It's not all that often that I come across a Volkswagen model that I've never heard of, but this my friends is one of those models. My German is more that a little bit rusty I'm afraid, but from what I can tell this car was never intended to be a stand alone model like the
Golf Limited or even the stillborn Golf A59. (which is
for sale again by the way - $18,000 - A steal!)
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From what my high school Deutsch is allowing me to understand, this was to be a possible upgrade option for the GTI 16v Mk3. Probably the work of some fertile minds in Hannover who realized 'hey, we only built 71 Golf Limited models and we have a truck load of these 16v G60 conversion parts laying around, let's try to sell them.'
The conversion included the engine work, which featured lowered compression to 9:1, resulting in a G-Lader assisted power output of 208ps and 287Nm torque. Tires are bumped up to 225/40 R16, and ultimately resulted in a 0-100kph (62mph) of 7.3, which seems high to me, and a terminal velocity of 240kph (149mph, which seems 100% possible.) Oh and it had some trick VW Motorsport gauges too, just as icing on the cake.
The cost was 13,870DM (Deutsch Marks), which back then would have been around $6,900. Not cheap, but man would it have been cool. It sure would be nice if VW Motorsport offered up conversions like this these days...
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