This Ain't No Hack Job - VW GTI W12 650

There are those among us that continually strive to mount the biggest, baddest, most obscene motors in the most out-of-place, unexpected, wrongest cars. The fact remains: any monkey with a sawzall and a mig welder can fab up some motor mounts and splice enough wires to get just about any powerplant mounted in almost any chassis.

As showcased by the folks over at premier VW destination VWVortex, the GTI W12 650 is what the aforementioned monkeys build after several engineering degrees. The W12 as you may have gathered means its packing twelve cylinders mounted midship (that means sitting where the backseat used to be). The 650 is the number of horses coming from said twin-turbocharged powerplant. Unlike your typical backyard special, this particular GTI has been put together with the details that only an OEM can manage. If you needed anymore proof that this car can hold itself together, the guys at VW have clocked this unholy amalgamation at an un-GTIly 202mph.

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