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Offline titchy

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20 year r
« on: May 24, 2022, 02:02:23 pm »
Vw announce Golf R 20 year  Latest news in Autocar
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Re: 20 year r
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2022, 02:25:56 pm »
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Re: 20 year r
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2022, 02:41:27 pm »
Can't believe how much vw hatches go for these days or indeed most cars. 50k!!
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Re: 20 year r
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2022, 02:50:20 pm »
£50k for a Golf… What has the world come to…
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Re: 20 year r
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2022, 02:51:47 pm »
Quote from: JoshB on May 24, 2022, 02:50:20 pm
£50k for a Golf… What has the world come to…

Ill take an Audi R8 please or something like a M3 comp or RS4 for that money (ok second hand but still....)
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Re: 20 year r
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2022, 03:40:18 pm »
£50k for that is absurd.  Most expensive +20hp remap in history.

It just seems in bad taste to push out a £50K Golf now, when all I hear on the news at the moment is people choosing between heating or eating! 

Anyway, this is how a 20th Anniversary R should be done, minus the stupid yellow highlights.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motor-shows-detroit-motor-show/volkswagen-golf-r400-mega-hatch-could-make-production
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Re: 20 year r
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2022, 08:08:57 pm »
+22 bhp but you also get an “Emotional Start”. That’s probably a tear trickling down your cheek when you turn the key and realise that Superchips can give you  a + 33 bhp remap for under £400  :grin:

It sounds like they’ve introduced some sort of anti-lag on the turbo, although it’s not described as such: “the turbocharger has been reconfigured to run at a constant speed under partial throttle, which then makes for quicker acceleration on kickdown”. That sounds intriguing…
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Re: 20 year r
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2022, 08:36:28 am »
"Emotional Start"  :grin:  FFS, cringe marketing level 10  :sick:

Sounds like it needs that from what I've seen on YouTube as folk reckon the MK8 R is noticeably laggier than the MK7!  It also sounds like a good way to shorten turbo bearing life  :grin:



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Re: 20 year r
« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2022, 02:05:05 pm »
Quote from: Pudding on May 24, 2022, 02:25:56 pm
Looks sh1t and only 22hp more than the current Golf R.  Lame effort.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-volkswagen-golf-r-20-years-most-powerful-production-golf
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/volkswagen/golf-r

It's 13 PS or 12 bhp. From 320 PS to 333 PS, or from 316 bhp to 328 bhp. So I'd think no one will really feel much difference.
« Last Edit: May 25, 2022, 02:14:44 pm by Shoduchi »
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Re: 20 year r
« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2022, 02:14:31 pm »
Quote from: Shoduchi on May 25, 2022, 02:05:05 pm
Quote from: Pudding on May 24, 2022, 02:25:56 pm
Looks sh1t and only 22hp more than the current Golf R.  Lame effort.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-volkswagen-golf-r-20-years-most-powerful-production-golf

It's 11 PS. From 320 PS to 333 PS. So I'd think no one will really feel much difference.

Even more of a pointless marketing exercise then.

Shame Audi won't let VW use the RS3 engine as that would have made a 20th Anniversary R worthwhile, or maybe dig out the old R32 warhorse and turbo it.

But what they've done, and trying to sell it for £50K.....what a joke.
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Re: 20 year r
« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2022, 02:17:02 pm »
Quote from: Pudding on May 25, 2022, 02:14:31 pm
Even more of a pointless marketing exercise then.

Shame Audi won't let VW use the RS3 engine as that would have made a 20th Anniversary R worthwhile, or maybe dig out the old R32 warhorse and turbo it.

But what they've done, and trying to sell it for £50K.....what a joke.

100% agree!
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