German clients have snapped up the €76,410 (A$123,890) Volkswagen Golf R 333 Restricted Version in simply eight minutes, in keeping with the model’s head workplace.
In a tweet despatched out shortly after the particular version’s launch, the corporate confirmed all 333 items of essentially the most unique and costly VW Golf ever have been bought out inside minutes of the brilliant yellow sizzling hatch being made out there to clients.
“That was superfast! Inside solely 8 minutes, all 333 items of the #VWGolf R 333 are already bought out!” the corporate’s information distribution account posted on Twitter.
Priced at a whopping €76,410 (A$123,890), the 2023 Volkswagen Golf R 333 Restricted Version is roughly €20,000 greater than a typical Golf R in Germany, and a few €10,000 dearer than the bottom value for an Audi RS3 Sportback.
Much more shocking, maybe, is that the special-edition Golf is inside touching distance of the Porsche 718 Cayman S in its house nation, which begins from €77,035. In Australia, the Cayman S is priced from $160,100 earlier than on-road prices.
Because the identify suggests, the particular version Golf R might be restricted to 333 items and is distinguished from different variants of the model’s all-wheel drive sizzling hatch through its eye-catching Lime Yellow Metallic paint and black exterior accents.
It’s additionally powered by the uprated 245kW/420Nm model of the model’s 2.0 TSI four-cylinder petrol engine just like the Golf R 20 Years, up 10kW on the usual mannequin in Europe and 20Nm up on Australian variations of the Golf R Hatch which do with no petrol particulate filter (PPF).
Volkswagen quotes a 0-100km/h time of 4.6 seconds.
Past the brilliant yellow paintwork and uprated engine tune, the Golf R 333 Restricted Version will get a numbered construct plaque on the dashboard, an Akrapovic R Efficiency exhaust with titanium rear silencers, 19-inch Estoril alloy wheels shod in semi-slick tyres, and a prime pace elevated to 270km/h.
Inside there’s Nappa leather-based upholstery and actual carbon-fibre inlays just like the 20 Years Version, in addition to a nine-speaker harman/kardon premium audio system.
“It’s the first Volkswagen R mannequin with a strict limitation to 333 items and with a sequentially numbered badge within the inside,” mentioned Hakim Halimi, head of product advertising at Volkswagen R.
Volkswagen R says its sizzling hatch staple has reached “cult standing”, with 250,000 automobiles ordered because the first R32 was launched in 2002.
Whereas Australia will miss out on the 333 Restricted Version, VW’s native division is gearing as much as launch the Golf R 20 Years in even fewer numbers – with simply 50 items out there when orders open on July 13.
Just like the 333 Restricted Version, the Golf R 20 Years scores the 245kW/420Nm engine tune with turbocharger pre-loading, the Akrapovic titanium exhaust system, in addition to carbon-fibre inside trim inlays.
32 Lapiz Blue and 18 Pure White examples will distributed through the model’s nationwide seller community, priced from $77,490 plus on-road prices – or $10,500 greater than the usual Golf R Hatch.
Volkswagen Australia says that to the tip of the primary quarter of this 12 months, some 19,833 items throughout the Golf R32 and R generations throughout hatchback and wagon physique types have been delivered in Australia over 20 years, with the 20,000 milestone anticipated later this 12 months.
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