Golf me 8 TCR

[Guzzle]

Well, it’s a definite improvement looks wise over the standard gti. I think it’ll be very close to £40k though. Wouldn’t be surprised if the R is £43k ish.

Can’t see VW pricing the R above the 4Wd 300PS(ish) Merc/BMW and more so S3 unless they’ve been given the green light to actually have 320PS plus. 

CS maybe £2k above GTI, R just above that and I’d agree with Clarky about the Ed45 being no more than a few logos and trim bits priced above the regular CS and just below the R.

Yep.

FWIW, the outgoing 7.5R dsg carried a £3k premium over the GTi Performance dsg. Depending on where they go with the standard spec, with the Mk8 GTi dsg at £34,960 that'd put a Mk8 R at somewhere around £38k, with the Clubsport (again depending on spec) somewhere inbetween.

[king monkey]

Well, it’s a definite improvement looks wise over the standard gti. I think it’ll be very close to £40k though. Wouldn’t be surprised if the R is £43k ish.

Can’t see VW pricing the R above the 4Wd 300PS(ish) Merc/BMW and more so S3 unless they’ve been given the green light to actually have 320PS plus. 

CS maybe £2k above GTI, R just above that and I’d agree with Clarky about the Ed45 being no more than a few logos and trim bits priced above the regular CS and just below the R.

Yep.

FWIW, the outgoing 7.5R dsg carried a £3k premium over the GTi Performance dsg. Depending on where they go with the standard spec, with the Mk8 GTi dsg at £34,960 that'd put a Mk8 R at somewhere around £38k, with the Clubsport (again depending on spec) somewhere inbetween.

Breaking news on the R rrp. It’s going to be £60k. Official too. 

Seriously though I hope you are both right! Think some of the comments in the articles around pricing have been a bit worrying.

[Wide]

The mk8 GTI have PP brakes 340mm .

But the CS have even bigger!, that you have at least 18" wheels

At least you've now seen where the gti logo on the brakes has gone 🤣

  :grin:Yes F***ck...But still searching why.. Because is it bigger Calipers on the Cs..

[Snoopy]

Well, it’s a definite improvement looks wise over the standard gti. I think it’ll be very close to £40k though. Wouldn’t be surprised if the R is £43k ish.

Can’t see VW pricing the R above the 4Wd 300PS(ish) Merc/BMW and more so S3 unless they’ve been given the green light to actually have 320PS plus. 

CS maybe £2k above GTI, R just above that and I’d agree with Clarky about the Ed45 being no more than a few logos and trim bits priced above the regular CS and just below the R.

Maybe they are holding the manual gearbox back for the Ed45 just to make it slightly different

[Guzzle]

Some interesting points here according to this article:

1) the standard Mk8 GTI doesn't have the LSD (I thought that was the case...)

Autocar stating that the standard GTi does come with the LSD

Like the standard GTI, the VAQ electromechanical locking front differential replaces the purely electronic XDS system of the standard Golf and control of that system has been integrated into the car’s driving dynamics manager.

[Guzzle]

Clubsport now up on German configurator

https://www.volkswagen.de/de/modelle-und-konfigurator.html/__app/%2Fder-neue-golf.app

Remember to turn off auto-translate.

[clarky92]

Clubsport now up on German configurator

https://www.volkswagen.de/de/modelle-und-konfigurator.html/__app/%2Fder-neue-golf.app

Remember to turn off auto-translate.

Looks very good in red metallic on 19”s

[Juicetin]

Clubsport now up on German configurator

https://www.volkswagen.de/de/modelle-und-konfigurator.html/__app/%2Fder-neue-golf.app

Remember to turn off auto-translate.

Looks very good in red metallic on 19”s

It does.  It looks absolutely horrific on the standard 18's 

[AndyGTI]

Its amazing what a day...and five minutes on German VW configurator can do.

I am totally and utterly underwhelmed and non-plussed by the Clubsport now.  (I think can be best summed up that I would rather try and spec an Audi S3(even with horrible chrome additions) over the Clubsport.)

The 18" wheels I think are better for a standard GTI. On the Clubsport they don't look right, don't like the 19" option. Thought there might be another option.

I note the press photos had a leather interior, but the Arts Velour interior I do like. Also is it me or has anyone else looked at the GTI seats and thought...why doesn't it have GTI embossed/embroidered onto the seats.

Also shows that 0-100kmh time is 5.6secs

Think it looks best in white, but not sure about stickers on front doors.

I wonder what Leon Cupra spec (sorry sorry Cupra Leon) will be like (exterior not sure,but interior does give proper buttons on steering wheel, but still touchscreen)   

[king monkey]

Car Wow think it’ll start at £40k. Surely not!!