VW’s 321 HP FWD Golf Destroys The Type R To 60 MPH And Beyond

Autocar clocked front-drive GTI Edition 50 at 4.9 seconds to 60 mph. Civic Type R trails Volkswagen badly as speeds climb into triple digits. Edition 50 toppled Type R to become FWD Nurburgring champ in May. Putting big power through two front tires is possible. Getting those tires to hook up fast enough to break 5 seconds to 60 mph usually ads an “im-” prefix to that word. Almost no production front-wheel drive car can break into the fours, but VW’s 50th anniversary GTI is one of them. var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== “DESKTOP”){ adpushup.triggerAd(“0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8”); } else { adpushup.triggerAd(“82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f”); } }); Autocar…

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