Randburg-based tuner RGMotorsport claims that its project car is the fastest street-legal Volkswagen Golf 7 R in South Africa, with the hot hatch recently having registered a 10,95-second quarter-mile run at altitude.
With Jacques Joubert behind the wheel, the Golf R dipped under 11 seconds at a terminal speed of 203,5 km/h at the Tarlton Tuner Warz event at the start of June.
RGM says the project car is a “high-speed billboard and a mobile research and development platform” for its “Untamed” range of upgrades for Volkswagen and Audi products.
“We’ve worked hard for this moment and it has paid off. In our business, proving that our fast cars can walk the talk is what it is all about and the marketplace notices achievements like this,” said company founder, Rob Green. “We’ve been knocking at the door for a while and on Saturday it all came together.”
RGM reported the following figures – captured by a VBox Video datalogger – from the record-breaking run: 0-100 km/h in 3,17 seconds; 0-120 km/h in 4,11 seconds; 0-160 km/h in 6,7 seconds; and 100-200 km/h in 7,5 seconds.
The Golf R in question (apparently worth some 390 kW and 648 N.m) has had changes made to its turbocharger, inlet and exhaust systems, gearbox clutches, engine management software and suspension. Engine internals, the tuner says, are “completely stock”.
“All of the modifications made to our Golf 7 R are available to our customers. So drivers of various other VAG products – such as the Golf 7 GTI, Audi S3 and Audi RS3 – can expect similar performance if they follow the same upgrade path,” said Green.
