What does it take to put some Hellcats, Camaros and other powerful cars in their corners? It depends. In this case, a Volkswagen Golf might do the job quite nicely.
Mind you, this isn’t your average German hatchback, but the range-topping ‘R’. In the latest iteration, it has 300 horsepower available on tap, and all-wheel drive for improved traction.
The stock model, however, would not do for the job at hand. This Golf R has been heavily tuned, with the mods lifing the output of the 2.0-liter four-banger to an amazing 641 HP, according to the owner. In terms of power, that’s Lamborghini Huracan Evo territory.
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There aren’t many vehicles out there that could beat this Golf R, despite some of them having twice as many cylinders. It has a very impressive record, and among those that dared to run down the strip next to it was a 900+ horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat.
As exciting as it may be, the funny thing is that this Golf R is in fact slower than other modified examples we’ve come across recently. There are Golfs out there with nearly 1,000 horsepower, such as the R32 that went against a tuned Toyota Supra, and even more powerful ones, like Boba Motoring’s Mk2, a true supercar killer, to mention just two.
Even so, this tuned hyper hatch was one of the stars at a 1/2-mile drag racing event held in Puerto Rico. And, despite being very, very fast, it eventually met its match – and you can find out who that was, along with all the other battles, by clicking on the following video.