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"Earlier this summer, Volkswagen lent us the keys to their European-specification 2013 Volkswagen Scirocco R, and I, our in-house Scirocco dork, took it to the fifteenth-annual VW Scirocco Cruise-In in Ohio. VW made me promise not to test the car, so I didn&amp;#039;t. However, if I did, and if enough time had elapsed between then and now that I could tell you about it without really getting in trouble, I could tell you that it&amp;#039;s the fastest production front-wheel drive car Road &amp;amp;amp; Track has ever tested to 60 mph. 0-60 mph takes 5.1 seconds. Of course, our 3146-lb (no, of course we didn&amp;#039;t weigh it!) Scirocco R was equipped with a DSG dual-clutch automatic, so this result was achieved using launch control. Which quite ceremoniously dumped its clutch off the line, spinning the front tires pretty much all the way through first gear. And then, just as boost and torque and thrust and wheelspin began to peter out, it slam-shifted the poor trans into second, re-igniting the front wheels. Whether through computerized throttle modulation or engineering or just chance, the Scirocco R kept its front tires just barely spinning, close to the ideal way of putting power down. And so it&amp;#039;s safe to say the R wouldn&amp;#039;t be considerably faster with additional power. This is it, kids\u2014it&amp;#039;s not only the current FWD 0-60 champ, but it&amp;#039;s close to the fastest front-wheel drive car we&amp;#039;ll ever see on street tires. The quarter-mile flies by in 13.5 seconds at 106.9 mph. But of course, we didn&amp;#039;t test it. If we had, though, you&amp;#039;d see all of the acceleration numbers below. 1/4 mile  ET- 13.5 sec MPH-106.9 mph     Speed   Time     0 mph   0.0     10 mph   0.5     20 mph   1.3     30 mph   2.2     40 mph   3.0     50 mph   3.9     60 mph   5.1     70 mph   6.3     80 mph   7.9     90 mph   8.7     100 mph   11.7     110 mph   14.3     120 mph   17.3     "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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