This Beetle Is As Fast as a Ferrari

Sep 23, 2016

It reached a maximum speed of 205.122 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. It produces 543 horsepower and 421 pound-feet of torque. What kind of car is it? A Ferrari? Lamborghini? Hellcat? Nope, it’s the cute and sporty Volkswagen Beetle!

This modified Volkswagen Beetle, appropriately named the Beetle LSR (Land Speed Record) reached the fastest speed ever recorded by a Beetle. Many changes were made to help the Beetle reach top speed, including new turbochargers, camshafts, pistons, and a modified cylinder head for the Beetle’s 2.0L Four-Cylinder Turbocharged Engine.

Unfortunately, we don’t have the fastest Beetle on the block at Fiore Volkswagen, but we do have the new 2016 Volkswagen Beetle! Stop by for a test drive.