Golf R Estate or VRS Estate Size V Power

[powerstans]

Current car (VRS Diesel estate) is due a change, as my wife's car is a sirocco diesel (Previously a Golf GTi) looking at getting a petrol to re establish the balance.

We are both over 6' and have a English Pointer puppy so an estate and a certain car size is essential.

After the Golf Gti my wife is keen to have the Golf R estate and 66/17 plates are available at £25k against £22k for the equivalent VRS 230PS DSG.

Initial thoughts are the VRS is bigger which given our carrying requirements is good and the depreciation on the R appears steeper than the VRS (weird) which presumably may continue!

Is the extra power worth it for the smaller size and higher running costs. I don't remember the old GTi at 200PS being slow so 230 should be fun?

I ride motorbikes, have had kit cars and done track days so enjoy speed but the reality is on the road I do mainly motorway miles with the odd trip across Salisbury Plain so cant see the extra 70 PS will make that much difference if I want to keep my licence. (Neither would be used for track days).

Looking for opinions!

[kambites]

The biggest difference is arguably 4wd vs 2wd.

[MissChief]

Clearly the only real and correct answer is an AMG C63 estate?

[ZX10R NIN]

+1 to the above or look at the RS4/S4:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

RS3

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Edited by ZX10R NIN on Thursday 22 February 20:50

[Mo28]

Or a 335i estate

[ZX10R NIN]

There's always the Seat 290/300 Cupra in either FWD or AWD form:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[anonymous-user]

How much bigger do you think the VRS is? For example the load capacity on the Golf estate is 605 litres, compared to 610 litres for the VRS.

[Camelot1971]

I have a 2016 VRS 230 Estate on lease that is going back in about 4 months. WBAC reckons its worth around £18k so you should be able to find one for less than £20k.

It's not been a bad car and it's quite punchy, especially mid range. The ride is very harsh, especially on the 19's - I don't like it at all. It has a few squeaks in the interior that come and go, nothing too bad. Been utterly reliable in 15k miles though.

It's also quite noisy on the motorway - noisier than a Golf. Plenty of space though and the leather interior is nice. The 230 cars have a much better spec than the standard VRS so are worth seeking out.