golf R prices and spec on website now!!

[p3eps]

I think you get a reduction on the price of the winter pack if you're having leather seats.

Rolfe.

Yeah - DOWN to £225 with leather - JUST for heated water jets... as everything else is covered by leather / xenons.

Reverse Cam is a gimmick - but its only £155 and may be useful on occassions.  It costs about £500 to retrofit if you change your mind!

Again, Lux Pack for £120 seems cheap compared to retrofitting folding mirrors for £600+
Its another non essential thats handy to have... but £120 on a £34k car is a drop in the ocean!

[Khare]

£37,185 for a loaded golf R...ermmmmm, no thanks rather buy focus RS! Cheaper and more powerful! Only  £28,595 for the fully loaded one, that's almost £10k cheaper! Would be mad to buy the Golf R rather than the RS tbh.....

[Rolfe]

Yeah - DOWN to £225 with leather - JUST for heated water jets... as everything else is covered by leather / xenons.

Reverse Cam is a gimmick - but its only £155 and may be useful on occassions.  It costs about £500 to retrofit if you change your mind!

Again, Lux Pack for £120 seems cheap compared to retrofitting folding mirrors for £600+
Its another non essential thats handy to have... but £120 on a £34k car is a drop in the ocean!

Oh wow.  I see your problem!

Rolfe.

[p3eps]

£37,185 for a loaded golf R...ermmmmm, no thanks rather buy focus RS! Cheaper and more powerful! Only  £28,595 for the fully loaded one, that's almost £10k cheaper! Would be mad to buy the Golf R rather than the RS tbh.....

I'm afraid I couldn't buy the Focus as I don't own a Burberry cap!

On a more serious note... I did actually go in to enquire about one about 2 months ago.  I was wanting a test drive really - but as they're so rare at the moment, the dealer could only show me a customers order through the back.  The interior quality was mince - although it did come with stuff like Recaros as standard.  The front of the car looks mean, but the back is horrid (I think that with all Focus's though).  Although it looks mean from the front, I could never drive one as I'd be embaressed to be seen.
Its more powerful - but slower 0-60 than the Golf, and will likely be slower round the track too (which remains to be seen).

I'll stick with the Golf R thanks.  It costs a bit more, but it will be worth a bit more when I come to sell it! 

[Khare]

I doubt any chav would ever afford an RS so I wouldn't be associated with one! I love VW and I love golfs, but £10k is a LOT.

[Khare]

I'm sorry but http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSP_MvxtoeU

Do you really think they will be faster round a track than the Golf?? I think the difference in power and the clever diff in the focus will make up for it.

[p3eps]

Looks fast I'll admit...
But would I be able to park it in a carpark and not have to worry about hoodies sitting around it on my return?!
I love the Golf R's subtlety - it looks like any other Golf with a little bit of tweaking.  The Focus is loud and brash!

[Khare]

fair, yes the RS looks very in your face and very appealing, but then again, I rather have a car for the way it goes compared to value rather than something that is VERY over priced. I mean.....£37k!!! you can buy a second hand ferrari 360 for that!

[p3eps]

fair, yes the RS looks very in your face and very appealing, but then again, I rather have a car for the way it goes compared to value rather than something that is VERY over priced. I mean.....£37k!!! you can buy a second hand ferrari 360 for that!

You can do lots of comparisons against which second / third / fourth hand cars you can get for the same price - depending how old you want to go!
The Golf R is new.
Its got a 2.0 engine - with (a claimed!) combined 33mpg.
It'll have a 3 year warranty.
You can get fixed price servicing for 3 years for £250.
The road tax is £215 per year.

Buy a 3 year old Ferarri, Porsche etc, and see how much your servicing costs... or if something goes wrong - its costs ££££'s!

The few reviews I've seen of the Focus said it handles and drove great etc etc etc - but it needed a new set of tyres after a couple of thousand miles.  The tyres are a 'special' bridgestone compound specifically for the Focus.  I bet they're cheap!!!

My Golf R is £33k with my discount - not £37k.  Ok, its got no leather (which is the main expensive thing), but neither does a FULLY SPECCED RS!

[Steve_PD]

The few reviews I've seen of the Focus said it handles and drove great etc etc etc - but it needed a new set of tyres after a couple of thousand miles.  The tyres are a 'special' bridgestone compound specifically for the Focus.  I bet they're cheap!!!

My Golf R is £33k with my discount - not £37k.  Ok, its got no leather (which is the main expensive thing), but neither does a FULLY SPECCED RS!

What Car had a Focus RS for a longterm test and it went through 4 sets of front tyres in 12k