2015 Volkswagen Golf R: The Hot (and Refined) Hatchback – Ignition Ep. 127
On this episode of Ignition, presented by Tire Rack, Carlos Lago tests the new 2015 Volkswagen Golf R. With nearly 300 hp, all-wheel drive, and, for the first time, completely defeatable stability control, will this upscale and refined hot hatch deliver the driving experience we look for? Through Motor Trend’s standard array of tests and a trip into the mountains, we find out.
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On this episode of Ignition, presented by Tire Rack, Carlos Lago tests the new 2015 Volkswagen Golf R. With nearly 300 hp, all-wheel drive, and, for the first time, completely defeatable stability control, will this upscale and refined hot hatch deliver the driving experience we look for? Through Motor Trend’s standard array of tests and a trip into the mountains, we find out.
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Carlos tests a Hatchback Classic: The new All-Wheel-Drive Volkswagen Golf R
On this episode of Ignition, Carlos Lago tests the new 2015 Volkswagen Golf
R.
Do you think its worth the premium price tag?
Presented By Tire Rack
So minus the AWD why not just get an APR stg 2 on a regular GTI ? Is the R
package really worth the extra 10K ?
Impressive, but who wants to spend 40k on a golf lmao
Hmm.. and who was saying last week that America hates the hatchback?
Nice car that will have 380 hp with only stage 1 ecu tune.
I was a bit disappointed with the figure 8 performance and cornering
g-forces
turns stability control off, doesn’t even try to get sideways…
*A 200mph speedometer in a car with less than 300hp in 2015!? Seriously?*
The amount of ignorant comments never ends
Buying a golf R is like buying 2 cars, you have a nice practical daily
driver that you can actually live with and if wanted you can take it to the
tracks.
This car would be great if it was only like $20,000. But $40,000 is
ridiculous. You could get a Mustang GT, a Camaro SS, a 3 series BMW, a
C-class Mercedes, or any number of other more preferable cars for less
money than this. Who in their right mind would pay that much money for this
car?
it’s a nice car.. BUT Seat Leon Cupra is a little bit better, for me….
Golf R is AWD… but don’t feel like that… FOR ME, the Leon is the best
hothatch/family car at the moment
Its a nice car no doubt but everybody has it now in europe. And is annoying
see this car everywhere.
So, you Americans complained you wouldn’t get the Golf R, they gave it to
you, and you keep talking shit about it? That’s why you don’t get the RS6
Fuck what anyone says, still one of the best hatchbacks to date!
All these AWD ~40K cars must be making Subaru pretty nervous.
lol 5 cylinder engine noise from the speakers
The Audi S3 is the exact same car for this year, and when they are priced
within 1k-2k of each other, which would you choose?
Neither, because for $40k you can buy the Ford Focus RS, which is a
supercar compared to both of these.
$37,000 base price?! Just 292hp?! No stick shift? Not looking sporty? Is
Volkswagen kidding?
it looks so boring not to say shitty
Hmm, Head 2 Head with a 2015 Civic Type R? I’d love to see that :P
18inch wheels look way better
This would be great in Canada, too bad you can’t get it here
You’d be close to 400 hp with a tune, intercooler+downpipe, and exhaust.
I’d do that.
I’m proud to say i have one of the 500 that first came to the U.S.; mines
#262! and I love this car!
What does this even compete with?
Re-test the Head 2 Head against the Focus ST on the track, now that you can
turn off the ESC
SHould i get the Ford Focus st 2015? or this Golf R 2015
In my opinion Carlos is the most likeable presenter from Motor Trend
A lot of people are saying, “$37k for Golf?” and then they’re not giving
any good alternatives. Please list an AWD four-door car this practical,
this fast, this nice and for the same price or less?
why not a track test?
Sti is so much better when u compare options and style for the same price.
Like he said. The only people that will be happy with this car is a die
hard hippy vw fan. Loved the original r32. This one sucks. Bravo volkswagon
.
Not worth it over the GTI? What about those of us who have this thing
called WINTER! This is a great alternative to an STI. How come automotive
journalists don’t test in the snow any more?
A side note, too bad they’d never make a Jetta R, too close to the S3 in
that case. I’d get a Jetta R.
Nice car
I wonder how you guys achieve those “over-optimistic” 0-60 times. The Golf
Mk. 7 R was timed at 4.9-5.1 seconds doing 0-100 kph by European reviewers
and even though 60 mph equals to 96 kph, those 4 kph won’t take half a
second. It seems that every car reviewed by MT achieves times a few tenths
better than what the others get. How come?
I hate the trend that everybody is going away from a manual transmission.
Yes, its available, but not form launch on. I mean come on, who the fuck
would put a DSG in a Hot-Hatch?!?!?
I think when the Ford Focus RS comes out, the R is going to be outshined. I
really like the golf R, but the RS is just superior in my eyes.
My grandma said it looks like a nice car lol
Jealous! The Golf R is definitely one of the cars on my list to drive.
anyone think they will ever get a sunroof ? i want this for a pt dd but no
dam sunroof ! lol
golf is shit, no matter which model
Hatchback? Did you mispell that?
It’s supposed tobe “check engine.”
The Golf R is a good packet
Not worth the premium price to me, would rather get the GTI myself.
Cars today are severely overpriced. I can buy a used car for 10k that could
eat most cars made today for breakfast.
Just remember guys, These cars will hold their value for a very long time,
you get cars nowadays that are a few years old and after owning for only a
few years the value drops a ridiculous amount, these will hold a higher
value much longer, and these cars are very impressive in my opinion, just
an opinion, but they WILL hold their value. :)
I’m not hearing the excitement in your voice Carlos, for this car.
bottom line is cars are just to fucking expensive