Recipe for Atomic Weapon.

• Take 1 part Golf Mk1
• Take Hayabusa Engine
• Apply Engineering Skills & Combine.
• Revel in Busa Powered… ness.

The overlords of this mechanical marvel are H.R. Engineering of Essex, UK. They’ve created a monster with 350 Hp and a whole lotta ‘busa snarl.

Not a lot more can be said apart from click through for the videos of the car chasing the horizon.

Read the rest of this entry »

At HHH we feel that power built on power is a wonderful thing. With this in mind, VW tuning masters Oettinger have released two new upgrade kits for the already souped up VW Golf GTI ‘Edition 30′.

These new kits provide a practical roadmap to strapping on performance into the detuned 2.0 T-FSI power plant from the current Audi S3 that runs 230HP standard.

Stage I is plug in power via an ECU tune up and increases the horses to 305Hp with 400Nm of torque. On the strip the Stage I tune up will punch out a 6.2 sec 0 to 100 km/h (62pmh) with full power hammering out to 252 km/h (158 mph) limits.

Stage II builds further with the usual make my baby drive easier and she’ll stonk harder approach.  Stage II introduces Oettinger’s Intercooler, modified piping and carbon ‘ram air’ intake at the front end whilst breathing easier out the back with a polished stainless steel sport exhaust system that includes rear and middle silencer.

The end results is an increase to 330 Hp and 430 Nm of torque, 0 to 100 km/h (62mph) time of 5.9 sec and top end speed of 258 km/h (161 mph).

VW North America has engaged the lovely and curvy services of the Playboy Bunnies to promote the VW Rabbit to a particularly interested demographic.

I quite like the tongue in cheek nature of the advertising. The complete press release and full size pictures available after the jump.

Read the rest of this entry »

Higher power and a racing look - the Polo GTI Cup Edition

Most powerful production series Polo offers not only looks, but also terrific performance and thrilling driving

A racing car feel, but licensed for the road: the Polo GTI “Cup Edition” brings the look of the junior race series Polo to the road. In the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup talented young drivers take it to the race circuits with 150 PS. The turbo-charged Polo GTI “Cup Edition” is more than a match for that ??? its 180 PS make it the most powerful production Polo of all time.

Read the rest of this entry »