Volkswagen took us without warning final week when it unveiled the Golf R 333 in Germany with an astronomical price ticket of €76,410. The asking worth was a little bit of a shocker once you consider the 20 Years Version – basically the identical automotive launched in 2022 – was obtainable for €59,995. Regardless of being by far the costliest Golf ever, the limited-run particular version was bought out in simply eight minutes.
The disclosure was made on LinkedIn by Stefan Voswinkel, Head of Product Communications at VW. Paying that sort of cash for a Golf goes to indicate make/mannequin loyalty trumps nearly all the pieces else as folks are likely to not evaluate technical specs. For that sort of cash, a buyer from Germany might’ve purchased an Audi RS3 in Sportback guise. There are 158 new automobiles listed on Audi’s web site and the most cost effective retails for €66,111, thus making it about €10,000 extra reasonably priced than the Golf R 333. Alternatively, a Porsche 718 Cayman S might be had for nearly the identical cash because the VW.
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A Germany-only model, the particular sizzling hatch has its turbocharged 2.0-liter engine dialed to 328 horsepower (245 kilowatts) and 309 pound-feet (420 Newton-meters) of torque. Since we talked about the RS3, legend has it VW wished to make use of Audi’s inline-five for an final Golf R however the peeps from Wolfsburg had been turned down by the 4 Rings. A couple of years in the past, VW toyed round with the concept of an R400 (and even an R420) however then Dieselgate occurred and the mission was aborted.
With more and more stringent emissions laws, we would not maintain our breath for a extra highly effective Golf R, at the least not within the European Union. The R 333 was bought solely in Germany as a follow-up to the 2022 Golf R 20 Years Version. VW supplied it strictly as a five-door hatchback however you will get the common Golf R as a wagon as nicely within the EU and some different markets.
