Golf R 3 door/5 door speculation/information thread

[Corey_R]

Referring to the drag race between the Sirocco R –v- Golf R. AFAIK the Japanese Golf R receives the full monty of 199kW/350Nm. The Australian version Golf R is stated to be slower again to the tune of 0.2 sec or so over the same distance. The Sirocco is stated by the factory to be 0.3 sec slower in this run, but is clearly the swifter vehicle in this timed run to the tune of 0.2 secs, which indicates that the times quoted for the Golf R may be embellished to a degree

I'm not sure a single video, where CLEARLY the reaction time of the person in the Scirocco was far superior thahn the person in the Golf R, is anything to judge it by. The Golf R's wheels didn't even start rotating until the Scirocco had already launched!

[G-rig]

I'm not sure a single video, where CLEARLY the reaction time of the person in the Scirocco was far superior thahn the person in the Golf R, is anything to judge it by. The Golf R's wheels didn't even start rotating until the Scirocco had already launched!

Depends if AWD is worth the extra weight and extra drive train losses. The Scirocco R should be faster most times, maybe not from a standstill but would be pretty close.

[ddre78]

I'm not sure a single video, where CLEARLY the reaction time of the person in the Scirocco was far superior thahn the person in the Golf R, is anything to judge it by.

Agree! That was probably the worst Golf R youtube vid ive ever seen and a complete waste of time. If you are going to time two cars, at least have them launch at the same time.

There is no doubt the Roc will be quick on the move, just as my MPS3 is, infact the 3 will spank just about anything on the role, but the R will out-launch any 2WD car if driven by someone with half a clue.

[WhiteJames]

A bunch of Japanese guys with their full race suits & helmets rolling up to a an airport style runway complete with timing gear, video camera and a bunch of sports cars would suggest to me that perhaps more than one quarter mile run ensued. I’ll go out on a limb and say that the times shown in the video are either (1) The average time from a number of test runs of each vehicle; or, (2) The fastest times clocked by each vehicle.

Cheers
WJ

[Corey_R]

Well - we can't tell cause we're not Japanese. All we can see is someone that obviously don't know how to launch in a drag race, and the time in which the R is slower is obviously less than the delay in the dude starting! So...

[Parky]

New Golf R spotted..with Video

I saw this driving along botany rd so i followed it and took a video. Dealer i was with said it will be released next month. But with no corporate discount.

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[elisiX]

Nicely done Parky.

Congrats on the hot GTI and Mrs too.

[Parky]

LOL thats the dealer and i was testing driving the GTI.. =D

[ddre78]

I saw this driving along botany rd so i followed it and took a video. Dealer i was with said it will be released next month. But with no corporate discount.

Were those rims 18" or 19"? They look like 18".

[G-rig]

Nice spot.

The 18" do tend to look a bit small once you've seen it with the 19", but i probably woudln't get 19" (without ACC).

I like that white GTI in the video =D

[Corey_R]

Were those rims 18" or 19"? They look like 18".

They are 18"
You can tell because of the fact that the headlight holders are silver.

[nau]

have to say in 'looks' GTI looks better (looking at to of them next to each other)
nice red lines, red breaks etc

but I really like the rims !

[team_v]

have to say in 'looks' GTI looks better (looking at to of them next to each other)
nice red lines, red breaks etc

but I really like the rims !

Easy fix.
Get a GTI and new model RS6 replica wheels.

[iBoost]

Nice find Parky. Looks are subjective but I think the Golf R is a little too subdued. The GTI stands out more to me. I guess to some people that's part of the appeal.
The wheels look like the 18s to me. For some reason they don't seem to look as big as the 18s on the GTI, perhaps it's the spoke or the fuller face of the Detroits. Nothing a set of VMRs or BBS' couldn't fix.

I approve of the white GTI you test drove.

[Corey_R]

I personally like the look of the R better. No point justifying why, since these are all just personal opinions