No, not Padraig Harrington in Carton Manor on a sunny day, but this, a one-off super Golf that VW has built for annual GTI Festival in Austria. Just to show off a bit.
Now, the basic shape might be stock Golf, but trust us, what lies beneath is astonishing. As if the air intakes and bulging side skirts hadn't already given it away, this Golf is mid-engined. And not just any engine. It uses a twin-turbo version of the 6.0-litre W12 engine that's also found in the Phaeton saloon and various Bentleys. It's an astonishingly compact engine, made of two narrow-angle V6s bolted to a common crankshaft, and in this GTI W12 G50 design study, it pumps out a sensational 650bhp.
VW reckons that's good enough for 0-100kmh in just 3.7 seconds. In a Golf. What a shame there are no production plans...
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