WOW! the mother of all R's

[QD MBE]

only problem is its red! 

Got it in one!

Just looka the price though!  And it's a Golf!  Vehicle of the masses my a**e!

[MAT ED30]

only problem is its red!  

Got it in one!

Just looka the price though!  And it's a Golf!  Vehicle of the masses my a**e!

this is my point with vw it was a car for the people but now its the company that saying oops the mk5 cost us too much to make so lets make the mk6 cheaper but yet rip them all off with the price   i think vw need to take a step back and think about the company 40k for a golf  thats just  

[stealthwolf]

For £40k I'd be looking at a 3-series. Maybe even an M3. There's one with 10k on the clock.

[Nasir]

Stretch an extra 2k or negotiate hard and you can have a 57 plate BMW M6 with low miles in interlagos blue, that's capable of 205 mph standard!

[neg]

I knew the comparision would come along, I do the same - wasnt the intention of the post - in a way I am suprised to see one at that value, the seats are nice but well overpriced.

Not keen on the Red, black or white for me.

Steve,  Was tempted to drive past Miltek today to see if I could spot your car, really like to take a look at it in the flesh.

[Jules86]

After showing a clean pair of heels to one while in the S3 (it was obviously not run in properly) i would rather an S3, a lot of change and some choice mods! It looked nice but i prefer mine.
Also the seats are great but i dont miss them at all, extremely impractical and not as comfy for long journeys as my standard ones.

[neg]

I could see them being slightly impractical on a daily basis.  Mate has the active one's in his RS4 but he only uses it for fun and weekends.

The S3 over the R is so tempting - just wont the new A3 be out later this year, the Golf's advantage is its a newer model - not just the R mind you the GTI too, whack a K04 on one of those ...Mmmmm

anyway back on topic 

[Jules86]

New A3 is 2011 with the S3 2012, so a while away. The MK7 is supposed to be released the same time (same platform i presume) so the R wont be that new.
Also depends what you want, something new or something you love! If i had £40k i wouldnt get either an R or an S3, id turbo a MK5 R32 and leave both of them behind with a noise to match 

[182_blue]

Saw this a while back, really weird that they put everything on it then spec red !!, tbh you could go to a dealer and pay less than what they are asking with negotiating for exactly the same spec

[andrewparker]

I've got to say, the R does look great in red.

 

Don't get me wrong, red is one of my favourite MK5 colours, and is the colour I'd order a MK GTI in. Just doesn't look good on the R for some reason.

[RedRobin]

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Reading the thread title I expected this R to be performance modified at the very least.

I'd rather see a red Golf R in the flesh before judging the colour.

Re Mat and stokey's comments about it not being a 'car of the people': Didn't that cease to be several decades ago? The UK tax on foreign cars saw to that. The Golf is perhaps the car of the middle classes, but their prices excludes the GTI/Ed30/R32/R variants methinks.

[Gene Hunt]

40k for a golf  & the wheels look crap in black.

[94Luke]

I think it looks alright but not stunning, but again, for that price     people's car; yeah right 

[Sunglasses Ron]

They really are starting to grow on me and love this one in white..  (apart from having to many doors)

Still counldn't justify the difference over a similar spec S3 though (especially when you're paying £1300 more for the same Recaros  )

[jhtrophy]

forget the price because as said but i have to say i think its the best looking golf ever. love it real grower, did not like it at first.