Volkswagen Makes a Bonkers Supercar Out of a Hatchback

GPS · May 9, 2013

This ain't your Daddy's Rabbit Golf

This is what happens when you give the Wolfsburg brain trust an unlimited budget and tell them to build a concept car for a tuner show: Utter. Madness.

It’s called the “Design Vision GTI,” and the 500-horsepower beast of a Volkswagen rolled out to the throng of V-Dub obsessives at the annual Wörthersee show in Germany this week.

VW has a habit of unveiling a wild concept at the show each year, and the Design Vision GTI honors tradition by swapping the GTI’s perfectly capable turbocharged four-pot engine for a twin-turbocharged V6. It’s good for 503 horsepower and a grin-inducing, ass-kicking 413 pound-feet of torque. Stomp it and you’ll hit 60 in 3.9 seconds. Putting that much twist through the front wheels alone is too crazy even for these guys, so VW raided the Audi parts bin for an all-wheel-drive system that keeps torque steer and rubber melting to a minimum.

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http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/05/volkswagen-design-vision-gti/

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