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He should have gone into production! And not changed but exactly as it can be seen here. A VW Golf MK3 with air scoops, spoilers and spacers (Design from VW Design Center in Dusseldorf) and at that time quite large 16 inchers (7,5 x 16) with 225/45 R16 slippers. Specifications that don't really have anything to do with a VW Golf "ex works". But the highlight is definitely the 2-liter turbo engine under the hood. The Golf A59 prototype (VW order 59 -> nickname A59) is an exception. It was developed for the then World Rally Championship and the goal of Volkswagen were racing successes in Group A. The A59 was the legendary Golf 2 GTI inheriting the 1986 a world title has brought. The project kicked off when VW decided in January 1992 to join in the Monte Carlo 1994 Rally. It was 2 years to build a new car based on the Golf 3 with racing car genes.
2 years development time
The requirement was, as usual, a technically related version street legal that there is at least 2.500 x. So you officially homologated a rally car! While some parts of the over-Golf come from the Golf 3 Syncro with all-wheel, the engine and the transmission are completely new. The prototype was developed in cooperation with Konrad Schmidt the owner of a VW dealership and a motorsport company (today: SMS Engineering) in Cadolzburg (Bavaria) was / is. For example, he was in charge of the Audi DTM V8 and was involved in the development of the Audi S2 Coupé. But for the Golf 3 Syncro (all-wheel drive) to become a rally car, other well-known celebrities like Norbert Kreyer, Karlheinz Goldstein and Eduard Weidl were involved. The A59 has a self-developed aluminum engine, its own transmission and even the all-wheel drive has nothing to do with the series.
275 PS in the VW Golf A59 (MK3)
The engine has a displacement of 1.999 cubic centimeters with flow-optimized ducts and, as a highlight, water spraying to increase the efficiency of the intercooler. There was also an exhaust gas turbocharger from KKK and the result was an impressive 275 hp at 6.000 rpm & 357 Nm at 3.500 rpm. The engine was coupled to a six-speed gearbox from FF Developments with a cable shift and connected to it was a center differential from Steyr-Daimler-Puch. The new all-wheel drive sends up to 75 percent of the drive force to the rear axle and enables perfect traction. So it went to 5 km / h in about 100 seconds and only at about 234 km / h (vehicle registration prototype, 270 km / h was the goal) should be over. The A59 has modified strut mountings for long suspension travel, new wheel suspensions and a Brembo brake system.
A bit of golf 4 is already there
At the rear roars a double-flow exhaust system with two catalysts and a little bit gave the A59 even a block on the then MK4. From him comes the rear license plate in the bumper, the VW logo in the tailgate and the side line and the front apron are strongly reminiscent of the successor. Inside, it's spartan. There are bucket seats, a spare rear seat and the well-known dashboard and the door panels of the MK3. A highlight is the digital speedometer from Bosch, the Momo steering wheel and the roll bar. Luxury like power windows or air conditioning are missing. Unfortunately, the A59 never made it to the series. The conversion of the body, the new developments and the effort were in the end way too high. And although for the racing even up to 400 PS were planned and the A59 at that time where a few opponents had driven violently around the ears.
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Widebody ex works - the VW Golf A59 (MK3)
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