Presenting The Improbably Prospect Of The 200-MPH VW Jetta

With 200 horsepower on tap, the last Volkswagen Jetta GLI was no slouch. Andthe new one, with the GTI's engine, promises to be even faster. But this one will be faster still.

It's a one-offJetta与大众建立了一个目标:to go as fast as it can in a straight line on the salt flats of Lake Bonneville. So instead of 200 hp or 300 offered up by the Golf R, this Jetta GLI produces over 500. That's expected to be enough to propel the ostensibly humble little economy sedan to a top speed in excess of 208 mph.

The manufacturerfirst hinted at the projecta couple of months ago, but has now revealed all the details. And the engine isn't the only part of this Veedub to have been modified for the purpose. The interior's also been stripped out to race-car specifications, left only with a bucket seat, racing harness, roll cage, and the necessary controls.

Volkswagen and the specialists at THR Manufacturing of Ventura, California, also been streamlined the shape to a slippery drag coefficient of just 0.27, with enough downforce to keep it planted on the surface of the dried-up lakebed in Utah.