A lot of other car websites have trick titles like "drag race monday" to justify why they are showing you a drag race video. But really, any day when we can show you a Sweden versus Germany all-out power battle is a good day in our book.
In the left corner, we have a titan of the Swedish drag racing scene, the 420 horsepower Volvo S40 T4 tuned by Autotech. This car has been kicking everybody's touchy and asking for more.
In the right corner, it's the VW Golf R32. Few other Volkswagens enjoy such legendary status, and the MkV body is also very nice to look at. But, the VR6 powered machine is not for show, as it also has north of 400 horsepower. That's 150 hp more than the 250 it would have gotten leaving the factory.
The V6 has been tuned with a Precision 6265E Turbo, Milltek Resonated Catback 2.75", C2 3", Downpipe, Vallbro extra fuel pump and ECU remap. It will do 0 to 200 km/h in just 15.2 seconds, but even that isn't enough to kill a Volvo.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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