Volkswagen Builds The Enthusiast's Dream Wagon
Published: March 26th, 2014
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The wagon you’re looking at is actually not an enthusiast’s dream. It’s not a diesel, nor rear-drive. It may not have a manual, either. But it’s still a tasty bit of forbidden fruit.
Spotted by AutoGuide and their team of crack photographers, the Golf R Wagon is a bit like a baby Audi RS6. Using the Golf R’s 296 horsepower 2.0T engine and all-wheel drive, Volkswagen has created the ultimate version of what will be the next generation Jetta Sportwagen.
As far as we know, this is just a prototype, and we probably wouldn’t see this car in America. But we can at least gaze from afar.
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The engineering costs would be minimal, everything already exists for the platform, it could be assembled alongside it's stable mates in Mexico, and it has virtually zero competition. Much like the CTS-V wagon, does it really matter how many they sell? It'd be a great marketing piece. What other 300ish HP awd manual wagon exists in the US? The old V70R is extinct. The Legacy GT wagon is extinct. The new S4 Avant is LOTS more money. There's no word if the S3 will come to the US as a wagon, let alone with a manual. Even the WRX/STI is more of a hatchback, and the newest body style have not yet been shown to offer a wagon variant. With a 2.0T this should get respectable highway mpg. This would be very high on the ultimate daily driver want list for me should it come to exist.
I can't see that the Golf R ever made it to the USA. Some posts back in 2013 suggested a price of $35,000. So this wagon would be upwards of $40,000 if it was here now. Still I suppose it would appeal to all us A3 owners who don't want the new sedan. Although I'm not going to wait for it.