I thought Red meant Red car, lol!
White seems to be a popular colour and looks very cool, also it was the only per-registration that was available within a few days other wise I would have had to wait until the end of October.
I did not even think about the R to be honest, my plan was to drive the GD, R and GTI but the salesman just took me out in the GTI and that was it! (Also he never had an R to Test Drive).