VW Golf Mk2 Restomod Drags Porsche 911 (and More), Someone Gets Thoroughly Surprised

We have seen many 'restomods' during our years of automotive journalism – from cute little city cars that felt stolen from times long gone to the latest classic supercar given a new lease of EV life and from zippy muscle cars to Porsche jewels that cost an arm and a leg not just from you, but also the entire family. In fact, Porsche restomods are some of the most lucrative ideas in the business, given how many aftermarket outlets work on something like that, especially the air-cooled series.

However, there's a problem with the restomod once you're done with it – many of them cost so darn much you feel like putting them in a glass enclosure and never touching them again! As such, it's pretty darn rare to see a nice little restomod being driven to the absolute brink of insanity! Luckily, this excellent video provided by the Gumbal channel on YouTube was filmed in Germany and showed how bonkers a little VW Golf 2 could become with proper modifications. It's a stylish Mk2, for sure, and it clearly feels like it just left the factory sometime a few days ago, not during the 1980s.

It's also obviously modified to new standards, given the lowered stance, the dark gray aftermarket alloys, or the fact that the description says it's a Golf 2 Syncro (AWD) with a nice VR6 swap under the hood. The massive intercooler is also a good indication that something is amiss, plus the fact that the host believes this Volkswagen hides enough turbo goodies for an astonishing upgrade to 750 horsepower.

As such, it is no wonder the videographer encountered it during the Race1000 half-mile drag and roll race event in Germany – where it was not on display with 'no touch' notes around it, but instead, it was driven like it was meant to! The first (roll) race of the little Golf that could is against a modern AMG estate, and it quickly impresses with a nice little win against something that probably still costs a lot more.

Secondly, the Volkswagen quickly met its match, a 740-horsepower Porsche 911 Turbo S with all sorts of tunes, making it a truly worthy adversary. Well, after that AMG whooping, anyone would expect a stellar performance from the Golf Mk2 VR6 with turbo and Syncro AWD, right?

Wrong, as the drags do not look like rolls, and the driver was surprised sleeping at the start line – enough so that its adversary took an early lead and never relinquished the victory even though the bonkers little VW reached almost 174 mph (280 kph) in the attempt to catch up! By the way, there are more races after that spectacular skirmish, so don't abandon hopes for the little bugger!