Golf Official: Golf R

[AdvEvo]

ESP can t be totally off and if you use throttle and brake together the engine cuts power.

For me that are 2 reasons to begin with not to buy such car.

 

[PanterroR]

Yes your correct

Scirocco R = FWD
Golf R = AWD

That is pure idiotism!

Any specific rerason WHY???

 

[Giannis]

Because it's Tuesday

 

[Poverty]

Consider no one outside of VW have heard or driven this thing, I'd suggest not putting out your opinion as facts.

Its got the same engine as my car, and the same drivetrain as my friends S3.

Its might have active suspension and a racier haldex setup, but ultimately its a rebadged S3. It will sound like all the other 2.0 TSI/TFSIs.....Diesel like on tickover and that is a fact.

 

[DaSilva]

It will sound like all the other 2.0 TSI/TFSIs.....Diesel like on tickover and that is a fact.

I hope the exhaust is extremely V6 tuned ....

 

[Merc1]

Live pics...

PRESS RELEASE

World premiere 7: Golf R as most powerful Golf ever

Automotive passion has always had something to do with performance. However, Volkswagen is demonstrating – in the world premiere of the new 199 kW / 270 PS Golf R at the IAA – that fuel consumption values can be corrected downward even in the high-end sports car area. The highlight here: While in the now retired Golf R32 (184 kW / 250 PS), 10.7 litres of fuel was processed by the injection system every 100 kilometres, on the new Golf R – thanks to a boosted high-tech TSI – the figure is just 8.5 litres, which is 2.2 litres or 21 percent less! The all-wheel drive Golf R (350 Newton-meter torque between 2,500 and 5,000 rpm) sprints to 100 km/h in 5.7 seconds (Golf R DSG: 5.5 seconds) and reaches an electronically limited top speed of 250 km/h. Two of the many identifying visual features of this exceptional Golf conceptualised by Volkswagen Individual: newly developed LED taillights and LED daytime running lights. The Golf R can be ordered in Germany starting at the end of this year.


Frankfurt 2009: Volkswagen Golf R20 is our kind of bolt of blue — Autoblog


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[jack]

its amazing how much better this car looks with the LED/Xenon Units

 

[DaSilva]

its amazing how much better this car looks with the LED/Xenon Units

So true so true...
Superb looking golf!

Makes me want to sell my GTI (agian) and buy a MK6 and then purchase full R styling

 

[Cashmere]

so is this supposed to be a rival of the Focus RS and the R26R?

 

[bmer]

its amazing how much better this car looks with the LED/Xenon Units

Yeah, Xenons are also available for the GTI but still some people buy GTIs without them.

 

[Kowalski]

Very nice. But it costs £28,500 and I'm sorry, but that's far too much.

 

[Poverty]

Very nice. But it costs £28,500 and I'm sorry, but that's far too much.

Agreed, I will take the audi s3 instead.

Or I would buy a new cupra for 18k and then have 10k left to spend on say a used honda s2000 or bmw z4.

 

[DaSilva]

Agreed, I will take the audi s3 instead.

Or I would buy a new cupra for 18k and then have 10k left to spend on say a used honda s2000 or bmw z4.

S3 pricetag?
btw the current A3 is OLD, 2004 base....

 

[Poverty]

S3 pricetag?
btw the current A3 is OLD, 2004 base....

starting from 27,500 for the S3.

True its getting old, but the facelift is really nice looking still.

 

[martinbo]

I see quite a few S3 Sportbacks on the roads these days [what recession?] and they still look fantastic. A very classy, upmarket ride with peerless interior quality in its segment.

That said, I'd go for the Golf R. It may lack the cachet of the Audi badge but I reckon it's going to look absolutely sick on the road. It is the newer design after all and it's a great example of how a Golf can be subtly enhanced with the right kind of go-faster bits without looking overdone but still presenting an image of restrained aggression.

Like it a lot even with it being an S3 underneath.

 

[Poverty]

I see quite a few S3 Sportbacks on the roads these days [what recession?] and they still look fantastic. A very classy, upmarket ride with peerless interior quality in its segment.

That said, I'd go for the Golf R. It may lack the cachet of the Audi badge but I reckon it's going to look absolutely sick on the road. It is the newer design after all and it's a great example of how a Golf can be subtly enhanced with the right kind of go-faster bits without looking overdone but still presenting an image of restrained aggression.

Like it a lot even with it being an S3 underneath.

Hopefully it will be a bit more raw than the S3!

Im still waiting on a golf to feature the 2.5 5cyl turbo, thats the engine I want under my bonnet in a rocco or a golf.

 

[Kowalski]

Around a track, I think the Golf R will be slower than a Focus RS, a fraction slower, though.

Given the choice of the Golf R vs the Focus RS, I'd go for the discreetly flash and more practical VW, because the Ford looks über chav and it's only available with 3 doors; Why can't manufacturers make more 5-door hot hatches?

 

[ree]

Wow…it's stunning… Love it - I want one!

 

[YoUhimhER]

the car looks superb, with perfromance to match.

i am intrigued that this is not on the front page.

 

[Zafiro]

Bring me a Scirrocco R instead....