Golf R Reveal

[fredgroves]

Its it just me or does the R not have the same condensor damaging large holed honeycomb grill?

Those diaganol pieces on the front end do as we expected improve the "wide mouthed frog" look of the GTI.

Its still relying heavily on the "best two angles" in the shots we have seen, plus 19's... and the optional "big willy spoiler"

I wonder if the side skirts are also part of the "performance pack" too..

[jv]

I'm liking the BBS SR inspired wheels

[SRGTD]

I'm liking the BBS SR inspired wheels

That’s what they reminded me of when I first saw them. I wonder if those wheels on the R are manufactured by BBS for VW? They’ve made other OEM wheels for VW before.

[Guzzle]

Don't know if this adds anything further, but the official press release is below

https://www.vwpress.co.uk/en-gb/releases/4376

[AGB]

Rear three quarter makes me not hate it but the drift mode feels like pandering for those Autocar et al tests where they put the GTI up against a Ford and the Ford always wins.

[SRGTD]

Drift mode isn’t anything I’d ever use or even try out - presumably intended for track use only?

I can remember reading of a Focus RS owner in the USA allegedly with drift mode engaged on the public roads and it didn’t end well.

Edit; just found it (YouTube video at the end of the item);

https://www.aol.co.uk/2016/09/06/ford-focus-rs-crashes-after-using-drift-mode-on-the-road/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvLnVrLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANFsOXd8qye_wvmnFAdQqL-V3k8m94iSUi4RwrUhzMTtPxQHb1egHdJcWWlalJ1WBKU4TmeqsV0RcJYYwjw_AWDQG8054TAOTTbicz-r2-q5kcUOufofwRgKw2f3h109ppnUFqjjjdvwvjnawMwIESU8J1KYPy56z3J1grVxNJjH

[AndyGTI]

I think it has some good features but I hate this trend with showing the vehicle all blinded but up. It’ll be good to see the standard car and not the R performance pack with Akra exhaust.

So what do we reckon: R performance pack at £3-3,500. And same again with Exhaust.

Standard car needs to be priced in line with competition or else they are going to miss out on sales.

It does look the best version of any MK8 available so far, but still has a long way to go to equal mk7.

So they matched the power with Arteon and Tiguan.....so the famous leaked slide was finally wrong about 333ps.

Not sure what else they have in store but certainly no outright denials about anything faster. (I couldn’t afford it anyway)

[AndyGTI]

Drift mode isn’t anything I’d ever use or even try out - presumably intended for track use only?

I can remember reading of a Focus RS owner in the USA allegedly with drift mode engaged on the public roads and it didn’t end well.

Edit; just found it (YouTube video at the end of the item);

https://www.aol.co.uk/2016/09/06/ford-focus-rs-crashes-after-using-drift-mode-on-the-road/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvLnVrLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANFsOXd8qye_wvmnFAdQqL-V3k8m94iSUi4RwrUhzMTtPxQHb1egHdJcWWlalJ1WBKU4TmeqsV0RcJYYwjw_AWDQG8054TAOTTbicz-r2-q5kcUOufofwRgKw2f3h109ppnUFqjjjdvwvjnawMwIESU8J1KYPy56z3J1grVxNJjH

Ouch!!

Not a good idea, it does seem almost like they include a drift mode to keep car reviewers happy when it doesn’t have any useful purpose for majority of drivers.

[david25]

Does anyone think the exhausts are from the Porsche cayenne?

[king monkey]

That YouTube video of the R reveal is simply dreadful.