Golden rule of driving priceless, one-off concept cars such as the Golf GTI W12-650: don’t prat about. Misdemeanours will be frowned upon, chiefly because any damage is unlikely to be fixable ...

Another notable W12 application was the GTI W12-650 – a unique combination of the W12 engine's 650 hp with the design of the VW Golf GTI, resulting in a wildly powerful, ultimate hot hatch concept.

While the basic shape is familiar enough, the front end shows off design cues lifted straight off the GTI W12 650 concept that VW showed at this year's Wörthersee show. The lower front intake is ...

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creating the GTI W12 650 – a car that could hit 60 miles per hour in 3.7 seconds and top out at a stunning 201 miles per hour. Of course, the thing never saw production, but Volkswagen's ...

No, we're not talking about the GTI W12-650 as that was only a bonkers mid-engined concept. In an interview with The Intercooler, Marcos Marques, Project Manager eFuels at Porsche, revealed VW ...

and in recent years Volkswagen has taken the limelight with bold GTI concepts, including the utterly barmy W12-650 Golf, a rear-wheel-drive, mid-engined monster with the power of a Ferrari Enzo.