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Wheels Motoring News Golf R’s not cheap but complete


FOR some the GTI isn’t enough – that’s why there’s a Golf R. What’s new? For four generations now Volkswagen has offered a high performanceGolf that is over and above the legendary GTI and so it is with this, the Golf R. Based on the current seventh-generation Golf, the R sticks to a now-established recipe to distance it from its sibling; four-wheel-drive, tur- bocharged power and a sub- tle, powerful look. This latest Golf R has big al- loy wheels, a discreet bodykit and ‘R’ badges on the outside, while inside there are special sports seats, a fat three-spoke steering wheel and some extra equipment. As before there is four-wheel-drive and the 2.0-litre turbocharged en- gine dishes 296bhp, making this comfortably the most powerful production Golf to date. Thestandard Golf is sensitive to colour and can look weedy


FACTS AT A GLANCE


Volkswagen Golf R DSG 3-door, £31,315


Engine:2.0-litre petrol unit producing 296bhp and 280lb/ft of torque


Transmission: Seven-speed dual clutch gearbox driving all four wheels


Performance: Top speed 155mph, 0-62mph in 4.9 seconds


Economy: 40.9mpg com- bined


Emissions: 159g/km of CO2


on small wheels, but the R has those problems licked. Finished in the popular deep blue and on the optional 19- inch wheels (18-inchers are standard) it looks superb; smart and sporty but without being garish. . In the cabin the space is excellent, with enough head and legroom to suit even the tallest drivers while you can


fit tall adults in the rear seats too – you can have three or five door versions for family access also. There is a useful 343 litres on offer. Apply the reasoning that this is ‘just another Golf’ and the list price of a fraction under £30,000 (over it if you have DSG or five doors) and it might seem like an expensive piece of kit. But this isn’t just


a Golf; it’s a five-seater fam- ily-sized car that can crack 150mph and out-accelerate far more expensive cars. It isn’t cheap, but then it is an impressively complete car. This car summed up in a sin- gle word: Stealthy If this car was a cocktail it would be a Long Island Ice Tea; seemingly docile but ac- tually extremely potent.


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