The Golf R is an amazing car that is making people crazy !

Not the same car, but I used to have a GTI. I loved it. It was better than the 350z I traded in for it. However, this is a very steep price. The GTI had less HP, but with the turbo you didn't need anything faster, and my gas mileage with the GTI was far superior to this. VW's styling is always good, but this price takes them into the BMW range, and BMW still beats VW for a driving experience IMO. Also, this is a super crazy price as VW's aren't that reliable and are considerably more expensive to fix than Japanese cars.

0-60 in 4.8. Pretty crazy. I love BMW but this car competes easily with a similar priced bimmer. I have a VW TDI 2011 with 200,00 miles no trouble. check out the reviews of the R. Incredible car.

Sorry, that thing is ugly.

Nobody asked you and your Chevy taste.

It's a compact car that looks like it came out of 1980s Ireland.

There's a video out that shows a R wagon. Must have been brought over from Europe. Flat out fast.

VW Rocks wrote:

People all over the nation are losing their minds over this German beauty. they sold out in 11 minutes.

Sadly, most of those Golf cars will be in an autoshop by the end of the year, & I don't mean for something routine like oil change. Germans have figured out how to make a car go fast, but sadly they don't have the engineering skills to make a car reliable.

I'd rather have a Subaru WRX STI or the Focus RS. Ironically, like the Golf, the Focus is also built & imported from Germany. At least if the Focus breaks down, it'll be cheaper to repair in the States than the Volkswagen, due to parts availability & availability of Ford mechanics.

Yea all the Golfs will be in the shop at the end of the year. I read some dumb shit on here but this takes the cake !!!

Yes there are no VW parts in America !!! Why the factory in Tennessee can't even operate !!! Hey did you hear Sonny & Cher broke up ?

Motor Trend Car of the Year

Yes!

I have a 2013 Golf R (never had a single issue with it, been perfect, as have all the VWs I've owned) that I bought new, had a 2004 R32 for a long time before that. I'll be getting the MKVII in Aug/Sept when I can pick up a 2016 model year. I don't like the manual that much in my current R, so I'll be doing the DSG. First non-manual car, although I've driven DSG and BMW's DCT and really like them.

Will NOT pay over invoice, but the dealer around here had a few of the 500 pre-orders that they let go for invoice, so I'm not worried. People are crazy paying anything over MSRP.

Plan on doing the euro LED tails, probably exhaust. Already have light summer wheels with PS2s on them.

I will do a bit of shopping around, but pretty sure it'll be another R. I'll drive an STI, M235i, M3, Volvo V60, S3, probably some other stuff.

Oregon Duck Classic wrote:

There's a video out that shows a R wagon. Must have been brought over from Europe. Flat out fast.

VW is toying with an R wagon for US consumption. It's been almost 8 years since an AWD wagon with that much power and a manual was available here.

PDong wrote:

Oregon Duck Classic wrote:

There's a video out that shows a R wagon. Must have been brought over from Europe. Flat out fast.

VW is toying with an R wagon for US consumption. It's been almost 8 years since an AWD wagon with that much power and a manual was available here.

Would LOVE if they brought the wagon over here. Fun to drive and you can still fit enough gear to go camping. Biggest slap to the face was when the Audi RS6 wagon with the twin turbo V10 was only released in Europe.

Why aren't there any cars named The Soccer or The Football?

DaCloner wrote:

Would LOVE if they brought the wagon over here. Fun to drive and you can still fit enough gear to go camping. Biggest slap to the face was when the Audi RS6 wagon with the twin turbo V10 was only released in Europe.

The Avant would be a dream, but there were 1200 mid-2000's RS6 sedan's brought to the US. In 2007 I had a customer at our shop in Seattle roll in with a 2003 RS6 Avant. He had the money to jump through the importing hoops and methods...

I would just like the Golf SportWagen Alltrack (ie. Jetta AWD Diesel Wagon) to arrive quicker than 2016! The R is sick, but the diesel is more realistic for my needs.

I'd own a B8.5 RS4 Avant right now if it was available in the US. The new Golf R is just as fast and costs half as much, so I'm probably better off the RS4 isn't available here.

My JSW TDI has been great. I have the DSG transmission and love it. I'm buying the Alltrack Sportwagon when that comes out.

Land of Milk and Honey wrote:

Yes there are no VW parts in America !!! Why the factory in Tennessee can't even operate !!! Hey did you hear Sonny & Cher broke up ?

Only the Passat NMS is made in Tennessee. No plans to manufacture Golf in US or Mexico yet.

APR stage one ECU flash will get this thing to low 12.x 1/4 mile. That's amazingly fast, when you consider 30+ mpg. Hatch back carry 5 adults.

Perfect balance between sports car and everyday driver.