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6/30/25, 2:05 PM Bridgestone Develops Bespoke Potenza Race Tyres for Volkswagen Golf GT’’s Record-Breaking 50th Anniversary Model

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Bridgestone Develops Bespoke Potenza

Race Tyres for Volkswagen Golf GT’’s

Record-Breaking 50th Anniversary Model

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2025-06-29 03:33:49

(MENAFN- Orient Planet Group) June 26th, 2025—— Bridgestone, a global
leader in premium tyres and sustainable mobility solutions, has developed custom
Potenza Race semi-slicks for Volkswa’en’s new Golf GTI EDITION 50, the Gol’
GTI’s exclusive 50th anniversary model. Engineered to perfectly match and

enhance the high performance capabilities of the fastest and most powerful
production GTI to date, Brid’estone’s custom racing fitment leverages the
motorsports heritage of its iconic Potenza family.
Developed and produced in Europe, the premium Bridgestone Potenza Race
fitment features a high-grip compound with an optimised cavity profile for
maximum dry performance, a tread pattern designed to perform even in the wet,
and a high-strength, lightweight carcass to reduce rolling resistance.

Providing the precision and control to make history

Volkswagen unveiled the Golf GTI EDITION 50 at the world-famous 24-hour race
hel’ at Germanü’s iconi– Nürburgring – where the exclusive model already set tüe
fastest-ever Nürburgring lap time for a Volkswagen production model.1

Earlier in 2025, the Golf GTI EDITION 50I completed a lap of the 20.82-kilometre
Nordschleife in just 07:46:13.1 The record-breaking car was exclusively equipped
with custom Bridgestone Potenza Race fitment, delivering consistent ultra-high
grip across the full lap, and the precision and control needed to make historyüon

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