2018 Golf R MK7.5 - US Release

[The Fed]

It's about time. I want to see the new dash.

 

[bradst3r]

I just got the order guide from the dealer here and I'm just not feeling the Englishtown wheels it comes with. Wish they still gave an option for the Pretoria's.

 

[tony2x]

My local dealer here in SF tells me mine will be here before the end of the month. I haven't got a VIN yet though, just a printout showing the build and my name next to it. Mine is a Oryx White DSG.

Patiently waiting here.

 

[VirtualSynapse]

My local dealer here in SF tells me mine will be here before the end of the month. I haven't got a VIN yet though, just a printout showing the build and my name next to it. Mine is a Oryx White DSG.



Patiently waiting here.

Any idea when your R was built?? Just curious how long those cars have been sitting in Florida... I know at least one person in the Vortex thread found out their R was built back in September.

EDIT: ...I guess that may be hard to determine without a VIN :/


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[j3oomerang]

Reported by who? One of the stupid sites that creates "renderings" and say this is what it "might" look like? They don't know anything, they're speculating.

NFW the next GTI is 350 hp. Putting that much HP through the front wheels is insane (though many GTI guys do it anyways). I'll eat my Airedale if it's over 300. Hell even something like 280 would be a huge jump.

https://www.autoblog.com/2018/01/19/2020-vw-golf-details-horsepower-gti-golfr/

Just one example here, several sites reported this. Not saying it's true, just saying it's been reported. And I was talking about the R being 350hp.

 

[B5AudiS4]

So the Golf Rs are really starting to show up at dealers over the next couple weeks? Anyone receive confirmation about availability in the Northeast yet?

 

[beardedGTI]

https://www.autoblog.com/2018/01/19/2020-vw-golf-details-horsepower-gti-golfr/

Just one example here, several sites reported this. Not saying it's true, just saying it's been reported. And I was talking about the R being 350hp.

The problem is that link to the Autoblog article cites all of this from Auto Express which is precisely one of the “stupid sites that creates renderings/doesn’t know anything” that KevinC is talking about. If you actually click through to the Auto Express article they link to, you’ll see numerous contradictions in their “insider” information. You can tell from the comments section this article has been up for years and they just keep editing it every time someone else creates a new rendering, or they hear insider info from someone who’s just guessing.

 

[PLF8593]

Yes, yes. Look at the previous 2 generations before the MK7. The MK6 was on the same platform as the MK5. It just saw an improved (more efficient, if not more powerful) engine, nicer interior, and more a more serious looking exterior.

VW invested metric fucktons of cash into developing the MQB architecture. It is highly unlikely that the MK8 will be on a different platform. And, considering that the 7.5 R's power got bumped up from 300hp to whatever it is now (310? 320?), it is just as reasonable to imagine that the MK8 will have 350HP.

Now, it might also have the same amount of power, but be fed by an electric turbo that spools instantly and produces more power throughout the range (so while peak power may be similar, the area under the curve is still bigger)

Regardless, it is very safe conjecture to assume that the MK8 will be MQB and have ~350HP.

 

[COSturmWolke]

I was contacted by the dealer today...they were allocated their Golf Rs and I have my VIN! I wish I knew how to figure out the build date from the VIN, but apparently that requires inside info. Now that I have hope, I’m finally excited again!

 

[Gnosisdog]

Anyone find it completely inexplicable that VW would wait until April to release their winter warrior Golf R? When they were being built early last fall?!? Explanations?

 

[snobrdrdan]

Anyone find it completely inexplicable that VW would wait until April to release their winter warrior Golf R? When they were being built early last fall?!? Explanations?

We're pretty sure VW wasn't doing this on purpose

Whether it was because of emissions testing or issues with the digital cockpit, we don't know though

 

[davewg]

And, considering that the 7.5 R's power got bumped up from 300hp to whatever it is now (310? 320?), it is just as reasonable to imagine that the MK8 will have 350HP.

In the US the 7.5 has no more power than it did before. The ROW got a slight power bump (~305 I believe).

I was contacted by the dealer today...they were allocated their Golf Rs and I have my VIN! I wish I knew how to figure out the build date from the VIN, but apparently that requires inside info. Now that I have hope, I’m finally excited again!

There's a guy in the 2018 thread on another forum that has offered to look up VINs and provide this info....

 

[TheWombat]

We're pretty sure VW wasn't doing this on purpose

Undoubtedly true, though I have fantasies of some Teutonic executive sitting in a gleaming, Spartanly modernist office cackling maniacally at satellite photos of R's sitting on the tarmac in Florida while simultaneously reading forum posts by disappointed and frustrated would be buyers.

 

[COSturmWolke]

Undoubtedly true, though I have fantasies of some Teutonic executive sitting in a gleaming, Spartanly modernist office cackling maniacally at satellite photos of R's sitting on the tarmac in Florida while simultaneously reading forum posts by disappointed and frustrated would be buyers.

Hilarious!! Lol! Thanks for that image!

 

[ztorc]

It's time to check with SoCal dealers if they can quote me on the R.