**The Volkswagen Lupo: A Miniature Marvel**

Not as bad as I was expecting, I must say. I was anticipating it to just go everywhere, but it's actually pretty stable for a miniature car like this. The second gear puts the power down really well, and you do have a bit of torque there, of course, but nothing that you can manage. It's actually relatively civilized for a build this extreme.

I have to commend Ray on that. So, let's do a little launch, shall we? Well, a pull away from a standstill is quite hard to put the power down from, as expected. That's not really what this car has been built for, but I did like 6 seconds, and once you get it in second gear, it actually pulls really hard. It's weird because it looks like it's built to be sort of a little track car, but the steering is quite dead.

Classic VW, indeed, but it's just a such a cool little car to do like a little Hill Climb with or something like that. You know it's very Nimble, it's light, and it's it's agile, and then it's got some serious power to boot. So, you have enough power to actually get up the hill, and when you turn it in, it does start pushing on its front wheels a little bit. But once you get past that, it's not bad.

Third gear is strong; fourth gearbox is a bit clunky, though. It's quite difficult to shift quickly, but at least it's up to the task, which is more important. Fourth gear, there we go! Because of those longer gear ratios, it actually has some proper legs. I have to say, the speedo is lagging a little bit; we're doing like 240 now.

Those brakes are really good, but they only start at like 50% of the pedal. So, if you hit the brake, you're like, "Where is it?" And then there it is! That's really strange. Fifth gear, 100 to 200, did I reach 1095? I think so, but I think it could go quite a bit quicker; it's just the shift takes a bit of time.

Mostly, it feels quicker than that, like it feels quicker than the result actually suggests. Bumps do have to slow down for those now. Theoretically, top speed with this gearbox should be 282 km/h, but GPS says otherwise, and Ray actually did like 270 with it, which is just crazy!

I did 255, and I have to say, it was a lot better than I was expecting. From 255 to 270, though, that will take quite a long time. Six gear; it's a bit busy, and you need quite a bit of space really, but it is just a hilarious little car.

It's so bumped up, so like aggressive and over the top, it just makes it so much fun! Just a little too much power for such a small car, that's what we love, right? The gearbox is actually the best; it's nice and firm, it's sharp, but it just takes a while to shift.

Oh man, this is fun! I mean, it's such a sympathetic little car. It's like a loop-the-loop, and then it's got that sound coming from it, and that acceleration when second gear hooks up; it's actually very quick and puts the power down much better than I was expecting. So, I don't think we're going to beat 270 km/h top speed today.

It's just a bit too busy, and you can really do it everywhere with this car because it's so stiff and so hard. You really have to like get the smooth bits to try and and do those really high-speed parts. But I actually believe it will do it; it's freaking hilarious!

He actually showed me the video of a BMW X5 doing like 250, and the Lupo being in front, looking so cool! Too much is just the right amount, so since that BMW isn't going right, we're going right! Just take a little space, and there we go. Third gear; nice!

