Reckon it is quite smart, but where the hell is it worth the predicted money?
I know buying new GTi's is hardly the most cost effective motoring solution but I ordered my Ed30 new in Jan 2007, with Xenons and a Sunroof and that was I recall 23,300 ish in total.
Nowadays the easier and more cost effective to build Mk6 GTi (so VW tell us), is being punted out in it's 35th birthday suit and it's well up towards £30K. Not sure it's special enough to be honest, of course accepting it has to be pitched under the R.
Hope it's KO4, but really not sure it is...
Maybe they took sales off the R32 with the Ed30, and didn't want so much cross over with Ed35/R.