Tomado de VORTEX
May 17, 2007
by: Jamie Vondruska and Wes Grueninger
Well Volkswagen has pulled a fast one (literally) and decided to unveil a W12 powered, rear-wheel-drive, mid-engined GTI at the tuner/drunk/party fest in Austria known as Worthersee. We'll have more information, photos and video in coming weeks ahead. A full photo gallery is provided in the links below.
We also have a loosely translated version of the German press releaes below, but what we do know is this:
- VW claims a top speed of 202 mph
- 6.0l W12 12-cylinder twin-turbocharged engine mounted in the back seat of the GTI
- 650hp and 553 lb-ft. of torque (!)- with the flared fenders the car sits over 6 feet wide and only 4.6 feet tall
- 19" wheels with 295 rear rubber and 235 front rubber
- the fenders are flared 3.15" at the rear
1600x1200 wallpaper images can be found HERE
Press release coming next...
Wolfsburg, 17 May 2007 - Leaving conventions in its wake has always been at the very heart of the GTI. An icon over three decades, the GTI has lured over 1.67 million drivers with its siren song. To drive the GTI it to make a statement. Since 1982, GTI fans have gathered in Wörthersee, Austria. Thousands come to the five-day carnival at Wörthersee, and it is for them - the people who made the GTI a legend, that the GTI W12-650 show car was conceived.
More powerful than any Golf ever built, wider than any Golf crafted at Wolfsburg, faster than any of its iconic predecessors, the GTI W12-650 is seemingly fresh from the race course. A golf that packs in technology used for the Pace Car of the 24 hours of Le Mans. It is named after its heart: A W12 engine producing 650 horsepower. The GTI W12-650 is a show car, nothing more, nothing less, but it does show the enormous potential offered by the Golf platform.
3.7 seconds, 202 mph, 553 pound-feet
Its 6.0-liter twin-turbo engine is located lengthwise between the front seats, converting the traditional front-drive Golf into a classic mid-engined race car. A six-speed automatic gearbox feeds a maximum output of 553 pound-feet of torque to the rear axle. Such force catapults the GTI to 62mph in a scant 3.7 seconds. Stay on the accelerator, and the biturbo engine will carry the car to over 200 miles per hour, putting the GTI W12-650 in the rarefied air of dedicated exotic cars.
6.2 feet wide, 235-width tires in front, 295-width in rear
Under its 6.2-foot spread and 4.7' tall body, Volkswagen engineers and designers united technologies across the spectrum of Volkswagen AG for the first, and perhaps only, time. Each mechanical piece was originally conceived and designed by Volkswagen AG, showcasing the unequalled breadth of Volkswagen's technological prowess.
235-width tires on the front wheels are mounted to 19" gloss-turned "Detroit" GTI wheels, custom-made to fill out the deeply sculpted fender flares. At the rear, the gigantic 295-width tires extend much farther than standard GTIs to bring the GTI W12-650 a properly aggressive stance.
2.75" lower, 6.3" more broad
The wheels are tucked 2.75" further into the gigantic wheel arches, the shoulders of the fenders becoming coupe-like in their proportions. Says Klaus Bischoff, Director of Volkswagen Design: "In the back, the show car is wider by about 3.15" on each side. The standard model already has a strong shoulder line and arched flare, but, as with a sports car, we pulled the fenders more strongly outward."
He continues: "Our goal was clearly defined - despite the dramatic technical changes, the GTI W12-650 should remain clearly a classical GTI. The design of the Golf is like a fingerprint. If it smears, the character of the car is destroyed. We would not allow that to happen." To that end, as many parts as possible were carried over from production GTIs such as the headlamps, doors, hood and tail lamps.
C-Pillars as part of the engine air intake
"Our largest challenge," says Klaus Bischoff, "was to supply the six-liter mid-mounted engine enough air without diluting the silhouette of the GTI. Side inlets had to be used and optimized for breathing, and the aerodynamics of the car had to be reworked so that we could achieve sufficient cooling at the rear axle. We did not want to set an enormous tail wing on the car."
In both cases, a trick helped. Bischoff continues: "The strongest Golf design elements are the C-pillars, and it was exactly there that we needed the inlets for the engine air intakes. The C-pillars were redesigned by hand in such a way that we allowed the rear windows to cant slightly inward. So engine air is sucked in through a gap between the window glass and the C-pillar. Cooling is taken car of by an enormous radiator in front as well as by the ducts located in the flares." Each part of the revised bodywork appears at first sight to be a production GTI part, however they have been carefully designed to have increased functionality without sacrificing aesthetics.