Ray, thank you so much for taking it to us and letting us have a go. It's been really, really fun, and I get why you took this Lupo and just built this crazy little nuclear device on wheels! Hilarious!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this POV review by autotop now my name is Max and today we are driving another viewers car this is Ray's VW Lup R20 it is a little bomb on Wheels it is so cool ray actually bought this car from his dad basically uh this was his dad's last daily before uh he passed away unfortunately and Ray decided to buy the car it was a Lup GTI with a 1. 6 L naturally aspirated engine 125 horsepower he decided to buy it and as sort of a tribute to his dad built this crazy ass lop and the cool thing is his dad was able to drive it before he passed away which is just that is so cool to me I think that is such a cool story uh today I'm going to show you around it I'm going to try to do this car and Ray Justice because Ray is a perfectionist and and uh I met him I talked with him for like 10 minutes and I already noticed that oh Ray you you're making it so hard on yourself you're doing it right but oh my God the work that has gone into this car the attention to detail really really appreciate that so I'm going to show you around it I'm going to talk you through everything that has been done well the headlines because it's just way too much and then we'll take it for a drive towards the utan for an autoban blast now as I said it started out as a Lup GT that means it already had little flared arches but they are wider now than they were stock at the front we've got a nice and aggressive bumper with a little splitter down there and a couple of very cool details number one they dechromed the entire headlight unit so it's completely black and then they etched these uh patterns into the lenses of the headlights this pattern basically into the headlight which is super cool and then he's got these demon eyes so I I hope you guys can see that let me get down you can see the illuminated air intake here just like with a Dodge Demon that is super cool on the other side as well that is hilariously cool so that's his daytime running light uh it is so small it is I mean I feel like I have to do this review like crouched down because you guys are going to think it's like a miniature car well it is a miniature car uh so wheels and tires we've got the 17in rad wheels at the front with 195 section front tires and they are hooks behind that we've got Brembo brakes from a Porsche knen basically floating discs 330 mm discs and six spot brake calipers at the front 310 mm brake discs and uh four pot at the rear these brakes are good they are properly good I'll talk you through that uh when we start driving it some more but actually really good like overpowered which is something we don't really see that often um super low as you can see so the suspension is Mega hard it's actually got part of a VR6 suspension setup it also has unable control arms and uh a quave limited slip differential look at how snug that is that is so cool can't believe I'm not hitting that on the autobound uh at the rear we've got a couple very cool details as well this SRS Tech diffuser that basically gives it a golf 6r look even with the same license plate holder and stuff like that and then with the central exhaust of course it's called a custom exhaust and then we have the Lupo guini badge here super nice with the tailgate of a SED Arosa with a rear window that wraps around and just goes to the edges uh the Lup apparently has like a metallic thing here which Ray didn't like and then he got this VW logo uh opening mechanism from a poloo and just made it to fit in here which is super nice we've got a weaker sport strut brace at the rear and you can see the cage already from here as well and Ray even had them make this in aluminium and then he had it anodized to give it this red color like a GTI color that is super nice uh that's what I meant with attention to detail same goes for these parts here super cool so let's take a look at at the engine Hood pins unlock those and then this one there we go so I didn't even say to you guys it's got a 2 L tfsi swap so jez why didn't I start with that so it's got the bwj from apra R from 2011 uh Stock 240 horsepower but this engine is basically uh stage two stage two plus so everything but the turbo and the internals so we've got a Billet aluminium intake manifold we've got a 3 and 1/2 in intake pipe new intake as I said these are actually functional as well so you can see the pipe there and there so that just goes in the engine compartment this actually directs air into the intake uh then we've got bigger injectors we've got a 3 and 1 half in downpipe catless a reinforced axle uh an oil catch can intercooler plus piping low pressure fuel pump high pressure fuel pump it's got the gearbox from a golf 6 GTI but with longer ratios uh it is too much really it is too much they've had their work cut out for them to get this in here to make everything fit uh you can actually see the Billet shifter down there so everything is stronger as well so yeah it's been built properly it's it's really it's been overbuilt because it's now delivering like 360 horsepower which is I mean that's a lot for a small car like this but you know it's not crazy crazy so in here once you get over that cage you have seats from a golf 6 Edition 35 as I said the cage we've got fire extinguisher there we've got another fire