That's correct. From my searching it appears only NAR cars feature the handbrake, and as you mention, all golf Rs feature electronic parking brake. Could be slightly problematic. Bold move would be to purchase full euro center console, remove e-brake components to allow pass through of handbrake components. Although this seems overkill. The question is really about the depth or lack of it in the NAR GTI/golf center consoles. Easiest way would be to measure how close the cupholder that exists there currently sits to the center tunnel bits. It looks like the cascade seen in the GTI/handbrake consoles is maybe an inch or so. If we have that space to the tunnel, it should fit, if above modifications (12v relocate and card holder removal).