Serious Hot Hatch Contender.

[Oldhead]

Drove the Golf R today , very nice! RRP with DSG $57800.00 approx.

For.
White Paint ,Black 19in wheels,Great seats hold u very well, Great steering wheel less clutter.
Launch control at 3000 rpm. The car is very inconspicuous .and with all wheel motion control.
Big Brakes .
0 to 100 5.7 sec. woo woo.

Against. PRICE.and Price of extras,
Overall a very tidy little rocket IMO.

[PerthMPS]

I'm sure chris will agree

[ZedN]

Yeah I think it looks like a great little power house of a car...

Gotta say, love the shape of the steering wheel.

[shakespeare]

I'm sure chris will agree

Yeah, I'd have to agree with Oldhead, discounts are there for the asking too, just need to find the right dealer

[Lachlan]

How'd it compare to the MPS driving dynamics; is it jut an AWD GTi or a real racer?
I love the GTi, particularly the quality build and nice interior, but can't go past the MPS'.....well, quite frankly......zoom zoom.

If they have managed to combine quality and comfort with agility and power, then id rather like one of these little beauties

[Nirvandan]

How'd it compare to the MPS driving dynamics; is it jut an AWD GTi or a real racer?
I love the GTi, particularly the quality build and nice interior, but can't go past the MPS'.....well, quite frankly......zoom zoom.

If they have managed to combine quality and comfort with agility and power, then id rather like one of these little beauties

Its figures pretty much match the MPS so I think is a no brainer, I think that would be my next ride once the lease on my MPS is over, would be keeping my Gen I MPS though

[Jmac]

It's basically an Audi S3 in golf clothing. I rate it.

[Oldhead]

Sh..t yer it goes great,drives well ,no lag.( R ) is for racer ,but i would like to see it have some road time as being a new release and with a 2 litre turbo engine pushing 188kw and 330 torque ?????.
Add extras,and on road costs and this little shit is gunna be needing deep pockets.

Cant justify the dollars even with a discount ,which i feel will be hard to get from dealers with this rocket. Imagine spending 8 to 10k on mods for the MPS (engine and suspension only) holy sh.t

[darkness]

Nice. When I bought my MPS, it was a decision between an 03 R32 golf (old shape) and the 07 mazda. The kicker was the golf had 150,000kms. So I opted for the newer car.

[Lachlan]

Thats funny, considering the two cars I was initialy tossing up over were an imported skyline 350GT and a gen 1 MPS. Didn't realise they were so mutualy exclusive. lol
And yeah, I think Oldhead's right, an MPS with some mods would end up much better on the track.
Also, checking on carsales.com, the cheapest DSG R was a factory demo at $65,000, the next a similar demo at $75,000. I paid about 43,000 for my demo MPS LUX. so thats 20-30 grand more than. $30,000 worth of mods on the MPS and it could prety much fly!