extinguisher system here apparently uh it did catch fire one time so uh Ray is extra careful now I've got the steering wheel from a polo GTI Center stack from a seat different dials Speedo goes to 320 which yeah we're going to do that today uh yeah it is man this thing is serious it's been built seriously and uh I love it absolutely love it we already tried to set something up 2 years ago but it was not done yet and uh uh I mean yeah we're two years on and it's been properly built so let's head out for a little drive and see what it's like it sounds really good I like the sound it's not as like tin canny as uh some of these 2 L T size this is pretty deep and dark we also have a different clutch which is actually not bad it's uh it's pretty doable that is it is quite loud especially the blowoff uh hsees what's up buddies yeah it's a bit too loud for them horses so okay we're just going to go this way it is properly quick I'm going to close the windows just had to lower them because it's quite H in here but uh yeah maybe a bit too loud for you guys so oh it feels really good actually the build feels good does feel really like stiff and hard and well honestly it feels like the suspension and the dampers everything is just solid steel rods that are connected to the wheel but um it's actually not as bad as I was expecting I I was expecting it to just go everywhere but it's actually pretty stable for uh miniature car like this that's that second gear puts the power down really well you do have a bit of torqus there of course but nothing that you can manage it's actually relatively civilized for uh a build this extreme I have to commend Ray on that so let's do a little launch well a pull away uh it's it is quite hard to put the power down from a stand still of course that's not really what this car has been built for I did like 6 seconds well once you get it in second gear it actually pulls really hard so it's weird because it it kind of looks like it's built to be sort of a little track car but the steering is quite dead as you can see that's classic VW but it is just a such a cool little car to do like a little Hill Climb with or something like that you know it's very Nimble it's light it's it's agile and then it it's got some serious power to boot so you have enough power to actually get up the hill the so when you turn it in it does start pushing on its front wheels a little bit but once you get past that it's not bad third gear oh third gear is strong that's fourth gearbox is a bit like clunky uh it's quite difficult to shift quickly but at least it's up to to the task which is more important fourth gear there we go and because of those longer gear ratios it it actually has you know some proper legs I have to say the speedo is lagging a little bit so we're doing like 240 now that's SM bad for such a small little car oh those brakes yeah so the brakes are really good but they only start at like 50% of the pedal so you're if you hit the brake you're like oh where is it and then there it is that's really strange so fifth gear 100 to 200 are did 1095 I think but I think it could go quite a bit quicker it's just the shift takes a bit of time most of the time it feels quicker than that like it feels quicker than the result actually suggests so bumps here do have to slow down for those now theoretically top speed uh with this gearbox should be 282 km an hour GPS which is kind of nutty hold on there we go uh but Ray actually did like 270 with it which is just crazy uh I did 255 and I have to say it was a lot better than I was expecting but from 255 to 270 I think that will take quite a long time so six gear there it's a bit busy and you need quite a bit of space really but it is just a hilarious little car it's it's so bumped up it's so like aggressive and over the top it just makes it so much fun just a little bit too much power for such a small car is that is what we love right that is just it just works gearbox is actually the sh itself is quite nice it's nice and and firm it's it's sharp but it just takes a while to to shift oh man it's freaking hold in a just get those windows down for a bit oh this is fun I mean it's such a you know a sympathetic little car it's it's just a little loopo and then it's got this sound coming from it and this acceleration when that second gear hooks up it is actually very quick and it puts the power down much better than I was expecting so I don't think we're going to beat race 270 km hour top speed uh it's just a bit too busy today and you can really do it everywhere with this car because it's so stiff and so hard it's you really have to like get the the smooth bits to to try and and do those really highp speed Parts but I actually believe it will do it it's freaking hilarious he actually showed me the video of a BMW X5 doing like 250 and the Lop being in front like was so just looks so cool too much is just the right amount so since that BMW is not going right we're going right and I just take a little space and there we go third gear that is nice Ray thank you so much for taking it to us and letting us have a go really really appreciate it it is so much fun and I get why you took this L and just the origin story with his dad and then building this like crazy little nuclear device on Wheels hilarious thank you so much to you guys thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed it you can subscribe by clicking the big button in the middle you can also check out this video on the right or this playlist on the left there uh yeah thanks for watching see you at the next one byewhat's up ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this POV review by autotop now my name is Max and today we are driving another viewers car this is Ray's VW Lup R20 it is a little bomb on Wheels it is so cool ray actually bought this car from his dad basically uh this was his dad's last daily before uh he passed away unfortunately and Ray decided to buy the car it was a Lup GTI with a 1. 