AUTOCAR Reviews the 500 Hp VW Golf Design Vision GTI

Introduced earlier this year at the Wörthersee Tuning Festival, the Volkswagen Golf Design Vision GTI concept is less mad than the Golf GTI W12 Concept which was powered by a 6.0-Liter twin-turbo W12 producing 650ch and based on the previous generation (mk6) Golf . But it's still a brilliant machine that hints at future technology that could be used in the upcoming GTI models.

The Design Vision GTI concept is powered by a 3.0-Liter twin-turbo VR6 engine producing 496 Hp and 413lb ft of torque. The engine sends its power to all four wheels through a six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission.

The car is able to hit 100 km/h (62mph) in 3.9 seconds and has a top speed of 300 Km/h (The W12 GTI: 3,7 seconds and 200 mph). If you'd like to know what it feels like to drive it, head on to Autocar where the guys had the chance to take the car for a ride at Los Angeles. Enjoy the high res pictures in the gallery below!

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VIDEO: Ferrari 599XX driven by autocar

Until we get to see the 599 GTO on a proper road test, Autocar mag got its hands on the stripped out version of the 599 GTB for the track, the 599XX. The GTO badge has been used two very special times in the history of the prancing horse. First with the immortal 250 GTO then with the 288 GTO (commonly known as the GTO). Seeing that the original 599 GTB weights more than 1690 KG, one can wonder how much its GTO variant will weight, knowing that the fourty years old 250 GTO was just over 900 KG. The 599 GTO surely won't be able to match that figure, but it's going to be an epic car anyway. In fact it can be described as a road legal version of the 599XX and Autocar test driver Steve Sutcliffe had the priviledge to take you on board for four laps on the Fiorano test track, enjoy!

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It's red, it sounds good, it looks good and it's carrying the prancing horse label

Normally i don't do automotive news on this blog, there are plenty of exellent automotive sites on the web that are doing the job (Autoblog, Jalopnik, Carscoop..) and they are doing it quite good, so there is no need for another automotive news site... But don't be surprised to see some car reviews by here anyway!

However, Something caught my attention today and i want to share it with you: i came across what must be one of the very first reviews of the Ferrari 458 Italia by someone else than Ferrari. The fllowing is a review made by AUTOCAR. Whatever you were thinking of the Italia when it first came out in pictures, i want you to sit down, load the full HD video and watch one of Ferrari's prettiest achievements in the 21st century. Yes, i did say that. Maybe because it has something else in common with my all time best (the F40): the triple exhausts...


For all my friends here and all the viewers who have "technical issues" with youtube here is another link, to AUTOCAR's review of the 458 Italia, enjoy!

Ferrari 458 Italia driven by autocar.co.uk from Engined Beasts on Vimeo.

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