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NewsVW Golf W12 news - The same in every way... - 2009Top Gear TeamPublished: 17 Mar 2009 External link to Top Gear Magazine Subscription – 5 issues for £5Skip 1 photos in the image carousel and continue reading

Forgive the slightly shonky quality of the photo, but we didn’t think we could let this one pass without a quick mention. Remember that Golf W12 concept that Jeremy drove a couple of series back? The 650bhp monster with a Bentley-sourced 6.0-litre engine stuck where the rear seats should be?Watch Clarkson drive the mental Golf.Well, now you can buy it. Sort of. This is Exclusive World Tuning’s Golf W12, yours for a mere 12,000 Euros plus donor MkV Golf. A bargain, given that it’s identical in every way to the genuine VW concept… er, apart from the fact that you don’t get a W12 engine. Or 650bhp. Or any more speed whatsoever. Probably a bit less, in fact, with all that extra plastic everywhere.Yes, it’s a bodykit. Quite an impressive bodykit, but a bodykit nonetheless. Whatever engine is in your three-door Golf when you hand it over to EWT – well, that’s the engine it’s coming back with. Your 79bhp 1.4-litre four-pot petrol might feel a bit inadequate.Still, top marks for ambition, EWT. What next, guys? An Audi R8 based on a Ford Cougar? Oh…

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