Take a new VW Scirocco, build it to 627 horsepower, add VW’s 4Motion AWD drivetrain and go find a frozen lake. Bonus points if you use studded snow tires, but that really won’t matter since you’re still going to have a hard time getting all that horsepower translated into forward motion. There’s disturbingly little information available on the car (other than the 627 horsepower from a 2.0 liter, turbocharged inline four), but the driver is Tommy Kristoffersson. Kristoffersson began his career driving for Audi in Rallycross competition, but formed his own Touring Car team in 1998. He ran the Touring Car series from 1998 until 2009, finishing as high as 4th overall in 1998 and again in 2001. As amusing as the video is, it would have been even better if there was a “moose slalom” involved. [Read more...]