2010 Volkswagen Golf R Series Turbo Headed Stateside

by Robert Farago

Published: February 3rd, 2009

2010 volkswagen golf r series turbo headed stateside

Car and Driver scoops the inside poop on the latest über-Golf headed to The Land of the Free. According the Csere-free buff book, the Golf R will offer the GTI’s four cylinder engine tuned to “an impressive” 270 hp with all wheel-drive to tame all those ponies. The R’s lighter, cheaper 2.0-liter turbo four may help the new top spec Golf sell more prolifically than the last top shelf Golf, which featured a heavier and more expensive 3.2-liter six, clocking in at $32,990 (msrp). Well, it couldn’t do any worse; you can still buy new ’07s. Car and Driver reckons VW will call the new car an R20 Turbo. As always, we reckon it all comes down to price/performance. The GTI is a stunner. The R20T would have to offer significantly better thrust and handling for a reasonable premium to make it. What are the odds? Meanwhile, if you haven’t driven the original R32, you should. Oh, yes.

#Golf #R20 #Turbo #Volkswagen #VW

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Kichy on Sep 23, 2009

The only way I'd get one is if they lop 500 lbs off its portly ass and lop 5K off the sticker. And is thing DSG-only too? Who the hell is in charge at VW?!

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Jeffrolite on Oct 19, 2009

Hell yeah fellas! APR already has stage1 ecu ugrades! can you believe 321 tq and 322 hp for a mere $599. That should equate to a pretty quick v-dub.... http://goapr.com/products/ecu_upgrade_20tfsi_trans_265hp.html

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