The VW Golf GTI Has Stolen the Honda Civic Type R's Record as the Fastest FWD Car Around the 'Ring
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Just three eyelashes make the difference: The VW Golf GTI Edition 50 takes the title "fastest series front-driver on the Nordschleife" back to Wolfsburg. Development driver Benny Leuchter needed exactly 7:44,523 minutes for the 20.8 kilometers. So he was 0.358 seconds faster than the new second-placed Honda Civic Type R. This was not a walk – in the spectacular on-board video you can see how hard the record driver works to make the time possible…
Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 50 claims new Nurburgring lap record
The Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 50 has set a new Nurburgring Nordschleife lap record for front-wheel-drive cars. With a time of seven minutes and 44.523 seconds around the famous 12.9-mile circuit, the Golf GTI Edition 50 beat the previous record held by the Honda Civic Type R. Developed with the Nordschleife in mind, Volkswagen revealed the Golf GTI Edition 50 at a special celebratory event during last year’s Nurburgring 24 Hours race. A pre…
Golf GTI sets lap record at the Nürburgring for front-wheel-drive cars
While the Honda Civic Type R previously held the record for front-wheel-drive production cars at the legendary Nürburgring, a racetrack that is still used to test and develop cars from almost every mainline manufacturer, that record is no more. As Car and Driver can confirm, VOlkswagen has officially taken the record with the new Golf GTI Edition 50, an anniversary edition of the latest car in the iconic series, that lapped the "Ring" in 7:44.5…
The Volkswagen Golf GTI 50 Edition Nürburgring has just signed the Nürburgring record for series traction models.
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