The T Roc R was a lovely car, and as you say, there are not many about.
A group of us got a very good lease deal through VWFS, just as the factory was starting up again after Covid.
It's very fast, especially in Sport or Race mode. Handling is absolutely brilliant - you just point it in any direction and it sticks to the road like glue. With 4WD, I never had any wheel spin or tramping even with the quickest start.
It did not come with adaptive dampers, so I found the suspension quite hard until I got used to it.
Two negatives from my perspective. The interior trim was quite cheap and plasticy, considering it's the top of the range. The other is the poor fuel economy. I never got over about 35mpg, even on a smooth motorway run. Quite a change from my previous GTDs where I would easily get 50+ mpg ! However, no-one gets an R for good fuel economy !
The roads round by where I live are always very busy, so I didn't have many opportunities to take advantage of what the R has to offer. However, on the few occasions where I was on a quiet, windy road, it was really great.
I was sad to say goodbye to it today, but also excited at getting back into a GTD !
