Golf R 3 door/5 door speculation/information thread

[Caillin]

No 3-door counts me out as well. I'll be heading back towards the EVO X if that is the case.

[Glennb]

Woot!
So i'll be writing to VWA shortly to congratulate them on the wise choice of dropping 3-door R's.
Stuff fuel economy, resale value and cloth/leather arguments. Just give me a 5 door DSG, AWD hatch that i can modify to my hearts content and drive ffs!

....sigh... gonna be a long 6 months if all I hear is arguments about fuel economy. WJ just might convince me to go and by a V8 HSV.

[G-rig]

I think the choice of a Scirocco R or Golf R (5DR) would be more than enough for most people. I agree Glennb, some people are forgetting the basics as it would be just as good a car.

Here is another teaser of what would be worth waiting for:

[elisiX]

Personally I think the Sirocco looks a little awkward.

But it makes sense to have a 3DR Sirocco R and 5DR Golf R initially when you read about the limited numbers each country is being allocated.

[G-rig]

The would be something a bit different but just as good as a Golf (if you are bored with Golf's).

[sabloke]

Give me a white manual R with cloth or whatever comes standard for $50k plus on roads!
Simply don't understand all this discussion about leather, 3 or 5 doors, satnav and other bells and whistles. You want confort and fancy looks, get the GTI and option it to your wallet's content. The R is for driving hard enough not to have time to think about much else. The only worthy option is the adaptive suspension, maybe. Oh wait, there's one more that I couldn't find in any VW catalog but I'd happily part with hard earned cash to get it. Can't remember the exact website address right now, something like goapr...

[G-rig]

Give me a white manual R with cloth or whatever comes standard for $50k plus on roads!
Simply don't understand all this discussion about leather, 3 or 5 doors, satnav and other bells and whistles. You want confort and fancy looks, get the GTI and option it to your wallet's content. The R is for driving hard enough not to have time to think about much else. The only worthy option is the adaptive suspension, maybe. Oh wait, there's one more that I couldn't find in any VW catalog but I'd happily part with hard earned cash to get it. Can't remember the exact website address right now, something like goapr...

Yeah it would be cool to rock up at the dealers and buy one of the 4 that they'll get allocated. wouldn't have any extras but options are pissing money away anyway and can add most later but i'm tending to think why bother. just get the car you want. All this is just people thinking about it too much and waiting... waiting... waiting, but most euro owners are quite fussy.

But as others haven't mentioned it's not going to be a raw racing machine like it should have been.

[Tim]

The R is for driving hard enough not to have time to think about much else.

If only that were true id be lining up myself. It seems that its going to be a bit too unfocosed compared to other offerings on the market.

[sabloke]

Well, I don't hope it to be a track day car or anything like that. Sure is not as focused as the Japanese stable, the French odd arsed one or even the blue collar RS. But you see, I love R's understaded European class than none of the ones mention above has. I would feel smug driving it, knowing that I've got enough grunt on tap to put most muscle cars to shame. Not that I'd race anyone on the street but the feeling, oh that feeling....

[graeme86]

Thats why they need to be a three door...stiffer chassis and lighter body....
i.e. for driving enthusiasts.

[Lima]

I think the point is the Golf R would use more fuel than the GTI, but that's to be expected.

Mk5 GTI

Long term fuel consumption on our GTI - 8.8l/100km.

8P S3

Long term fuel consumption on our S3 - 9.7l/100km.

[sabloke]

Why are you guys so concerned about fuel consumption? R will use more for the simple fact that mover four wheels. What's next, concerns about noisy pops and crackles when pushing the engine a bit? Shush...
Want to save fuel? My advise, buy a Diesel.

[G-rig]

Lima manual will use more because people hold it in gear longer than an auto would shift up. If you drove around in 5th all day i think you'd get the consumption figure (which is a bit of a wank in the real world).

[G-rig]

Thats why they need to be a three door...stiffer chassis and lighter body....
i.e. for driving enthusiasts.

Doubt the chassis is stiffer, maybe the pillars. Enthusieasts would be in a Lotus, Megane, Mini or MX-5's

[pologti18t]

No 3-door counts me out as well. I'll be heading back towards the EVO X if that is the case.

How many doors does an EVO X have?