Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 50 sets new lap record around the 'Ring

VW's 50th birthday tribute to the Golf GTI is the fastest front-drive production car around the Nürburgring Nordschleife – lapping the Green Hell in a record 7:44.523 minutes.

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