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October 5, 2007

TGTV preview: Clarkson and the 641bhp Golf

Just two days to go until Top Gear returns to your screens to make Sundays all better again.

Our exclusive series preview continues with a look at Jeremy getting behind the wheel of one of the daftest cars ever to come out of Germany: the VW Golf W12.

Watch the Golf W12 preview video

Yes, it's a Golf... with a six-litre twin-turbo W12 wedged in the back. That means 641bhp going to the road through the rear wheels, and a lot of interested looks from passers-by.

You won't find the W12 on your local VW dealer's forecourt, though. Not yet, anyhow. It was put together by the VW Silly Engineering Department (which may not be its actual name, but you get the idea) to celebrate 30 years of the Golf GTi.

And, unlike most of these concepts put together to wow the punters, the W12 actually works. Not just in a 'puttering around at walking speed' way, either - this crazy Golf (you knew that phrase was going to pop up somewhere) can do the proper Millennium Falcon hyperdrive thing.

So who better to play Han Solo than our own JC? Tune in this Sunday at 8pm to BBC Two to find out what Clarkson thought of the W12.

Check out the rest of our exclusive TGTV previews:

24 hours of Top Gear
Wet wet wet
Aston Martin Vantage vs jet man
Veyron vs jet fighter

And, in case that's not enough Top Gear for you, find out how to get in the audience for the studio filming of the new series.

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