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The Volkswagen Golf originated to satisfy the public's need for cheap, reliable, practical transportation. It didn't need to be fast or handle well, it just needed to work. But thanks to the Golf's light weight and tweakable chassis, racers all around the world have been using them to win championships.

Take for instance one man, Daniel Wittwer, with his first-generation VW Golf hillclimb car. Equipped with a high-strung 2.0-liter naturally aspirated motor, huge fender flares, and sticky tires, it makes us rethink just how fast a Golf can go.

In this video put together by MPZRaceVideo, you can see Wittwer going flat out up tight mountain roads with absolutely no runoff, coming inches from clipping the wall at nearly every turn. And thanks to the Golf's inherent chassis balance, you can see him rotating the car around the faster bends to keep the speed up.

Watch for yourself as this little Golf is pushed to the limit, and remember: Just because a car has humble origins, doesn't mean it's gotta be boring.

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