VW Has Cooked Up A 483bhp Arteon Time Attack Car

VW apprentices in Australia have extensively modified an Arteon to take on the World Time Attack Challenge in Sydney
VW Has Cooked Up A 483bhp Arteon Time Attack Car

We’ve long thought that the Arteon is crying out for a hot ‘R’ version. VW did tell CT last year that a VR6-engined Arteon R prototype had been built, although we can’t be sure if the project ever progressed from that point.

However, what VW Australia has just come up with acts as a nice preview for what we hopefully will see one day. It’s a race-spec Arteon, built by VW apprentices to take on this weekend’s World Time Attack Challenge in Sydney.

VW Has Cooked Up A 483bhp Arteon Time Attack Car

The ‘ART3on’ doesn’t - I’m afraid - use a six-cylinder engine, but it’s certainly not lacking in poke. The 2.0-litre TFSI engine now packs a bunch of goodies from VW tuners RacingLine, including a stage 3 turbocharger, a new air intake system, a better intercooler, and a new high-pressure fuel pump. Now, it produces 493bhp and 442lb ft of torque, making 0-62mph possible in 3.9 seconds.

VW Has Cooked Up A 483bhp Arteon Time Attack Car

The car’s also packing Bilstein dampers, bigger brakes, and super-sticky Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R semi-slick tyres. Finally, it has all the necessary motorsport-ready safety additions, including a full roll cage, bucket seats with harnesses, a fuel cut-off switch and a fire extinguisher.

VW Has Cooked Up A 483bhp Arteon Time Attack Car

The car will take to Sydney Motorsport Park over the weekend with Renato Loberto on driving duties.

Comments

CannedRex24

this reminds me of that VR6 Arteon that VW is making

God I can’t wait much longer

10/11/2018 - 14:49 |
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Now some other brands need to pull a V6 into their D segment cars.

I am looking at you renault.

10/11/2018 - 15:09 |
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Anonymous

About damn TIME. (See what i did there)

10/11/2018 - 14:49 |
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Abbas Algudaihi

Where is da big wang?

10/11/2018 - 14:55 |
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CatHat

those rims are clear as hell, what are they?

10/11/2018 - 15:42 |
3 | 0

clean

10/11/2018 - 15:42 |
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5:19.55

Marketing done right.

10/11/2018 - 16:56 |
2 | 2

‘’win on Sunday, sell on Monday’’ they won’t race it but having a race version of a car add so much to the coolness factor… Plus the fact that it looks good

10/12/2018 - 05:19 |
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Anonymous

Nut

10/11/2018 - 17:24 |
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Anonymous

Can’t you already get this thing with a golf r engine

10/11/2018 - 19:46 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Yeah, you can. And soon, there will be a VR6 R version with 404HP

10/24/2018 - 06:45 |
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Anonymous

bruh, its so high off the ground, where is all the aero like other tt cars?

10/11/2018 - 21:12 |
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Advanced Handling Flags

I NEED THAT LIVERY

10/11/2018 - 23:40 |
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Anonymous

VW gets it. Stickers add power so the added a giant sticker for maximum power gains! Good job Volkswaggen!

10/12/2018 - 05:07 |
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