So. How do you make a Mk2 Golf as fast as a Bugatti Veyron?
The answer, it seems, is to take it to a German tunng firm called Boba, allow them to slap in a 4Motion all-wheel-drive system and proper drag-strip gearbox, and give them an engine that started life as a 1.8-litre diesel four.
The result is a Golf that, on E85 bioethanol fuel, will give 900hp, sprint to 62mph in 2.7secs and run 9.3sec quarters at almost 160mph.
So sit back and enjoy the video (which we've conveniently saved at the start of the first run for you to minimise your exposure to the God-awful backing track). We particularly like the way it squats under the fresh burst of acceleration after each gearchange.