2015 Golf R Wagon Review – Carries A Pack, Goes Like A Scalded Cat
The skinny: Volkswagen’s Golf R Wagon is available in just one configuration - the ‘unique to Australia’ Wolfsburg Edition, and with only one option available, an $1850 panoramic sunroof.
It also comes with only one engine and transmission configuration – a full-house 2.0 litre turbo petrol producing 206kW and a thumping, humping 380Nm of torque, mated to a six-speed twin-clutch automatic .
It tickles the till at $58,990, mid-sixties by the time you get it on road, but, with premium features throughout, it feels every inch the $60k performance car.
And performance, loads of it, waiting to be unleashed, is what this wagon is all about.
Vehicle Style: Small performance wagon
Price: $58,990 (plus on-roads)
Engine/trans: 206kW/380Nm 2.0 4cyl TSI turbo petrol | 6sp DSG sports automatic
Fuel Economy claimed: 7.2 l/100km | tested: 12.1 l/100km
OVERVIEW
Volkswagen is not enjoying itself right now. In fact, things could barely be worse - what a bunch of fools.
But, with this review, we’re not here to judge the integrity of the company and the astonishing betrayal of the trust of its customers (and the trust of its franchised dealers) with this diesel emissions scandal.
At this moment, we’re here to judge the integrity, capability, and relative value of just one of its products - the Golf R Wagon.
And this, Volkswagen’s Golf R Wagon, is one hell of a car.