Your car and a bunch of others in this thread are super nice. There's something about the wagon body shape that does it for me
Yeah dude like he said, the GSW/Alltrack are nearly identical in terms of the platform to a GTI/R. The differences are as follows:
1. Golf Hatch/GSW/GSW 4Motion have 50mm steel knuckles, whereas the GTI, Alltrack, and Golf R have 55mm aluminum knuckles.
2. GSW 4Mo has base golf brakes, Alltrack has non-PP GTI brakes, GTI PP/Golf R have the same brakes (only the Golf R has electronic rear parking brake, GTI has manual handbrake)
3. Both GSW 4Mo/Alltrack have the same 6 speed manual and DSG transmissions.
4. Both have the 1.8T that the IS20 from the GTI and IS38 from the Golf R bolt straight up to.
5. Do I need to continue?
Alltrack is a better “base” for building your Golf R Wagon, since all Golf R suspension upgrades bolt straight up, and the brakes are better from the factory on the Alltrack. Alltracks also have better standard equipment on the S than the GSW 4Mo S, and you can also get an Alltrack SE/SEL that’s more or less fully loaded with the creature comforts, unlike a GSW 4Mo. I also prefer the cladding and aluminum accenting on the Alltrack, just sets the car apart. But others prefer the clean, shaved look of the GSW 4Mo. I’ll admit the white silver GSW 4Mo above looks amazing, better than a comparable white Alltrack would look.
annnddd here’s some GFG Alltrack pics