When Michel Lubberts sent us the tip on this one, after Brian posted the Parting Shift about how bad it was to go from 3rd gear to 2nd gear, I was intrigued by the photo you see above more than anything. And then I watched the video. This little bastard is pissed off and hauling ass! Of course YouTube had to suggest I watch other videos on this crazy VW Polo, aka Rabbit or Golf to the rest of the world, at which point I became totally enthralled with the claimed 1500 horsepower, all wheel drive, beast.
So, we have a couple videos for you to check out. One is the missed shift that results in an endo with the rear tires up in the air, before a recovery that still nets a 9 second pass, and the other is highlights of this sucker making some killer passes.
Enjoy.
FWD still sucks. I hate to think about how many transaxles that Polo chukkers through in a season . . . .
“Turbo Zentrum” . . . is that some sort of vitamin?
DHRA . . . is there a little copyright infringement going on (Maybe NHRA can’t see it because of the fog . . . . )
They need to pass around some of that happy stuff on this side of the pond! I never seen them clap and giggle like that at the drags over here
check this one too,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkhmCexeNI8&list=UUWDRTAf-MHL4fkuB1DA5y7w
Er, a Polo is an entirely different car than a Golf/Rabbit. Way smaller.