Volkswagen Has Teased The Golf R Performance Pack That Will Take The Fight To The New Civic Type R

[VarmintCong]

And it is the current fastest FF record holder at The Ring.

basically by cheating, with production limited to 400. We're gonna build a car nobody can buy and call it a production car.

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[VarmintCong]

I just sold my 16' Golf R.

While it's very quick and fun to drive in a straight line(had it APR tuned) it just wasn't nearly as engaging as a Focus ST, STi or even a Fiesta ST. This might be because I had a DSG.

Also be warned if you get a stage 1 tune like 700 hundred dollars. you will also need to need to get a DSG tune for another 700 otherwise you will get clutch slippage when you go WOT from a standstill.

Other than that interior of the car was very nice and refined. I also liked how the car was a sleeper, it basically looked just like the base Golf.

I do miss the AWD with winter tires setup tho.

I test drove a Fiesta ST, it feels like your hands are touching the road. VWs and BMWs haven't had actual road feel in years.

 

[Vtak Groceries]

I just sold my 16' Golf R.

While it's very quick and fun to drive in a straight line(had it APR tuned) it just wasn't nearly as engaging as a Focus ST, STi or even a Fiesta ST. This might be because I had a DSG.

Also be warned if you get a stage 1 tune like 700 hundred dollars. you will also need to need to get a DSG tune for another 700 otherwise you will get clutch slippage when you go WOT from a standstill.

Other than that interior of the car was very nice and refined. I also liked how the car was a sleeper, it basically looked just like the base Golf.

I do miss the AWD with winter tires setup tho.

I have a 2017 Golf R DSG and it's awesome. Love it. It is a very refined car and not raw as the other cars you mentioned however it can be fixed easily with the aftermarket to improve handling sound power and driving pleasure. Also $1400 bucks for ecu tcu tunes isn't that bad..... for what you're getting right. 60whp and 60wtq gains... Golf R is a great car and I can see myself having it for a while.

 

[Eddie]

Does VW have an obsession with this shape or what?? Where is the originality? It looks like a shrunkin Golf..lol https://www.carthrottle.com/post/the-new-volkswagen-polo-has-been-caught-without-camouflage/

 

[bobafettm]

Does VW have an obsession with this shape or what?? Where is the originality? It looks like a shrunkin Golf..lol https://www.carthrottle.com/post/the-new-volkswagen-polo-has-been-caught-without-camouflage/

Guh those are just hideous... and I love ugly cars! But they are so bland I feel like I'd have to just give up on life driving something with zero body design.

Performance can only give me so much.

A Prius has more cosmetic design elements!

 

[Canndo]

GTI , Fords. Hard cars to beat. Maybe time for a car AWD Lancer EVO .

 

[RODSCIVIC]

I like it! More competition

 

[totopo]

pretty sure vw went with the ff to chase the fastest hot-hatch time. With modern tires, don't think the weight of 4wd is worth it for a 300hp car. pretty sure the club sport S is faster than the same generation golf R.

in any event, more competition is great for the consumer!

edit: i'm retarded, didn't realize this was thead was necro'd. didn't see the dates.

 

[Boostlag]

performance R is already out in europe. All new MK8 is coming out next year so bar will be raised again, same with the Focus platform.

 

[Boostlag]

R400 almost made it to production, it was one of the projects cancelled when dieselgate hit.

 

[termigni]

That's going to be a $48,500 golf

well we have $50k Civic currently.

 

[zx2down]

I really don't feel as though the CTR competes with the Golf R, STi, and the RS.

I think they reset the bar for the ST and the GTi (for those hot-hatch vehicles available in the US). It will be interesting to see how the SCCA and NASA classifies it.

New FoST is supposed to be 275hp and 1.5T i4.

 

[zx2down]

They hope to set a new FWD Ring record with a Golf R?

Would be impressive to set an FWD time in a AWD car.

 

[zx2down]

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[heavyD]

The Golf R styling is conservative on the side of bland but I don't know how anyone could call it ugly as it's got the cleanest lines of any car in the segment. The reality is that it's the Type R that has the polarizing styling that you either love or hate.

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