The wildest Volkswagen ever built combined the best parts from a Lamborghini, Bentley, and Audi into one car

What would happen if a Lamborghini, Bentley, and Audi were all combined into the one car — well, that’s what Volkswagen wanted to find out when they built the Golf GTI W12-650.

In 2007, the automaker wanted to create something jaw-dropping for their Wörthersee festival.

But they only had eight weeks to do it.

So they combined the best parts from the luxury brands they owned and added it to a Golf GTI.

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The wildest Volkswagen ever built

To make this happen, the Volkswagen team started with the simple body of the Golf GTI Mk5.

They kept the original doors, hood, and lights.

As for the engine, they choose the 6.0-litre twin-turbo W12 engine from a Bentley Continental GT that produced 641hp and 553lb-ft of torque.

However, since the engine couldn’t fit in the hood, they put it right behind the driver, creating a mid-engine GTI.

A new engine meant a new gearbox was also needed to handle the torque produced by W12.

So the automaker borrowed one from the Volkswagen Phaeton.

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They also took the rear axle and brakes from a Lamborghini Gallardo to handle all that power coming from the W12.

While the front brakes were taken from an Audi RS 4.

They also gave the car a widebody kit to accommodate thicker tires and an extended rear track, although it was still thinner than this Volkswagen right here.

By the end, the Golf GTI W12-650 was a mishmash of parts from different car manufacturers.

Even though it was a concept car, it was fully drivable.

There was some enthusiasm from within Volkswagen to put it into production.

It would’ve been easy too because all the parts were off-the-shelf items from the VW group.

However, management was never persuaded, and the Volkswagen Golf W12 was just another amazing concept car that never made it to production.