Fuel consumption with DSG reduced to 6.9 litres per 100 km
Wolfsburg, 21 August 2013 - It is the year of the Golf. The
first six months of 2013 have already seen the debuts of the new Golf GTI, Golf
GTD, Golf Estate and Golf TDI BlueMotion. Now, Volkswagen is continuing its
Golf product offensive with the flagship of the model series – the new Golf R.
The sports car is powered by a newly designed 300 PS TSI
(221 kW), which is 30 PS stronger but up to 18 per cent more fuel efficient
than that in the previous model. Like all three previous Golf R models, the new
model also transfers its turbocharged engine power to the road via a permanent
all-wheel drive system; in this case, it is the latest version of the 4MOTION
system with a fifth-generation Haldex coupling.