19 March 2010, 03:59 PM
Volkswagen AG, the famous German cars manufacturer has announced officially the birth of Volkswagen R GmbH, the in-house specialist which will develop all their exclusively styled sporty models in the future. The R-division will take up all the responsibilities and competencies for development, implementations and sales of the VW individualised rides. For example, its portfolio includes the two new top models, the Scirocco R und the Golf R as well as the dynamic R Line design packages and luxuri
28 January 2010, 11:42 AM
B&B, the well-known VW and Audi tuning specialist has released its latest refining program, transforming the current Volkswagen Golf R into a hot sports vehicle. The offered program excels only at performance enhancements, but the all-rounded Golf R looks fresh even without aftermarket styling improvements.
The B&B automotive has developed its program in 3 different stages: 310hp, 324hp and 362hp. Boasting the highest stage – 362hp, the B&B VW Golf R is capable to accelerate from
16 October 2009, 04:25 PM
VW always used six-cylinder engines for their R class vehicles, until now. Golf and Scirocco R come with 2-litre, four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engines.
The overall power of the TSI engine is 270ps and 350N/m of torque. With this amount of power and the four-wheel drive, Golf VI R is capable of doing 0-100km/h in 5.7 seconds and the top speed is 250km/h (electronically limited). Besides that the car is even faster with the automatic dual-clutch DSG gearbox – 0 to 100km/h in 5.5 seconds. O
15 September 2009, 04:38 PM
The most powerful and fastest-accelerating Golf ever produced – the Golf R – has been unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Developed by Volkswagen Individual, the special projects wing of Volkswagen, and following on from the Mk IV and Mk V Golf R32 models, the Golf R is equipped with a 2.0-litre TSI four-cylinder engine developing 270 PS and four-wheel drive.
Not only is the new engine 35 kg lighter and 20 PS more powerful than the 3.2-litre V6 found in the outgoing Golf R32, it’s also mor
