That engine is sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rumor has it that they will build 100 for an obviously short production run. I'd kill to have one of these, so watch it! J/k, but really, what a sick car!!! I'll post up some pics for the Worthersee show from VWVotex in a pic thread just for this car!

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This is the bonkers GTi W12, a heavily tweaked Golf that can churn out 641bhp and 530lb ft of torque. It goes without saying then that the performance will be exceptional; Volkswagen reckons this beast will do 0-62mph in a blurry 3.7 seconds, while the top speed is a supercar-defining 202mph. Providing this power is a 6.0-litre 12-cylinder engine as used in the Phaeton luxury cruiser, which has been tuned to give an extra 200bhp. Like any true exotic, the W12 engine is also mid-mounted to improve road holding, and the drive is channelled to the rear wheels via a six-speed automatic gearbox.

t almost seems unfair to call this car a Golf, though, because the only components the two share are the doors, lights and bonnet. But then no standard Golf could cope with the demands placed on the W12; to keep it glued to the road VW has eschewed a massive rear wing in favour of a carbon fibre roof which acts as a diffuser and sends downforce to the rear spoiler. The Golf is also wider than a standard GTi to house those very tasty 19-inch wheels and that mammoth engine, and it sits lower to the ground to keep it more stable at speed.However, the bad news is that VW will almost certainly never build it.

they had this on top gear, hilarious and awesome, this car should have been rear wheel drive though

This car IS RWD.