2016 Volkswagen Golf R SportWagen

Among our journalist colleagues does not get it. We are standing in the pit-lane of the Ascari racetrack near Malaga, Spain, when he inquires, "Why can you create a station wagon that drives like a sportscar?" At this very instant, a Volkswagen Golf R SportWagen roars by at full-blast, the four-outlet exhaust popping angrily as the DQ400 dual clutch automated gear box swaps in to fourth gear. We propose that author (who we should notice was from another wall socket) assess his pulse.

At a time when a growing amount of motorists favor expressing on-street supremacy via tank-like, see-obstructing cross over SUVs, we are totally behind Volkswagen's choice to start a a tight and nimble station-wagon that does not make a declaration through absolute size or flamboyant layout. Modestly styled but fitted using a 300-hp turbo-charged four-cylinder (in Euro melody; the U.S. Golfing R makes 292 horsepower), the Golfing R SportWagen leaves the message shipping completely up to the motorist.

As a result of the most recent iteration of the EA888 2.0-liter TSI motor, this burliest of Golfing SportWagens will, we estimate, bill to 60-mph in well under five seconds, and its top speed is regulated at a total 155 miles per hour. Riding on a towering tableland of 280 lb-feet of max torque--it is accessible from 1800 to 5500 rpm--the family-friendly R SportWagen is a poor-man's Cadillac CTS V station wagon or, for a more Euro-centric comparison, Audi RS6 Avant.

In some of its own driving styles, but especially in the Race environment, the Golfing R station wagon makes all of the appropriate sounds, even though at higher revs the employment of the sound-augmenting Soundaktor makes the note go somewhat man-made. Yet the automobile bills forwards relentlessly, significantly in to triple-digit rates; and it may even reach adequate fuel economy for something therefore strong--we believe it could reach 29 mpg freeway were it qualified for U.S. sale. Unless, that's, you cane finished and push it as it is thought to be driven. Do therefore, and you'll be able to drop the onboard suggested norm to close 10 mpg, a reality that we are properly aware--we are nevertheless praying the speed cameras we handed were on a lunch-break. (We did reach 24 mpg in our evaluation of the US-spec Golf R hatchback, which is rated for 30 mpg freeway.)

The typical 4MOTION all-wheel-drive system is biased toward the front wheels in normal driving circumstances, contacting the buttocks to obligation only when grip--or motorist--demands justify it. When this occurs, the Haldex coupling clutches in and certainly will send almost all the torque to the back wheels; although that is no drift device and lurid lead is not actually portion of the equation, the Golfing R SportWagen yet is simple and interesting to vigorously rotate through a series of corners.

Helping the cause--but maybe not always brake pad life--is a brake-established vectoring system, which could brake individual wheels at either end to deliver more torque to another side to help turn-in. The electrical power power-steering mechanism is among our favourites, being properly weighted--it is a contact on the mild side--and sensitive to even small stimulation. We want we could say exactly the same in regards to the throttle reaction, which sometimes feels languid using the dual clutch 'carton in automated mode.

The Golfing R SportWagen could go incognito in a urban environment like Brooklyn's Park Slope community or on the backroads of New Hampshire, frolicking among Volvos, Saturns, and Subarus. Just several connoisseurs will see that there's something additional concealed beneath its unassuming human anatomy. Giveaway tips come in the kind of 18- or 19-inch wheels wearing 225 or 235 rubber, in addition to the aforementioned quadruple exhaust pipes. There's an aero package, also, but it seems distinct rather than sportier. The refined tips continue in the open cottage with microfibre-trimmed sport seats, carbon fiber-look trim, and pedals limited in metal.

While we recognize that a few people, as well as other journalists, may not get the Golf R SportWagen, that is a pity: It Is an excellent combination of practicality, functionality, and stealth. (Of course, it helps that there is no lower-priced GTI variant of the SportWagen, even in Europe, which will be the key argument from the Golf R hatchback.) Honestly, we had like to find out the automobile here, even though we grant a higher cost and its own long-roof physique design would keep volumes reduced. On the other-hand, Volkswagen did debut this variation in, of all areas, Los Angeles a year ago. So while we are asking--and because the car's charm will be restricted here anyhow--how's about Volkswagen repair the auto's one glaring omission and bad a six-pace stick?

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27.04.2015
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