www.autoblog.com/2007/05/17/worthersee-2007-vw-shows-off-monster-golf-gti-w12-650-concept
Audi TT clubsport was just an appetizer for the fans at the Wrthersee 2007 meet in Austria. Volkswagen has upped the ante by throwing down a stunner: the Golf GTI W12 650 concept. The ultimate GTI in every way, this car has a claimed top speed of 325 km/h -- 201 mph! This is a pure show car, so don't go running to your VW dealer waving around a fistful of cash. Too bad, though, as this super Golf dishes out a mammoth 650 horsepower and over 530 ft lbs of torque from the 60L biturbo W12 it's got mounted behind the front seats. All that juice flows through a 6-speed automatic to the rear wheels, which are shod in some seriously meaty rubber. Lower and wider than a stock GTI, the body retains the production car's doors, hood and lights, but otherwise it's all new. A number of intakes and a redesigned C-pillar help feed air to the 12-cylinder behemoth supplying the go-power. To keep the car planted to the tarmac, VW didn't want to use a massive spoiler to generate downforce. As such, the car's carbon-fiber roof acts as a giant diffuser that funnels air under the small spoiler at its trailing edge. In summary, the whole thing is a big exercise in the awesome.
PRESS RELEASE: Volkswagen Golf GTI W12 650 Showtime at the Wrthersee Leave conventions behind and let ypur passion awake - since the beginning these were the roots of the GTI idea. Until today they got more than 167 million drivers into their spell. Since 1982 Golf GTI celebrate it annually in the Austrian Land at the Wrthersee. Volkswagen placed a Golf before them: the Golf GTI W12-650 showcar. This sports car is a inclination before the GTI friends at the Wrthersee, people for whom the GTI is a myth. Stronger, broader, faster A Golf was never stronger, broader or faster. It seems that the Golf GTI W12-650 comes directly from the racing course. A Golf that runs like the Pace Car of the 24 hours of Le Mans. Its name means: W12-Zylinder, 650 HP (477 KW with 6000 rpm). Nevertheless it shows what enormous potential the Golf has to offer. The Golf GTI W12-650 differentiate itself in this way from the classical central engine car. A 6-speed automatic transmission transfers 750 Newtonmeters (at 4500 rpm) to the rear axle. It catapults the Golf GTI W12-650 to 100 km/h in 37 seconds. With a maximum speed of 325 km/h the Golf GTI W12-650 leaves behind nearly all of the world's supercars. Width 188 m, 235er tire in front, 295er tire in the back Automotive engineers and designers united under Volkswagen Golf GTI W12 650 its 188 meters (series: 176 meters) spread and 142 meters (series: 150 meters) flatten body. The chassis components of the Golf GTI W12-650 were adapted directly from supersports cars. The wheels are of course made from a light alloy and because of the gigantic wheel dimensions a specialy engineered tire had to be made. Therefore as much parts as possible were taken from tha classical GTI like: the headlights, the doors, the front hood and the tail lamps. The largest problem was to supply the 6-litre central engine with sufficient air and to produce sufficient drift at the rear axle without watering the silhouette of the Golf GTI W12-650. Therefore the C-columns were re-designed in such a way that they lead air to the engine. The rear side windows run inward, so that two channels develop between the disks and the C-columns on the left and on the right to drive air to the engine. The Carbon fiber roof is a diffuser Innovative building of the body also prevented that the lines of the Golf GTI W12-650 to get ruined by a putting on a roof wing. The roof is part of an enormous diffuser, which provides sufficient drift to the rear axle. It's made from carbon fiber and leads air under the normal tail spoiler. Interior with racing ambitions The leather is Alcantara. On the middle range of the armatures are Three rows of auxiliary instruments. Transparent "Flip UP" switch guards for central functions like the disconnectible ESP look like taken derectly from the race track. Fire extinguishers are integrated in the place of the glove compartment to also remind us of the race. Because of weight reasons "stripped" the door linings are complete; only lattices are used, which grant a complete view of the interior mechanics of the door.
Tell us what you really think: Lee Iacocca slams Daimler (5/18/2007) Reader Comments (Page 1) 1 I was just talking about how someone needs to throw a W12 (actually I said W16) engine in the back of the GTi.
Imagine what would happen in a crash with a twin-turbo 12-cylinder behind the driver in a hatchback with no bulkhead. There is absolutely no way this thing will ever be built. Awesome study in VW's technological skill, though, above and beyond the Jetta RGT and R GTI the company built for the last two SEMA shows. It's nice to see VW is putting dollars into new concepts in the sport compact segment. Still, I don't know if a one-off vehicle with a relocated engine and completely reengineered aerodynamics really "shows what enormous potential the Golf has to offer."
while it looks wicked and goes wicked fast, the truth is that is NOT a Golf, any more than monster truck is an F-150 or NASCAR Impala is an Impala... "taken from tha classical GTI like: the headlights, the doors, the front hood and the tail lamps." no golf i've been in has the W12, is RWD, rear-engined... "The chassis components of the Golf GTI W12-650 were adapted directly from supersports cars. The wheels are of course made from a light alloy and because of the gigantic wheel dimensions a specialy engineered tire had to be made.... Therefore the C-columns were re-designed in such a way that they lead air to the engine.
Actually this looks very much like the Renault Clio V6, not the "shogun". I think Volkswagen should stick a 350hp Turbocharged V6 behind the 2-front seats and make it RWD.
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