Watch VW Golf With 420-HP I5 Engine Swap Devour The Autobahn

The MK5 Volkswagen Golf was initially outfitted with a 2.5-liter five-cylinder that produces 150 horsepower. Inventory, it is able to reaching 60 miles per hour in 9 seconds whereas topping out at 130 mph. Nevertheless, this automotive has a 2.5-liter turbocharged five-cylinder beneath the hood. So the query is, how a lot quicker will it go on the autobahn? 

Borrowed from an Audi RS3, the turbocharged five-cylinder produces 420 hp, nearly thrice the automotive’s unique horsepower. The additional energy is instantly obvious because the Volkswagen Golf will get on top of things a lot quicker. Earlier than lengthy, it is cruising above 140 mph (230 kilometers per hour). 

Nevertheless, it is not simply the engine that is modified. The timbre of the sound it makes is deeper, fuller, and extra resonant. It is also happier to rev. Whereas the gauges counsel the inventory motor redlined at simply over 6,000 rpm, the turbo five-cylinder clicks off crisp shifts at 6,800 rpm. 

On the autobahn, the Golf GTI is the quickest automotive. Different automobiles pull to the proper, letting it cross. Finally, it hits 150 mph, displaying 242 kph on the speedometer. The two.5-liter five-cylinder turbo motor looks like it has extra to present. Within the present Audi RS3 it produces 407 hp and affords a high pace of 186 mph, effectively into supercar territory.      

Whether or not or not the GTI can go quicker could possibly be a topic of debate. What’s lower than debate is that the MK5 completely devours the autobahn, inhaling massive chunks of it like a famished terrier. In comparison with the modified MK1 Golf we noticed make a sketchy autobahn run, it appears to be like steady and unflappable. 

Volkswagen produced the MK5 Golf from 2005 to 2009. Within the US, it was rebranded the Rabbit in an try to drum up extra gross sales because of the title’s nostalgia issue. The unique MK1 Golf was referred to as the Rabbit within the US, and the GTI mannequin kicked off the recent hatch craze. Because of its reputation, different automakers like Honda, Toyota, and Ford rushed sizzling variations of their compact economic system vehicles to market to get a slice of the Rabbit pie.