6 L naturally aspirated engine 125 horsepower he decided to buy it and as sort of a tribute to his dad built this crazy ass lop and the cool thing is his dad was able to drive it before he passed away which is just that is so cool to me I think that is such a cool story uh today I'm going to show you around it I'm going to try to do this car and Ray Justice because Ray is a perfectionist and and uh I met him I talked with him for like 10 minutes and I already noticed that oh Ray you you're making it so hard on yourself you're doing it right but oh my God the work that has gone into this car the attention to detail really really appreciate that so I'm going to show you around it I'm going to talk you through everything that has been done well the headlines because it's just way too much and then we'll take it for a drive towards the utan for an autoban blast now as I said it started out as a Lup GT that means it already had little flared arches but they are wider now than they were stock at the front we've got a nice and aggressive bumper with a little splitter down there and a couple of very cool details number one they dechromed the entire headlight unit so it's completely black and then they etched these uh patterns into the lenses of the headlights this pattern basically into the headlight which is super cool and then he's got these demon eyes so I I hope you guys can see that let me get down you can see the illuminated air intake here just like with a Dodge Demon that is super cool on the other side as well that is hilariously cool so that's his daytime running light uh it is so small it is I mean I feel like I have to do this review like crouched down because you guys are going to think it's like a miniature car well it is a miniature car uh so wheels and tires we've got the 17in rad wheels at the front with 195 section front tires and they are hooks behind that we've got Brembo brakes from a Porsche knen basically floating discs 330 mm discs and six spot brake calipers at the front 310 mm brake discs and uh four pot at the rear these brakes are good they are properly good I'll talk you through that uh when we start driving it some more but actually really good like overpowered which is something we don't really see that often um super low as you can see so the suspension is Mega hard it's actually got part of a VR6 suspension setup it also has unable control arms and uh a quave limited slip differential look at how snug that is that is so cool can't believe I'm not hitting that on the autobound uh at the rear we've got a couple very cool details as well this SRS Tech diffuser that basically gives it a golf 6r look even with the same license plate holder and stuff like that and then with the central exhaust of course it's called a custom exhaust and then we have the Lupo guini badge here super nice with the tailgate of a SED Arosa with a rear window that wraps around and just goes to the edges uh the Lup apparently has like a metallic thing here which Ray didn't like and then he got this VW logo uh opening mechanism from a poloo and just made it to fit in here which is super nice we've got a weaker sport strut brace at the rear and you can see the cage already from here as well and Ray even had them make this in aluminium and then he had it anodized to give it this red color like a GTI color that is super nice uh that's what I meant with attention to detail same goes for these parts here super cool so let's take a look at at the engine Hood pins unlock those and then this one there we go so I didn't even say to you guys it's got a 2 L tfsi swap so jez why didn't I start with that so it's got the bwj from apra R from 2011 uh Stock 240 horsepower but this engine is basically uh stage two stage two plus so everything but the turbo and the internals so we've got a Billet aluminium intake manifold we've got a 3 and 1/2 in intake pipe new intake as I said these are actually functional as well so you can see the pipe there and there so that just goes in the engine compartment this actually directs air into the intake uh then we've got bigger injectors we've got a 3 and 1 half in downpipe catless a reinforced axle uh an oil catch can intercooler plus piping low pressure fuel pump high pressure fuel pump it's got the gearbox from a golf 6 GTI but with longer ratios uh it is too much really it is too much they've had their work cut out for them to get this in here to make everything fit uh you can actually see the Billet shifter down there so everything is stronger as well so yeah it's been built properly it's it's really it's been overbuilt because it's now delivering like 360 horsepower which is I mean that's a lot for a small car like this but you know it's not crazy crazy so in here once you get over that cage you have seats from a golf 6 Edition 35 as I said the cage we've got fire extinguisher there we've got another fire extinguisher system here apparently uh it did catch fire one time so uh Ray is extra careful now I've