Car Magazine:
Volkswagen’s hottest Golf – the R – has hit the Nürburgring for final shakedown tests ahead of its late 2013 launch.
Tell-tale signs we’re looking at the Golf R testing are the large trapezoidal front grilles, sporty alloy wheels wearing low-profile rubber, and for the first time on a hot Golf, quad tailpipes. Previous Golf Rs have used two central pipes, but for this generation it looks as if VW will nick a four-tube arrangement from the Audi S3. It’ll still be a subtle package alongside lairy-lookers like the Ford Focus ST and Vauxhall Astra VXR, but that’s always been part of the fast Golf appeal.
