VW Golf GTI: 250 bhp makeover by Sportech

UPDATE: We made a small, but important mistake. It's actually 250 kW which means 335 bhp! Thanks to all who pointed that out.

Sportech gave the VW Golf GTI a 250 bhp makeover. Sounds and looks impressive! But that's not all. Read on...

"Building an out-and-out performance car would have been easy, but as well as being able to claim bragging rights to being the fastest Golf 5 GTI around, it also has to be able to stop and turn and still make more than a few heads swivel with its dramatic looks," said Sportech's Chad Wentzel.

When done, the P Cubed Golf will be a technological marvel on wheels. While fitted with a 1 800-W Rockford Fosgate in-car entertainment system, Phase Linear will provide a motorised, touch-screen seven-inch screen with a pair of similar screens in the back of the front headrests.

For a touch of excess, another DVD screen is housed in the boot as part of a custom-made rearward-facing sound unit with a 15-inch subwoofer.

Nashua Mobile will provide a wireless internet connection via a Linksys 3G router. A pair of Hewlett Packard "tablet" computers that fit into custom-made console between the rear seats will be supplied, too.

The use of this console means this machine will be a strict four-seater, with the rear passengers getting Recaro seats identical to those used by the front occupants.

Related news: GermanCarBlog, P4MR, VW Golf GTI

Source: Wheels24

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