A few years ago, the Volkswagen Golf GTI and the Honda Civic Type R were regularly trading blows in the battle for front-wheel-drive production car supremacy at the Nürburgring, but the fight cooled three years ago when the Civic Type R set a time of 7:44.881. The Golf GTI Edition 50 returned to the Nordschleife last year to become the fastest VW ever to take on the Green Hell, but its time of 7:46.13 still wasn’t enough to take the outright FWD record, so Volkswagen has had another crack, and this time, it’s regained its pride, albeit only just.Setting a new time of 7:44.523, the GTI Edition 50 has made the most of its 320-horsepower output to become the new king of the ‘Ring. To put the new lap time in context, a V12-powered Pagani Zonda S supercar set an identical time (though that was in 2002, when tire technology wasn’t what it is now).VW Golf GTI Edition 50: A Seriously Fast FWD Hot Hatch
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Author: Sebastian Cenizo
