golf R prices and spec on website now!!

[matchboy]

just specced one out same as my mk 6 GTI - came to £33.5K!  ridiculous!  and that's without the recaros which look a must have and the ACC!!  wicked car, would love one but at that price i'm loving my £27k GTI even more!!!  roll on March when i get a remap done for £500 and it'll be nearly as quick  

(saying that if i had the money i would get the R as it looks the doggys do-dah's!)

[matchboy]

Makes the GTI look an absolute steal.

good eh!! 

[FamilyDub]

i doubt they'll give me a discount!

Why would you get a discount?

If it truly is to be a premium, limited edition model, then VW will just wait until someone willing to pay full whack comes in rather than give it away. It's not a 'bread-and-butter' model.

Makes the GTI look an absolute steal.

+1.  I'm either thinking a used MKV .:R32  looks even better value now... 

[keelaw]

It's an expensive car. But thinking about only new cars (rather than second hand cars) and putting discounts to one side for a moment, what else can you get for £30K? Everything else I'm seeing with similar performance is around the same price or more expensive except the Impreza and Focus RS - and I don't want either of those on any level.

Evo X is £30k and has similar performance.  Highly tunable as well.

[Booski]

Out of of interest I just spec'd a scirroco to the same spec as the golf R I'm ordering
Why is the sat nav unit £400 cheaper
And why do they get the ACC included and the winter pack as standard?
A saving of just over a grand 

[Snoopy]

Who would have thought you can now call an S3 good value for money

The S3 is also better equipped and you get double figure discounts on it unlike this golf Rich

[jaydubveedub]

Even at the crazy price, they will shift 500 units no problem.

Bear in mind that at least 50 of them will will go onto the VW UK company car scheme, so they'll be in dealers next autumn with sub 10k mileages and plenty of toys.

[p3eps]

Out of of interest I just spec'd a scirroco to the same spec as the golf R I'm ordering
Why is the sat nav unit £400 cheaper
And why do they get the ACC included and the winter pack as standard?
A saving of just over a grand 

ACC has always been standard on the UK Scirocco.  Not sure about the Sat Nav as its the same unit.  I was surprised at how expensive the Scirocco is anyway - so at least its getting a few options bunged in!

I've been looking through the Golf's 'standard' features trying to work out where the extra cash is going.  18" Wheels as standard instead of 17" on the GTI.  Xenon lights standard (£1000 on GTI).  4WD.  Bigger Brakes.  Flat Tyre Indicator.  Extra 55bhp.  Different bumpers / seats / R badges.  Is that it?!?!  

I just can't get over the £3080 for Recaros!  On the S3 they're only £1500 - but then I suppose it starts with leather as standard.

Yep - the S3 does seem well priced against the Golf - but the S3 is damned ugly, and will be restyled next year.  The Golf should get about 3 years before a newer model!

[GolfTi]

Time for a remap methinks.

[Snoopy]

Out of of interest I just spec'd a scirroco to the same spec as the golf R I'm ordering
Why is the sat nav unit £400 cheaper

I have not looked at what unit is standard in the golf R but most sciroccos come with the RCD510 as standard were as most golfs only get the RCD310 so that may account for the price difference.