VW Golf (rabbit) bodied 928
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Those are some old pictures. An article was done by Road & Track or Car and Driver circa 1980. The 928 engine was shoe-horned into a widened VW Golf (Rabbit in the U.S.) and that was the end result. If memory serves me correctly, it was a 7 second 0 - 60 Golf (or thereabouts) and sub 15 sec. 1/4 mile car. Never heard how many were in the end result.
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Golf in Dave's pictures is not one of the Nordstadt's, body is too new. 5 door Golf didn't exist back then, at least not that bodystyle and all Nordstadts should be 3 doors.
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Originally Posted by Flint
I'd read that the Nordtadts weren't so mush wide-bodied Golfs, but a 928 chassis stripped and "disguised" with golf-looking panels.
Funny thing: The Nordstadt Golfs were faster than the 928 - because they had a lower drag coefficient. Talk about "looks can be deceiving"...
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Originally Posted by David R. Hendrickson
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I can't help it, but this engine looks like it shrunk. I cannot see how you would fit a 928 engine into the front of a Golf like shown in the pictures. This must be a Photoshop dummy.
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There are people out there who do not want to flaut their money. They like something nice and unique, without anybody noticing it right away.
Note that in Germany, many buyers of luxury cars choose the model designation delete option when they order their Mercedes or BMW - it's nobody's business what engine you have under your hood.
This conversion basically takes the idea of understatement to the extreme, and I'm sure that people were quite surprised on the Autbahn, when a Golf flashed them off the passing lane at speeds above 200 km/h. At the time, the fastest Golf (GTI) reached 184 km/h, if I recall correctly...
Oh, and the Golf body not only had a lower drag coefficient than the base 928 - owners could also transport their dogs in the back.
Note that in Germany, many buyers of luxury cars choose the model designation delete option when they order their Mercedes or BMW - it's nobody's business what engine you have under your hood.
This conversion basically takes the idea of understatement to the extreme, and I'm sure that people were quite surprised on the Autbahn, when a Golf flashed them off the passing lane at speeds above 200 km/h. At the time, the fastest Golf (GTI) reached 184 km/h, if I recall correctly...
Oh, and the Golf body not only had a lower drag coefficient than the base 928 - owners could also transport their dogs in the back.
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Note that in Germany, many buyers of luxury cars choose the model designation delete option when they order their Mercedes or BMW - it's nobody's business what engine you have under your hood.
Any truth to that, or is it just myth? I find it hard to believe that European workers would be that vindictive.
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The comment in the article that the custom wide wind screen cost about $3,500 in 1979 is one indication of how expensive this project had to be. And yes I read the article when the car was NEW.