After being a little disappointed at seeing the static display at
GTI International last weekend (see this post re. the rev counter issue), I was quite happily suprised to see
this video of the W12 finally showing the car moving under it's own
steam. While not the fastest of videos, more showing the car being driven at a less than lesuirely pace, and camera work to rival the Blair Witch Project it does at least finally show the
car driving around. There is a brief section early on during the video which shows the
engine being revved - sounds pretty damn good if you ask me - even if it doesn't go above 40000 rpm.
The
video was taken during setup at a VW show in Germany to mark the Volkswagen Golf production
milestone of 25 Million. Unsure when this was held
but it looks fairly recent, probably before GTI International.
While this does wet our appetites a little, it does somewhat leave us wanting more - I mean surely Volkswagen can throw together a proper demonstration of what this car can do. Maybe we should start a petition to have it going around the Nordschleife....
Don't book that Ferry ticket just yet though.
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