The Golf R Cabriolet Concept

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Turbo Charged, Top down.

Volkswagen unveils the Golf R Cabriolet concept car at GTI-Worthersee 2011.

Designed to show the inexhaustible potential of the Golf, this concept is represented by the aggressive front fascia, aerodynamic side skirts and, with all Golf R’s, a center-mounted dual exhaust system. Other features include sport-tune suspension, a high performance braking system and, the cherry on top, 19-inch alloy wheels.

There are no interior pictures released yet but it features Nappa Leather sport seats, carbon fiber accents and piano black trim.

Like all Golf R’s, the turbocharged 2.0-liter engines provides 266 HP and 258 lb-ft of torque. This allows the all-wheel drive convertible to accelerate from 1-100 km/h in “less than six seconds” and hit a top speed of 250 km/h.

The Golf R Cabriolet is the fastest convertible Golf ever!

Source [WorldCarfans]

Volkswagen creates edible ad for the Golf R

Mmm... advertising

Volkswagen has been known to use some pretty memorable ads, but their latest effort certainly takes the cake.

Designed to promote the Golf R in South Africa, the edible "Eat the Road" ad was prominently featured in several local automotive magazines. While there's no word on how it tastes, the ad was made with glutinous rice flour, water, salt, propylene glycol FD&C color and glycerin.

Source [worldcarfans]


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Volkswagen brings 2013 Golf R to Canada

The Volkswagen Golf R

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People who love the Volkswagen Golf really love it. It's not the most popular car -- it doesn't rate in the top 10 of most lists in Canada -- but there are enough people around to buy it. Or are there? Volkswagen just released a pricing sheet for the 2013 Volkswagen Golf R and the numbers on the page are small. There will be 500 cars available in the country next year and some of those have already been pre-sold.

If dealerships don’t accept their cars, the cars are held in reserve for other dealers with stronger demand.
Remember we said that there were 500 cars planned? There's more: the cars only come in a five-door hatchback and with a manual transmission. You get only one trim level with no options and five body colours: rising blue metallic, candy white, deep black pearl, tomato red and carbon steel grey metallic.
The suggested MSRP is  $40,000 CAD and the dealers are not being allowed to put holds on the cars.