Carbon fiber roof is a diffuser
Innovative and thoughtful construction of the bodies prevented the clean lines of the GTI W12-650 from being ruined by a roof-mounted wing. Says Klaus Bischoff: "This GTI moved the wing inward. The roof is part of an enormous diffuser, which provides sufficient down force on the rear axle. It is made of carbon fiber and forces air over and under the tail spoiler to obtain a perfect amount of pressure on the rear axle."
The bumpers of the show car show strong lines and clever design, as well. In the back, enormous exhaust openings mark the car as a GTI W12-650. Two chrome-plated dual pipes frame the exhaust opening in the rear. At the front, a red-line grille draws upon the heritage of the very first Golf GTI produced.
Interior with racing ambitions
Today's GTI drivers would feel at home inside the GTI W12-650. The leather and Alcantara seats are new. Three round gauges mounted in the center stack harkens memories of the Ur-GTI. Transparent "flip up" switch guards are used on the switches for functions such as the ESP override. To prevent mis-activation, the covers must first be flipped open with the index finger. Likewise the racing fire extinguisher integrated in place of the glove box reminds driver and passenger that the GTI W12-650 is a serious race car. For weight reasons, the door panels have been removed and replaces with lattices which allow a compete view of the door mechanics.
GTi W12
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Rafa(RAVM)
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Satan!!!!!!!
Por un Dios!!!!!! ......................... Disculpen los puntos, pero estaba haciendo reverencia a tan poderoso representante del poderio aleman.
Toyo, tenes razon, los aros, pues, como que no, pero supongo que de alguna forma ayudan al flujo de aire. Creo yo.
Señores, interesante ver uno de esos aca... Va a estar duro, pero estaria bonito verlo en la guacima haciendo feo. Pq jamas andarlo en la calle. Y a como esta la gasofia, un W12 en la calle, necesitaria una pega de cisterna para andarlo jalando.
Y aun asi, con todo y el cisterna pegado, PATEA CULOS!!!!
Saludos,
El Doc
P.S.: Ahora si. Donde estan los que decian que VW era una caquita??? Defiendanse.
Papi Fish, donde estas????
Por un Dios!!!!!! ......................... Disculpen los puntos, pero estaba haciendo reverencia a tan poderoso representante del poderio aleman.
Toyo, tenes razon, los aros, pues, como que no, pero supongo que de alguna forma ayudan al flujo de aire. Creo yo.
Señores, interesante ver uno de esos aca... Va a estar duro, pero estaria bonito verlo en la guacima haciendo feo. Pq jamas andarlo en la calle. Y a como esta la gasofia, un W12 en la calle, necesitaria una pega de cisterna para andarlo jalando.
Y aun asi, con todo y el cisterna pegado, PATEA CULOS!!!!
Saludos,
El Doc
P.S.: Ahora si. Donde estan los que decian que VW era una caquita??? Defiendanse.
Papi Fish, donde estas????
jaja muy buena esa comparación.juliowrc escribió:Que buena la foto con el monton de chiyonazos
Parece la foto de un carajillo muy malcriado que rayo toda la pared y dice
"LO HICE YO Y QUE??? QUIERE QUE HAGA MAS???"
Rajado esta ese mounstruo!!!
Y esque para nada tiene pinta de tener un motor de 12 cil, legítimo pega sustos.
no sabia que era un veyron... ahora este GTi es un gajo en comparacion jejejeDanenbs escribió:Está hecho un chuzo... parece el hemanillo menor del Veyron !!! jajaja
http://www.forbesautos.com/reviews/2006 ... eview.htmlThe Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is an automotive milestone: the first street-legal vehicle to come straight from the factory — as opposed to being tweaked by an aftermarket tuner — with more than 1,000 hp. It squeaks by that threshold with a total of 1,001 hp from an 8.0-liter W16 engine, which is basically two V8 engines joined side by side to create one 16-cylinder engine. The torque rating is an astounding 922 pound-feet.
Four turbochargers help generate the massive power, which is roughly twice that of a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 or a Dodge Viper SRT-10. This is enough to catapult the car to 62 mph in an estimated 2.5 seconds and on to a top speed of 253 mph.
