through a six-speed automatic transmission. And the resultant urgency should be obvious: the GTI bangs off zero to 100 km/h in 3.7 seconds, and tops out at 202 mph.

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