Video: Volkswagen Golf24 enduro racer hits the track

Volkswagen stunning new wide-body racing Golf was recently shown in the photographic mode, and now we finally have a few sounds and moving images of Golf24 endurance race thanks to a new VWvideo.

The man was racing on a track leads some shakedown runs filmed before it addresses the 24 Hour race. This is not just a few STEPS-up golf fitted with a roll cage: Under the hood sits a turbocharged 2.5-liter five-cylinder in-line production of 434 horsepower and 398 pound-feet of torque. The go-fast energy is channeled through a six-speed sequential gearbox and sent to all four wheels. Click past the jump in Volkswagen to see Golf24 in action.

VW headed to Nürburgring enduro with Golf24 racer

Volkswagen will be at the Nurburgring 24-hour race this year after that, the new Golf24 race car. It's a hot little number and we will see it to take to the track during the official race events, which extend from June 23 to 26.

Under the hood, Volkswagen 2.5-liter turbocharged inline-five engine, even though output was pushed to 434 hp and 398 pound-feet of torque. This power is managed by a six-speed sequential gearbox and runs on the ground of permanent four-wheel drive. Combine that with a body that has been optimized to keep the car as flat as possible around corners, and what we have here, golf is a really fast that is willing to eat the competition.

The last time was a Volkswagen Golf in a race at the Nürburgring in 2007, when a 296-hp, front-wheel-drive as a whole placed eighth. Since then, the automaker's Scirocco GT24 for 'ring made mandatory, but since 2011 marks the 35th Anniversary of the infamous GTI hot hatch, it was decided that VW was a completely new Golf-based car in order. Follow the jump for the official press release.