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Pucha, el mae que diseño este motor se la fumo bien fumada, vean lo complicado, son 12 cilindros en un mismo bloque, hay dos pistones en una misma bancada, un arbol de levas a la cabeza de cada grupo de pistones, donde se comparte arbol de leva para dos pistones para un hacer 4 valvulas por cilindro. Eso se llama optimizar el espacio al maximo !!!!!
parece que el motor es hecho por VW pero lo usan varios carros:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W12_engineThe VW W12 is used in some high-end luxury models:
* Audi A8
* Bentley Continental GT
* Bentley Continental Flying Spur
* Spyker C12 LaTurbie
* Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris
* Volkswagen Phaeton
* Volkswagen Touareg
* Volkswagen GTI
OK... pero yo me refería específicamente a ese que sale en la foto... entonces es el Audi A8adherrera2 escribió:parece que el motor es hecho por VW pero lo usan varios carros:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W12_engineThe VW W12 is used in some high-end luxury models:
* Audi A8
* Bentley Continental GT
* Bentley Continental Flying Spur
* Spyker C12 LaTurbie
* Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris
* Volkswagen Phaeton
* Volkswagen Touareg
* Volkswagen GTI
Pura vida por la info
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Mae viendo la foto de ese motor y leyendo eso que puso ud quedé con el cerebro hecho un ocho.Paul Delgado escribió:Pucha, el mae que diseño este motor se la fumo bien fumada, vean lo complicado, son 12 cilindros en un mismo bloque, hay dos pistones en una misma bancada, un arbol de levas a la cabeza de cada grupo de pistones, donde se comparte arbol de leva para dos pistones para un hacer 4 valvulas por cilindro. Eso se llama optimizar el espacio al maximo !!!!!
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Gustavo Ortega
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Paul Delgado escribió:
Pucha, el mae que diseño este motor se la fumo bien fumada, vean lo complicado, son 12 cilindros en un mismo bloque, hay dos pistones en una misma bancada, un arbol de levas a la cabeza de cada grupo de pistones, donde se comparte arbol de leva para dos pistones para un hacer 4 valvulas por cilindro. Eso se llama optimizar el espacio al maximo !!!!!
Mae viendo la foto de ese motor y leyendo eso que puso ud quedé con el cerebro hecho un ocho.
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JAJAJA YA SOMOS 2...
Pucha, el mae que diseño este motor se la fumo bien fumada, vean lo complicado, son 12 cilindros en un mismo bloque, hay dos pistones en una misma bancada, un arbol de levas a la cabeza de cada grupo de pistones, donde se comparte arbol de leva para dos pistones para un hacer 4 valvulas por cilindro. Eso se llama optimizar el espacio al maximo !!!!!
Mae viendo la foto de ese motor y leyendo eso que puso ud quedé con el cerebro hecho un ocho.
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JAJAJA YA SOMOS 2...
jaja que madre!GOC escribió:Paul Delgado escribió:
Pucha, el mae que diseño este motor se la fumo bien fumada, vean lo complicado, son 12 cilindros en un mismo bloque, hay dos pistones en una misma bancada, un arbol de levas a la cabeza de cada grupo de pistones, donde se comparte arbol de leva para dos pistones para un hacer 4 valvulas por cilindro. Eso se llama optimizar el espacio al maximo !!!!!
Mae viendo la foto de ese motor y leyendo eso que puso ud quedé con el cerebro hecho un ocho.
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JAJAJA YA SOMOS 2...
Si es impresionante!!! mas aun cuando no solo es optimizar el espacio, sino hacerlo que funcione..!! El sistema de enfriamento de ese motor debe de ser toda una maravilla y todo lo que involucran los liquidos del motor. La sincronizacion de los cilindros, del los arboles de levas de lo inyectores!! y despues de todo... meter 2 turbos en ese motor...Paul Delgado escribió:Pucha, el mae que diseño este motor se la fumo bien fumada, vean lo complicado, son 12 cilindros en un mismo bloque, hay dos pistones en una misma bancada, un arbol de levas a la cabeza de cada grupo de pistones, donde se comparte arbol de leva para dos pistones para un hacer 4 valvulas por cilindro. Eso se llama optimizar el espacio al maximo !!!!!
