At the moment VW seems to
have a massive fixation with speed, as in order to celebrate 40 years of the
iconic Golf they announced the 195kw GTI Clubsport. And well despite it being a
very good hot hatch it ultimately is a hotted up version of the Standard GTI
and not the outright performance version. Duties in that regard are normally
handled by big brother the GOLF R, but since the GTI has been pumped up and now
in "hot" climates is only 11kw shy of the R, VW too has realized this
and decided to make a hotter version of the R.
VW has decided to make sure that there is no doubt
that the R is the hottest hatch around and thus has decided to create the R420
and in doing so aim to take the title of the ultimate super hatch.
In doing that it would have to contend with the other
Germans in the form of the face lifted 280kw version of the A45, the new 270kw
RS3 and the 276kw BMW M2. This in itself is not easy feat but the name R420
gives a clue as to the Golf’s ambitions, 420 being the metric HP figure
translating to in the realm of 300 plus kws.
That equates to a 0-100 of around 4 seconds and will
it will keep going until a limited 280km/h.
The Golf Will Hit the global market later this year
but as it will cost less than €50,000 which means
it’s actually priced like a Golf coming in cheaper than all of its
direct rivals.
No news if this will reach South Africa but the poor exchange rate
in not doing it any favours
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