We recently tested the Golf GTI in damp conditions and got pretty close to VW’s official 0-62mph time of 6.3 seconds. Truth be told, the auto suits the R, because it allows you to feel like a racing driver one minute and then lets you sit back and leave everything alone the next. It drives all four wheels through a DSG automatic gearbox there’s no manual gearbox available this time. Under the bonnet lies a 315hp turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine, which also produces 420Nm of torque. Those sports seats hold you really well when you’re making the most of a clear stretch of your favourite twisty road, and they’re very comfortable on the motorway, but because of the integrated headrests they’re pretty bulky when you’re sat in the rear, and so are difficult to see around. There’s a dedicated R steering wheel with some bright blue trims (as well as some seriously annoying touch-sensitive buttons), plenty of sporty blue stitching, and one-piece sports seats with stripy blue trim that feels a bit cheap. Meanwhile, the interior is all very minimalist and classy like it is in the standard Golf, with few buttons and some fiddly details. Whether or not that floats your boat, or you prefer the ‘sleeper’ look, is entirely subjective. It has lowered suspension and a cool blue LED light strip between the headlights, plus LED tail lights, four (real) exhaust pipes, a rear diffuser and 18-inch alloy wheels.Ĭertainly, it’s a bit more obvious that this is a performance variant than the last Golf R. So, is the Mark 8 VW Golf R still the cool kid at school who’s bulked up a bit at the gym? Well, it appears so. Manual shifter took about a thousand miles to flow and not stick, at five thousand miles now almost as good as best ones I've used.This is the new Volkswagen Golf R, the latest in an established line of Golfs with more than a little extra “Grrr”. Other functions acceptable but few hiccups present, not expected in price range: engine hood rubber dampener flying out of position every fifty miles or so wireless phone charger overheats so much that the phone dies and base of stick shifter heats up mirror not turning down on reverse though setting "on" system not flagging low tire pressure repeatedly and on all wheels (as low as 29 psi from recommended 45). That's what held me back from buying electric, all those i tried had the plasma screen in the middle and touch GUI, did not see it coming that decent German engineering would give me same on 300hp stick driven hot hatch. Graphic touch-based user interface with layered menus for a fast and hard driving mechanical construct where user is in unstable position. Like a teen on meth playing DJ for their fix. And the fake/virtual display changed with that (different looks asigned to different driving modes). So now you are out of your drive setting. Holding both hands on in standard position but riding hard can make either right thumb base touch the wheel-heating touch-button (doesn't toggle on/off, have to cycle through four settings, same with seat heating, btw), or left thumb base touch and trigger driving mode change. Then the wheel, omg, purified disgrace of engineering and design. Other half the time your finger lands just so that you touch … something else (add time to get menu back) or en route your hand waved by another sensor, so by time finger reached screen it meets another menu, not one you wanted. And likely even then involving at least ten seconds of distraction from driving itself. Touch screen, full one second latency mixed with rigid suspension means fifty-fifty chance of changing temp, air flow, media source or playlist etc on first try. Good car but user experience destroyed by touch/swipe/wave controls.
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