got the steering wheel from a polo GTI Center stack from a seat different dials Speedo goes to 320 which yeah we're going to do that today uh yeah it is man this thing is serious it's been built seriously and uh I love it absolutely love it we already tried to set something up 2 years ago but it was not done yet and uh uh I mean yeah we're two years on and it's been properly built so let's head out for a little drive and see what it's like it sounds really good I like the sound it's not as like tin canny as uh some of these 2 L T size this is pretty deep and dark we also have a different clutch which is actually not bad it's uh it's pretty doable that is it is quite loud especially the blowoff uh hsees what's up buddies yeah it's a bit too loud for them horses so okay we're just going to go this way it is properly quick I'm going to close the windows just had to lower them because it's quite H in here but uh yeah maybe a bit too loud for you guys so oh it feels really good actually the build feels good does feel really like stiff and hard and well honestly it feels like the suspension and the dampers everything is just solid steel rods that are connected to the wheel but um it's actually not as bad as I was expecting I I was expecting it to just go everywhere but it's actually pretty stable for uh miniature car like this that's that second gear puts the power down really well you do have a bit of torqus there of course but nothing that you can manage it's actually relatively civilized for uh a build this extreme I have to commend Ray on that so let's do a little launch well a pull away uh it's it is quite hard to put the power down from a stand still of course that's not really what this car has been built for I did like 6 seconds well once you get it in second gear it actually pulls really hard so it's weird because it it kind of looks like it's built to be sort of a little track car but the steering is quite dead as you can see that's classic VW but it is just a such a cool little car to do like a little Hill Climb with or something like that you know it's very Nimble it's light it's it's agile and then it it's got some serious power to boot so you have enough power to actually get up the hill the so when you turn it in it does start pushing on its front wheels a little bit but once you get past that it's not bad third gear oh third gear is strong that's fourth gearbox is a bit like clunky uh it's quite difficult to shift quickly but at least it's up to to the task which is more important fourth gear there we go and because of those longer gear ratios it it actually has you know some proper legs I have to say the speedo is lagging a little bit so we're doing like 240 now that's SM bad for such a small little car oh those brakes yeah so the brakes are really good but they only start at like 50% of the pedal so you're if you hit the brake you're like oh where is it and then there it is that's really strange so fifth gear 100 to 200 are did 1095 I think but I think it could go quite a bit quicker it's just the shift takes a bit of time most of the time it feels quicker than that like it feels quicker than the result actually suggests so bumps here do have to slow down for those now theoretically top speed uh with this gearbox should be 282 km an hour GPS which is kind of nutty hold on there we go uh but Ray actually did like 270 with it which is just crazy uh I did 255 and I have to say it was a lot better than I was expecting but from 255 to 270 I think that will take quite a long time so six gear there it's a bit busy and you need quite a bit of space really but it is just a hilarious little car it's it's so bumped up it's so like aggressive and over the top it just makes it so much fun just a little bit too much power for such a small car is that is what we love right that is just it just works gearbox is actually the sh itself is quite nice it's nice and and firm it's it's sharp but it just takes a while to to shift oh man it's freaking hold in a just get those windows down for a bit oh this is fun I mean it's such a you know a sympathetic little car it's it's just a little loopo and then it's got this sound coming from it and this acceleration when that second gear hooks up it is actually very quick and it puts the power down much better than I was expecting so I don't think we're going to beat race 270 km hour top speed uh it's just a bit too busy today and you can really do it everywhere with this car because it's so stiff and so hard it's you really have to like get the the smooth bits to to try and and do those really highp speed Parts but I actually believe it will do it it's freaking hilarious he actually showed me the video of a BMW X5 doing like 250 and the Lop being in front like was so just looks so cool too much is just the right amount so since that BMW is not going right we're going right and I just take a little space and there we go third gear that is nice Ray thank you so much for taking it to us and letting us have a go really really appreciate it it is so much fun and I get why you took this L and just the origin story with his dad and then building this like crazy little nuclear device on Wheels hilarious thank you so much to you guys thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed it you can subscribe by clicking the big button in the middle you can also check out this video on the right or this playlist on the left there uh yeah thanks for watching see you at the next one bye\n"