The Golf R cabriolet is the fastest open Golf ever produced, and a timely reminder that Volkswagen doesn't always play it safe
This is the Volkswagen Golf R cabriolet,an outwardly spry niche model which is inwardly greying as it arrives here in the UK. Volkswagen expects to sell just 100 annually here. Selected for its tuneability, the EA113 engine used in this fastest-ever open Golf also featured in the Mk6 Golf R, GTI Edition 35 and Scirocco R, but is being phased out in favour of the more efficient EA888. The talented-but-aged PQ35 platform that still underpins Golf cabrios has numbered days, too.Like the Scirocco R, the Golf R cabrio is front-drive, using diff-mimicking, brake-based electronics to lay down 261bhp.
The Golf R cabriolet is the fastest open Golf ever produced, and a timely reminder that Volkswagen doesn't always play it safe
This is the Volkswagen Golf R cabriolet,an outwardly spry niche model which is inwardly greying as it arrives here in the UK. Volkswagen expects to sell just 100 annually here. Selected for its tuneability, the EA113 engine used in this fastest-ever open Golf also featured in the Mk6 Golf R, GTI Edition 35 and Scirocco R, but is being phased out in favour of the more efficient EA888. The talented-but-aged PQ35 platform that still underpins Golf cabrios has numbered days, too.Like the Scirocco R, the Golf R cabrio is front-drive, using diff-mimicking, brake-based electronics to lay down 261bhp.