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VW Golf MK2: the wildest version

This VW Golf 2 is a challenge taken on by the German company JP Performance. A modification in which the engine will go behind to make a sporty Golf...

Willy König was one of the most outstanding German drivers in the 60s. In fact, he was even invited by Enzo Ferrari to Maranello after winning the German Mountain Championship in 1962 aboard a 250 GT Berlinetta. From there on, days of racing followed, piloting Abarth models and even a Ford GT40. All to end in 1969 surpassed by the time he had to dedicate to his business, which is why he put the competition aside. However, what even König did not know is that he would shortly lay the foundations for one of the most widespread motor tribes in recent decades.

Because yes, although the weight of the preparations has weighed like a slab on some popular models stigmatized by the amount of modifications suffered, the truth is that the origins of this movement are in rather inaccessible cars. In fact, the first intervention of the König company -Koenig Specials- was made on a Ferrari 512BB. Skirts, air intakes, bright colors, a colorful spoiler ... All the elements that we can also see in this sporty Golf.

Based on a VW Golf Mk2, this project will see the light of day in Germany from the design you are seeing. And it is that, despite the good quality of the images, these they are nothing more than digital recreations of what is expected to be done. Something your designer is used to, Khyzyl Saleemwhose bombastic creations rarely jump from the computer to the workshop. A tonic that the Germans will break JP Performance, who have just taken up the challenge of bringing this VW Golf 2 to reality. Can they get it?

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JP PERFORMANCE: PREPARATION TO THE NTH POWER

The preparation can slide dangerously into the tuning. The golden age of tuning corresponds to the end of the 80s. Moments in which Koenig Specials dared with excessive projects charged with controversy. In fact, because many of them were made on models from the Maranello house, Enzo Ferrari himself had to intervene during his last years of life. Tired of that old German pilot filling his horses with strange appliques, the Commendatore sent a public letter to Willy König disapproving of his practices. Something that he completed with a complaint in which it was prohibited to use the Ferrari symbol in creations that came out of the Koenig Specials workshops.

In short, all this is as if the Pope of Rome himself excommunicated a fervent Catholic as a heretic. And it is not for less, because as the years progressed the tuning aesthetics advanced towards more heterodox criteria. A spirit that is reflected in this sporty Golf, which changes to exhaustion the original design provisions of the VW Golf Mk2. And that its design is based on the master lines dictated by Giogetto Giugiaro in the first generation of the compact german par excellence.

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So, who could dare to bring this design to reality? Well, the guys from JP Performance, who saw the illustrations of this VW Golf 2 on Khyzyl Saleen's social networks. Neither short nor lazy contacted him, having come to the conclusion that technically yes it is a possible project. Something that we do not doubt, since reviewing their history of creations it is clear that they dare with modifications that come from the mind of a video game player.

SPORTS GOLF: WILL IT HAVE A REAR ENGINE?

Perhaps to make sense of the large air intakes installed behind the doors, this Golf sports the engine is going to be put in the rear position. In fact, it is the only mechanical data that we know for now, since beyond the fact that the transformation will be made on a VW Golf mk2 GTI, no relevant information has transcended. Considering this, the predictable power will be at least that offered as standard by that model: 160CV thanks to its 1-liter turbo engine. Logically much more is expected.

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However, this is only predictable, since surely JP Performance uses one of the strategies that Koenig already established in the eighties. Yes, the turbo. But beware, the double turbo. Because obviously in the world of modifications nothing seems to be enough. Something that the founding company of this movement already demonstrated when it dared to mount double turbochargers in Ferrari Testarossa and Lamborghini Diablo engines. Who knows what they will achieve in this VW Golf mk2 GTI.

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Whatever it is, the truth is that the appearance of this sporty Golf has already raised expectations thanks to its voluptuous forms. We will have to be attentive to how the project evolves but, more than for aesthetics, for the mechanical modifications that can be incorporated into the VW Golf 2 from which they start. Who knows, decades ago Willy König roused Enzo Ferrari with his creations. Will those of JP Performance be so radical as to raise debate based on the modification of this Golf? We will see what happens.

SPORTS GOLF PHOTOS: KHYZYL SALEEM

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Written by Miguel Sánchez

Through the news from La Escudería, we will travel the winding roads of Maranello listening to the roar of the Italian V12; We will travel Route66 in search of the power of the great American engines; we will get lost in the narrow English lanes tracking the elegance of their sports cars; We will speed up the braking in the curves of the Monte Carlo Rally and we will even get dusty in a garage while rescuing lost jewels.

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