Updated Golf R

[Baldilocks73]

Cheap looking side skirts.

Busy, less aggressive looking front end.

Bland digital gauge cluster.

Mismatched rear diffuser.



I'll just keep the one I am driving.

 

[Pickleahoy1]

The biggest deal even more so than the 10 HP is if this engine has the dual port/direct injection in the US version. Not having to do walnut blasting is better than anything else they could do

 

[Baldilocks73]

The biggest deal even more so than the 10 HP is if this engine has the dual port/direct injection in the US version. Not having to do walnut blasting is better than anything else they could do

The U.S. version might stay the same - power wise.

 

[The Fed]

The front lights, especially the DRL's look like every other car on the road, and I don't like the grille or side intakes. VW claims .3 second faster with only a few more horses and twisties? I don't think so.

 

[Baldilocks73]

The front lights, especially the DRL's look like every other car on the road, and I don't like the grille or side intakes. VW claims .3 second faster with only a few more horses and twisties? I don't think so.

I think they just adjusted the 0-60 time to reflect what it could really do. The current R was quicker than they claimed from the factory.

 

[snobrdrdan]

The new digital interior is very nice I'm sure, but I am a sucker for analogue dials.

Same here

 

[wlfpck]

I believe the transmission is now a DQ500 instead of the DQ250. So 1 more gear and holds more torque.

 

[reallypeacedoff]

I believe the transmission is now a DQ500 instead of the DQ250. So 1 more gear and holds more torque.

And an extra gear means shorter gearing thus justifying the 0.3 second difference. That probably puts it out what, 4.1s to 60 real world? For a Golf!

 

[FriskyDingo]

Do they usually announce the US time frame at a certain point?

Not really. I work at a VW dealer, and they leave us in the dark about a lot of things, unfortunately. I really hate that about them. When I worked at a GM store, I could get the scoop on all kinds of cool shit GM was doing from the trainers and insiders that made rounds at the dealership. Not so with VW.

 

[veedubfreak]

If its like every single other R they've ever sold, we'll get it in the US 3-4 years after ROW.