For nearly half a century, the Volkswagen Golf GTI has been the ultimate double agent of the automotive world. It’s the practical hatchback that seamlessly drops the kids off at school before ripping through twisty back roads on the commute home. Now, to celebrate 50 years of hot-hatch supremacy, Volkswagen isn’t just throwing on a few commemorative badges for the “Edition 50.” They’ve injected a serious dose of track-focused heat, yielding a front-wheel-drive monster that just smashed a Nürburgring record and blasts to 60 mph in under five seconds.
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