Mk7 Golf R photo's

[TDI110]

That front end can't be final, right? The lower front bumper looks like it's from a pep boys body kit. And wouldn't that tow point (or stupid ass front-facing camera) interfere with license plate location for US market versions? It does have that cow catcher look of the mk6 jetta, so I'm probably wrong and this is how it will be in production.

The exhaust definitely looks like it's still in the development phase. The tips end 4" beyond the valence and look like unfinished metal. Having more exhaust exits than cylinder banks/headers seems kind of silly to begin with. It's just more shit to keep clean.

Also, I really don't like the R wheels. They look like RS6 reps. $35k cars deserve their own wheels.

Don't have to worry about that, you Yanks will get a watered-down version :thumbsup:

 

[Gunkata]

Don't have to worry about that, you Yanks will get a watered-down version :thumbsup:

OMG, BURNED :laugh::clap:

 

[Arash007ir]

Sponge cake, no flavor at all.

Just 13 feet of car.

 

[ElectricEye]

It's a prototype

Really.
There's a piece of plastic glued on for a lower intake - no lights or anything yet... :iono:

 

[ick]

fuck those quad tips and that mesh lower grille

Couldn't agree more... have they been taking JDM design courses in Wolfsburg?

 

[ick]

Don't have to worry about that, you Yanks will get a watered-down version :thumbsup:

You mean if we even get it at all. After all, it only took 2 years for the current watered down R to get here.

 

[HellaFlushVWmk6]

Everything looks dumb, but the headlights look sick! AND WHY GET RID OF THE R EXHAUST????????????????????????????????????????

 

[xytbyk]

Don't have to worry about that, you Yanks will get a watered-down version :thumbsup:

Haha. Point taken. There's seemingly just not much of a market for a US$ 45k+ (so 50k+ w/ VAT?) Golf R in the states. Maybe we'll wise up over here some day. :w00t:

What's really cool to me is that the mk7 R may weigh about what the mk6 GTI does because of the new platform. That's awesome. I drove a Polo GT for the first time in the mountains last week, and it made my GTI kind of feel like a barge. Even my Suzuki 800 rental was a lot of fun even though it probably made 30 hp.

I'll probably buy an R when it comes out here, even if it ends up being this fugly. But, in case VW USA is lurking on the forum, I'd prefer the R drivetrain, steering wheel, and cloth buckets with base Golf everything else for $30k.

Also, I spelled valance wrong before.

 

[gregsju29]

it looks so..... plain.

maybe it's the all black theme, but it just doesnt look "aggressive" enough in this form......plenty of time for production though, could just be mule skin

...that's what the R has come to. even the mk6 looks like they used the Golf as a starting point and not the GTI as a starting point. The rear end of the mk7 looks like Darth Vader

 

[SayaGTI]

it looks so..... plain.

maybe it's the all black theme, but it just doesnt look "aggressive" enough in this form......plenty of time for production though, could just be mule skin

This. We're still about a year away from release.

 

[Double's Dub]

:barf:

 

[maxtdi]

What would be awesome is the Audi supercharged V6 in the golf... I'd rock one.

 

[NOLA-Ron]

Without a black headliner???

Don't think so. Volkswagen can be dumb, but not CRAZY.

I think they're playing with our heads.

 

[krische]

I noticed the new S3 that was just announced has a quad-tip exhaust (http://jalopnik.com/5945214/the-2013-audi-s3-comes-straight-from-hot-hatchback-heaven)

Since the current Golf R has the same drivetrain as the TT-S, maybe it's safe to assume the mk7 Golf R will have the same drivetrain as the new S3? :happyanim:

 

[TDI110]

I noticed the new S3 that was just announced has a quad-tip exhaust (http://jalopnik.com/5945214/the-2013-audi-s3-comes-straight-from-hot-hatchback-heaven)

Since the current Golf R has the same drivetrain as the TT-S, maybe it's safe to assume the mk7 Golf R will have the same drivetrain as the new S3? :happyanim:

More than safe to assume, it will be the S3 drivetrain