Categories
Volkswagen

“More than 400 horsepower!”

Volkswagen Golf R400 Concept

The recently previewed Volkswagen Golf R400 has us excited. It may have you excited too. Well, get ready to put your super-dooper excitement pants on because Heinz-Jakob Neusser, Volkswagen’s R&D boss, has been recently quoted as saying the R400, “could make more than 400 horsepower.”

Say that again.

MORE THAN 400 HORSEPOWER!

Adding some credibility to Neusser’s comment is the fact it was made Vienna engine symposium where car makers meet to talk engines and stuff. Also within earhshot of Neusser when he uttered those words, “more than 400 horsepower,” were his bosses Ferdinand Piech, Volkswagen’s really, really big boss aka chairman of the board, and the company’s CEO Martin Winterkorn.

Even if the R400 only becomes an R401 that’s still a crap load of power to stuff into a Golf VII chassis and deliver through a Haldex V all-wheel drive-DSG combo. Even if it’s a rubbish handler it’ll still be batshit fast and that alone should make it a class-leader in smile inducing grins.

See, we told you you’d need those super-dooper excitement pants.

[Source: Car & Driver]

8 replies on ““More than 400 horsepower!””

Does is come in Kilowatts too? I prefer cars with kilowatts to those still running the old fashioned horsepower.

Most likely they won’t bring ths to Oz as the front carbon fiber front grill does not qualify for Australian standard for pedestrian collision protection and I think this is the reason why the RS3 will not make it to Australia ( I read it somewhere but can’t remember where).

About time the ADRs got the arse I think. If it’s good enough for Europe it should be good enough for Australia.

I’m almost as excited to hear about the “super-dooper excitement pants” – where can I get some?

Comments are closed.