Commemorating 20 years since the original Golf R32, the “20 Years” edition comes with more power, greater dynamic ability and more emotion, and is set to be a popular choice for Golf R fans.
Dates for your diary
Thursday 6 October 2022
Open for customer ordering
The car configurator and finance calculator will be live on volkswagen.co.uk
Quotable in Connect OnLine
Friday 7 October 2022
Personalised digital brochures will be live
Note that orders for the Golf R “20 Years” will not jump the queue for customers with existing Golf R orders.
Product highlights
‘R’ logo in blue, on the radiator grille and tailgate
’20 R’ logo projection from the door mirrors
’20’ badge on the B-pillar
Genuine carbon fibre interior trim
Door mirror caps in Lapiz blue or black (body colour dependant)
19-inch Estoril wheels in blue or black (body colour dependant)
Performance pack, which includes a top speed increase to 270 km/h (168 mph), performance rear spoiler, drift and other special driver modes
Top sports seats with integrated headrest in Nappa leather with ‘R’ logo, heated and active climate front seats with electric memory adjustment on the driver’s side
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Pricing
The Golf R “20 Years” has a £5,400 on-the-road (OTR) price premium over the standard Golf R. With the extra 13 PS of power, equipment and unique “20 Years” styling, it represents great customer value.
What is Golf R “20 Years”?
Volkswagen is celebrating 20 years of one of its most-loved models in the range with the special edition Golf R “20 Years”.
With 333 PS of power, the “20 Years” edition is the most powerful Golf R variant ever released, representing a 13 PS increase over the current regular model.
Additionally, the exclusive model features a range of new technical features designed to enhance the emotional experience the R brand famously delivers. A new ‘Emotional Start’ function briefly increases engine revs to 2,500rpm on start-up to bring the 2.0 TSI engine’s sound to the forefront.
Special and Drift driving profiles for improved cornering capabilities are included as standard, and the DSG gearbox has been tuned to provide ‘noticeable feedback’ when the driver shifts up manually in S or S+ gear selector positions.
The Golf R “20 Years” also becomes the first Volkswagen to include genuine carbon fibre in the interior – finished on the dash panel and door trims. Blue accents complete the look inside, with R logos appointed on the sporty steering wheel and the vehicle key cap.
The new special edition model represents a leap in performance and capabilities over the original model which kick-started the famous branding in 2002. The original Golf R32 featured a 3.2-litre six-cylinder engine that took the world by storm at the time with 241 PS of power, and was also the first Golf to feature the now-famous DSG system that to this day proves more popular than ever.
Over the years, the Golf R evolved through different drivetrains, each time gaining more power, with the “20 Years” edition representing two decades of refinement and expertise in remarkable performance vehicles.
The Golf R “20 Years” will be built as a limited-edition model until the middle of 2023. Look out on Hub for updates on UK launch dates.
