This a good thing for the VAG range IMO.
Was saying something similar in another thread, the Golf deserves a `proper` hot model in the line up, 211bhp in a modern day hot hatch is nothing short of puny.
I cringed when I read VW were sticking the same 20T lump with a WHOLE extra 11bhp in the MK6.
This has put some credability back in the mix.
And if it means AUDI have to up their game with the S3 and maybe give us a hotter run out S3 before the new platform arrives, then that good thing.
If the Mk6 is as good as the MK5 then it will be a very good car so the MK6 R should be fantastic.
I found the MK5 interior very good too, although not as good as an S3 but the S3 is a lot more money so you would expect that. Cant comment on the MK6 cabin however.
Price wise I think its too expensive but hot Golfs always were, and people will still buy them, crazy or not.
And it wont matter if its 2K more than the Focus, the majority of people mooching around VW showrooms looking at the Golf R will probably drive straight past the FORD showroom anyway IMO.
I paid 17K for a 2yr old MK5GTi not that long ago when 13K would have got me a FOCUS ST at the time.
Why the 17K Golf?, I just wanted one, it was more desirable to me.
The desirability of car is a strong influence when you are buying a car and many will forego superior out and out driving dynamics for other factors such as the badge etc.
So, if the Golf was MUCH better than the current S3 and as well built I would consider one over the S3.
(Although as much as I like the way the MK6 looks, I still prefer the `old` pre facelift 8P S3 looks.)
But if it just had an `edge`, then ******** to that, I will have the S3, for the same reason I pay over the odds for a T shirt that has the right badge on it and not a perfectly good ASDA George equivelent ....
because Im a badge snob, there I just said it.
.....and I bet Im not the only one!
my 3p anyway.:icon_thumright:
cheers
Paul