The Volkswagen Golf24 will make its 24 hour race debut at the Nürburgring this weekend. It has been created to celebrate the 35th birthday of the GTI. In some ways it’s an odd tribute—with all-wheel drive and a 2.5 litre inline five cylinder engine—it features a drivetrain never seen in a GTI before and one [...]
Volkswagen is bringing a five-car fleet to the Nürburgring 24 hour race. Of course, the limelight will be hogged by a trio of fearsome looking Golf24 machines, which have been created to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Golf GTI. With 450hp on offer from its 2.5 litre five cylinder and all-wheel drive grip these [...]
Last weekend the Volkswagen Golf24 took part in a VLN round to continue its development ahead of this year’s Nürburgring 24 hour race. Here’s some video of the car in action where the driver takes the high-line around the Karussell. That in itself is not so amazing, that the driver was doing so to overtake [...]
British drivers Johnny Herbert and Mark Blundell will draw on their Formula One and Le Mans winning experience to lead the Golf24 charge for Volkswagen Motorsport at the Nürburgring 24 hour race this year. With 440hp and all-wheel drive at their command the British duo should be capable of a top 10 finish. They will [...]
Volkswagen has released a brief teaser clip for their Golf24 endurance racer. At just 30 seconds it is too short, really, but hopefully we will see much more of this car at the Nürburgring 24 hour race in late June.
The iconic Golf GTI turns 35 in 2011 and boy has Volkswagen got a ripping birthday present in store. The Golf24, the scary beauty you see before you is that present. It’s Volkswagen’s latest balls out Nürburgring 24 hour race project. “With the new Golf24 we are continuing our successful commitment at the Nürburgring 24-hour [...]
If you had the keys to a Scirocco R and free access to the Nürburgring, could it get any better? Well, yes it could, as a matter of fact. Imagine having Ring legend Hans Joachim-Stuck as your own personal tour guide. That’s exactly what happened to Autocar journo Steve Sutcliffe recently. Perhaps the only downside [...]
Kiwi Wayne Moore is a long time supporter of AUSringers and, more importantly, a long time racer at the Ring. This year marked Wayne’s 17th consecutive appearance. Making the pilgrimage to the Eifel mountains each year from New Zealand takes desire, dedication and a love of repetition. Read on to find out why. The Toaster [...]
There’s a pretty easy way to ensure a class win at the Nürburgring 24 hour race and Volkswagen have it all worked out. There were four cars entered in the Alternative Fuels class this year, three of them were Volkswagen Sciroccos fuelled by bio natural gas. However, to dismiss their efforts on that basis would [...]
Volkswagen gave enjoyed class wins at the last two Nürburgring 24 hour races. First with the Golf GTI, then with the Scirocco GT24. In 2010 VW are pinning their hopes on the Scirocco GT24 CNG. It’s fuelled with bio natural gas and emits up to 80% less CO2 emissions than conventional fuels. With around 330kW [...]
Following class-winning efforts in the last two years Volkswagen is pushing the Scirocco GT24-CNG towards further success at the Nürburgring 24 hour race in 2010. Back with more power and less emissions Danish driver Nicki Thiim set a new Grand Prix track–Nordschleife lap record for front-wheel drive vehicles last weekend when he recorded a benchmark [...]
Volkswagen has recently launched another iPhone driving game. This time featuring the Scirocco R. The theory goes that you’re racing around the Nordschleife in the “Scirocco R 24 hour Challenge”. The reality is it’s simply a marketing gimmick designed to get you to add your name to Volkswagen’s database. The game itself is okay, if [...]
The Volkswagen Motorsport program enjoyed more success at the Nürburgring 24 hour over the weekend with class wins for the Scirocco in the SP3T and AT categories. The #118 petrol powered Scirocco R came home in 15th outright presenting drivers Jimmy Johansson, Florian Gruber, Nicki Thiim and Martin Karlhofer a third consecutive SP3T class win [...]
To help get you in the mood for the Nürburgring 24 hour race Volkswagen have released a couple of video clips of the Scirocco GT24 with Jimmy Johansson at the wheel lapping a closed Nürburgring Nordschleife. With the main camera positioned lowe to the ground the effect is staggering. While this angle does flatten out [...]
Volkswagen will be launching a five-strong Scirocco attack on the Nürburgring 24 hour race this year. Returning to defend its title is the familiar Scirocco GT24, which will hit the track with a three car team. The new kid on the block, though, is the Scirocco GT24 CNG. That’s right, a Scirocco racer fuelled by [...]
