...anyone else feel like the X1 is everything the Golf R should have been? For the same price point, you can get a decent X1, turbo motor, awd, AUTO TRANS. Even if you only get the Xdrive28i, you're still in a turbo motor, 240 hp, and you can throw on one of those JB4 tunes for ~$300. the xdrive28i has an awesome trans, and is 300 lbs ligher than the xdrive35i. If I bought an R, I'd be pissed I got it knowing that the X1 is out. Lease rates look pretty nice too. So the question now is two-fold: If you own an R, do you wish you had the option of the x1.... Or, if you were considering an R, are you now looking at the X1, I know I am, I've pretty much crossed off the R at this point, and maybe it partially has to do with liking change, and goingfrom a gti to an r is too similar. But I'm very excited about the X1. With a stage 1 tune, you are at 4.9 0-60, and a 13.4 quarter mile on the xdrive28i