2022-06-06 6:03
Automotive
Alex Lowe

Volkswagen announces new Golf R 20 Years, its most powerful Golf to date

Volkswagen announces new Golf R 20 Years, its most powerful Golf to date

It’s been twenty years since Volkswagen unveiled the fourth generation Golf R with its 3.2-litre V6 and four wheel drive. To celebrate this iconic birthday, VW is paying homage to the first car the R performance division worked on. The new Volkswagen Golf R 20 Years has been announced, becoming the most powerful Golf has produced to date.

While there isn’t a V6 crammed into the new Golf R 20 Years, VW has worked on the existing 2.0-litre engine and is now produces a staggering 328bhp, 22bhp more than the standard Golf R. For context, the 20 year old R32 made 237bhp and 236lb ft of torque.

The Golf R 20 Years can now do 0-60mph in just 4.7 seconds with a 168mph top speed.

VW has added a few tweaks around the new car to make it feel more special. For example, the new ‘Emotional Start’ function sits the car at 2500rpm on start-up to make it sound more raring to go. VW say this ‘”heightens the anticipation of a typical R driving experience”.

Inside, Volkswagen has fitted the door panels and dashboard with carbon-fibre, as well as more R badges.

Volkswagen has said that the Golf R 20 Years will be coming to the UK, with more information such as prices available later on.

Alex Lowe

Volkswagen announces new Golf R 20 Years, its most powerful Golf to date

Alex Lowe is the owner and editor of the interface and started the website in 2013. He publishes the majority of the content on the website, hosts the three podcasts and the runs the YouTube channels. Alex has a professional background in computer networking, FWA and WiFi.

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