C2 Motorsports just delivered to fifteen52 their 2.5T Rabbit demo to build up for Waterfest in July, and then later in the year the Eurotuner Grand Prix competition.

While in our possession, we plan to upgrade the Rabbit's chassis to a point where it can fully exploit the 250-whp C2 has already endowed it with. The results will be a fifteen52 line of products you can purchase to do the same with your 2.5 Rabbit or Jetta as well as some substantial advancements to C2's current 2.5T offerings. This will be a C2/1552 collaboration from start to finish.

As a form of indoctrination, last night we took the Rabbit to our local drag strip to see what it is capable of in this early rendition. As our time slip indicates, we took it real easy and only had time for a single run. Since the car still has the stock clutch we took it very easy, since our own 2.5 clutch isn't quite yet in prototype form. Still, the 99-mph trap speed certainly indicates that with a proper sport clutch, some traction, and hopefully Adrian behind the wheel (Brad's a pretty fair road course driver but he's no drag racer), in its current state this car is easily capable of breaking well into the 13-second range.

We'll bring you updates as we build this tame-looking bunny into something Sir Arthur himself would fear (Monty Python reference for you younger folks). We'll tell you right now that performance is our number one goal with this project - if the car also happens to look good as a result, well, just chalk it up the old "form follows function" adage.





Check out that reaction time! 60' ft time!



Wind-smeared number on the window illustrates just how quick this Rabbit is. Right?



New 'alternate' fifteen52 logo. Don't worry, no one knows what it means at first, but after they've read between the lines, so to speak, it all becomes very clear.