Edition 40???

[JoeGTI]

Looks great but I'm not sure about that rear spoiler. Looks a bit shopping trolley handle for my liking!
Also they are still only "renderings", wouldn't rely on those images to be close to the real thing - e.g. It doesn't have the rear LED's in those pics so the double-Drl front may not be accurate either.

[CraigW]

From the pictures it doesn't look that different to the current car. Revised front grille and bigger spoiler seem to be it. Not so sure about the decal down the side. Clubsport just sounds wrong.

Where does this sit in the pricing? Considering the R is only 3k more expensive than the GTI PP who would buy this over the R?

[GrahamFR]

agreed pricing is a problem, but if it was only 1k cheaper than an R i would still be sorely tempted, this will be a faster car just not 0-60.

[2014GTi]

Really liking the look of this, it could prove a very fun and nible package.
Lets hope you can add the Performance Pack brakes and the e-Diff (VAQ).
I may take this over the Golf R420  but I do think Volkswagen should give it the full 280ps like the Cupra 280. 

[smiffy555]

I like it........I like it alot!!

[GrahamFR]

Really liking the look of this, it could prove a very fun and nible package.
Lets hope you can add the Performance Pack brakes and the e-Diff (VAQ).
I may take this over the Golf R420  but I do think Volkswagen should give it the full 280ps like the Cupra 280. 

pretty confident it will come with them as standard

[2014GTi]

Really liking the look of this, it could prove a very fun and nible package.
Lets hope you can add the Performance Pack brakes and the e-Diff (VAQ).
I may take this over the Golf R420  but I do think Volkswagen should give it the full 280ps like the Cupra 280. 

pretty confident it will come with them as standard

Lets hope so...... really excited now  whichever Golf I get next, it would need to be 5 doors so lets see how the Golf R420 story pans out....

I wonder if Volkswagen will announce both models back to back at the Frankfurt Motorshow? 

[remlapeel]

It looks good, but a few things don't look right in those photos. The wheels look to be about 26" compared to the car size, and it sits lower than it actually will in real life. Also doesn't look to have the R L.E.D indicators which is a shame.

As a special edition it's beautiful though.

[JoeGTI]

It looks good, but a few things don't look right in those photos. The wheels look to be about 26" compared to the car size, and it sits lower than it actually will in real life. Also doesn't look to have the R L.E.D indicators which is a shame.

As a special edition it's beautiful though.

As I said in a previous post, this is just a rendering. There's no way the wheels will look that big or it will sit that low in reality. Also it will certainly have rear LED's, same as the regular GTI / R.

I expect the reality is that the Edition 40 will follow the same styling cues as the Edition 30 and 35 before it - i.e. It'll borrow heavily from the R (similar colour coded side skirts, same front and rear lights), etc.

[2014GTi]

We will have to wait and see what the official model comes with, I suspect it will come with the following as standard.

GTI Performance Pack specification (brakes & e-Diff)
Golf R suspension 10mm lower than GTI
Golf R Sound Aktuator
Golf R rear and front lights (LED indicators etc)
Edition 40 branding and interior items
18/19" Edition 40 alloy wheels
Revised Exhaust sytem
Revised Edition 40 body work updates

Volkswagen will try and use exisiting parts from the VW parts bin, apart from the bodywork and alloys which might be Edition 40 specific.