Golf R Performance Pack in the UK!
Better brakes, more speed and a louder exhaust - just in time for Christmas!
As you may recall when the Performance Pack was announced for Europe, the upgrade is comprised of the (2kg lighter) 'R-Performance' brake system with silver calipers, and 19-inch 'Spielberg' alloy wheels. The electronic limiter is also removed from the 310hp 2.0-litre engine, meaning new top speeds of 166mph for the hatchback and 168mph for the estate, up from 155 in both. The hatchback receives a rear roof spoiler too, providing an extra 20kg of downforce.
It will cost you £2,300, which may seem steep for extra speed most owners will never reach and downforce they'll never need. Luckily the Performance Pack is only available for the DSG version of the car, so all you manual-owning PHers needn't worry about feeling tempted to splurge.
What you may be more tempted by - and which is available for all new Golf R hatchback models - is the Akrapovic exhaust also announced today. Made available alongside, but not as part of, the Performance Pack, the titanium system features round tailpipes in place of the current oval ones and valve control technology. This apparently results in "an incomparable exhaust sound, particularly at high revs and when shifting gear"; it is priced at £2,975 as a standalone option.
Whichever additions you go for will be installed at the factory, with the price added on to the £32,710 (manual), £33,995 (DSG), or £35,700 (estate) starting price of the car.
Alternatively, if a fast Golf is your thing, you could buy this entire Golf R32 for less than the cost of the Peformance Pack and exhaust together. Which are you more tempted by?
guess you don't like the interaction of manual cars, Mr journalist - no wonder they are dying out.
More like taking the piss out of VW for comically expensive extras.
The big question for me on this PP is whether you can buy the pack with the pretoria wheels but without the spielberg alloys.
Unless I am mistaken, the press pictures, including the Frankfurt show car have the (lighter weight?) pretorias fitted, not the spielbergs.
or more to the point, why would VW make noise about the weight loss on the PP brakes if the spielberg wheels are heavier than the pretorias ?
for those with OCD the speilberg spokes also face backwards on the drivers side and forwards on the passenger side.
I just don't particularly see the need on something like a Golf. They could offer a diamond-encrusted steering wheel and justify the price on the material cost but it'd still be somewhat unnecessary.
It's not my money, though, so people can do what they like
Yes it's an Akra, but the differences are minimal.
Unless I am mistaken, the press pictures, including the Frankfurt show car have the (lighter weight?) pretorias fitted, not the spielbergs.
or more to the point, why would VW make noise about the weight loss on the PP brakes if the spielberg wheels are heavier than the pretorias ?
for those with OCD the speilberg spokes also face backwards on the drivers side and forwards on the passenger side.
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