Golf GTI Roadster and Golf R400 Concepts Making US Debut in Los Angeles

Europe always gets the best stuff from Volkswagen, we've already established that, but when it comes to concepts, they don't have to make quite the same compromises. The makers of Jettas and Beetles announced today that the highlights of their stand at the upcoming Los Angeles Auto Show will be a couple of the most awesome cars ever to wear a Golf badge.

The first is the Golf R 400 Concept, or as fans call it, the R400. It was unveiled at a Chinese venue back in April and is basically a Golf R on steroids, supposedly pushing 400 horsepower from a 2-liter turbo engine and capable of zero to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 3.9 seconds and an electronically limited top speed of 173 mph.

They can hype it all they want, but the fact of the matter is this concept is coming to America before dealerships can sell regular Golf Rs, which is a rather sad. Another thing that's funny is that the name of the car is derived from its output, which according to US ratings is actually 395 hp. Still, nobody calls the Aventador an "LP690.5-4".

The Golf GTI Roadster is even more crazy. It's one of those Vision Gran Turismo concepts, where designers are allowed to do whatever they want. So they basically made the GTI everybody dreams of, basically a supercar killer.

It's powered by a 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 pushing 503 horsepower and will do 0 to 60 in 3.5 seconds. The top speed is a very supercar-like 192 mph… if you can go that fast without a windshield and roof.

This one was unveiled at the Worthersee meeting in Austria and… well just look at it and tell us it's not the coolest car Volkswagen never made.

Some automakers will issue a press release about deliveries beginning for a special car, but more often than not, the start of deliveries comes without any mention from the company at all. No fuss was made when the first 2015 Dodge Challenger non-Hellcat models began shipping, nor was there any mention from Ford Motor Company when the first 2015 Mustangs were sent to dealerships around the country. Most people learned that Mustangs were being shipped when the first 53 cars sold were recalled. However, the Hellcat Challenger is special, so not only did the Chrysler Group announce the launch of the delivery process – they made a video celebrating the arrival of the most powerful muscle car ever.
Hellcat Challenger Delivery Video
Over the past few months, there have been plenty of unfounded rumors about how the Hellcat Challenger wasn’t going to happen. Some insisted that President Obama had stepped in and decided that there was no need for a 707hp car so he had the EPA block the automaker from building the car. Some insisted that the company couldn’t get the Hellcat Challenger to pass emission requirements, so the car wasn’t going to happen. There were other less interesting rumors as to why the Hellcat Challenger wasn’t going to become a production reality, but none of them were true and to show that the Hellcats were built and were shipping – the company made the video below.
This video shows rows and rows of Hellcat Challengers at the Brampton Assembly Plant along with footage of the 707hp muscle cars being pulled onto the trucks. Of course, there is plenty of saucy sounds from the Hellcat Challenger with dramatic music provided by Motley Crue.
Above all, this video confirms that the first batch of 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat super muscle cars have left the plant for dealerships around the country, so it is only a matter of time before we begin seeing them on the street and at race tracks around the country.
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