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VW Golf R32 (Mk V) specs

Price in Europe €32,200 - €33,325
Price in US $29,675 - $35,430
Car type Compact
Curb weight 1510-1611 kg (3329-3552 lbs)
Introduced 2005
Origin country Germany
Gas mileage 13.7-10.1 l/100 km (17-23 mpg US / 21-28 mpg UK)
CO2 emissions 251 - 257 g/km
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Acceleration

0 - 40 kph1.5 s
0 - 50 kph2.2 s
0 - 60 kph2.9 s
0 - 70 kph3.7 s
0 - 80 kph4.2 s
0 - 90 kph6.5 s
0 - 100 kph6.0 s
0 - 120 kph8.6 s
0 - 130 kph9.6 s
0 - 140 kph12.1 s
0 - 160 kph14.4 s
0 - 180 kph22.1 s
0 - 200 kph25.2 s
1000 m26.4 s
0 - 60 mph5.4 s
0 - 100 mph14.4 s
Est. 1/8 mile10.2 s @ 83.9 mph
1/4 mile14.2 s @ 98.0 mph
Est. 1/2 mile24.1 s @ 121.2 mph
VW Golf R32 acceleration graph

General performance

Top speed250 kph (155 mph)
Est. 0 - 100 mph - 024.4 s @ 2175 ft
Est. max acceleration0.51 g (5 m/s²)
18m slalom61.9 kph (38.5 mph)
600ft slalom107.0 kph (66.5 mph)
Lateral acceleration0.89 g (9 m/s²)

Powertrain specs

Engine type V6
Displacement 3.2 l (195 ci)
Power 250 ps (247 bhp / 184 kw)
Torque 320 Nm (236 lb-ft)
Power / liter 78 ps (77 hp)
Power / weight 158 ps (156 bhp) / t
Torque / weight 203 Nm (149 lb-ft) / t
Efficiency 21 PS per l/100 km
Power / €5000 38 ps
Transmission 6 speed
Layout front engine, all wheel drive

More 0-60 and 1/4 mile times

Braking distance

100 kph - 036 m (118 ft)
200 kph - 0146 m (480 ft)
60 mph - 033 m (108 ft)
70 mph - 053 m (175 ft)

Rolling acceleration

60 - 100 kph (4)5.1 s
80 - 120 kph (5)7.1 s
80 - 120 kph (6)9.0 s
60 - 100 kph3.4 s
70 - 120 kph5.0 s
80 - 120 kph4.4 s
Est. 100 - 140 kph6.0 s
100 - 200 kph18.9 s
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DragsALT  1y ago

crazy how now days a polo gti has these acceleration figures.. just wish it made the same noise!


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Neil  5y ago

Ahh it's hard to beat the noise of the R32!

 


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regan  6y ago

How reliable are mk 5 r32's?


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ninjakitten  9y ago

This car is amazing to live with on a day to day basis. Very comfortable, easy to drive, and the grip in the dry and wet is insane. But what really sold it to me was the noise... no other hatchback sounds anything like this car! Great car, great noise to listen to, so happy I bought one


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jambornio  9y ago

Heavy, expensive, pointless. GTI all the way. Sounds great though!


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tom  10y ago

ive owned both mk4 and mk5 ,i have to be honest i liked the mk4 more, it felt so much more fun, and the mk4 felt faster to.ive just got rid of the mk5 i got bored of its looks


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BlackyLee  10y ago

The Golf V R32 is a fast car.
It´s heavy but 0-100 kph in 6s is with the dsg and launch-control.
The Focus RS with 305 hp turbo-engine is not much faster and even at the TopGear-Test Track only 1 second faster.
But the sound is godlike.


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Shaggy  11y ago

Curb weight of a Chevrolet corvette C5 (Standard): 3,218 LBS.


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Shaggy  11y ago

@ Hayes: 3,322 LBS, that's 104 LBS heavier than a standard C5 Corvette.


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Hayes  11y ago

Normal golfs way only 1200-1300kg.


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Hayes  11y ago

1510kg. Bit heavy?


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siye  12y ago

my r32 does 220 mph i hate all of you


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Silver  12y ago

Car32 it is your own fault i banned you from the R32OC i am very picky on the site as i am on 22 hours a day ,i love my R32 my bed is right beside it in my house .i am obsessed with my car i often sleep in it as it has air ride fitted .mmmmmm love it i do


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Car32  12y ago

them tossers on the r32oc have banned me they are jealous i am buying a ferari and GIZMO86 is a slag


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paulie  12y ago

i owned the r32oc but i have now sold it to moy i was skint i needed the money everyone thinks i have a turbo r32 but now i have a mini coupe


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cheempeej  12y ago

i have a mk4 r32 ,its been a good car so far , i am a r32oc site controller and RJH is a bad person on there


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Shaggy  12y ago

Ohhhhhhhhhh kaaaaaaaaay, :S


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RJH  12y ago

silver you are a joke its just a car do u like bum sex i do


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silver  12y ago

RJH i love my r32 all the time i cuddle it i lick it my air ride is so good i sleep in it i am obsesed with my r32 i am a r32 boss on the r32oc i am a total sad get i dream so much about my car i am a sad man with my car silver is sad RJH


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RJH  12y ago

cuprabob i have to disagree with you the mk5 r32 is a good car i dream about it all the time.


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RJH  12y ago

i loved my mk5 r32 i have a metro now


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cuprabob  12y ago

i had a mk5 r32 with 86000
miles on the clock it was a bad car, the mk4 r32 was so much better in the way of looks and performance i luv the mk 4 golf r32 very much


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dug  13y ago

a mk4 r32 will get past 160mph no probs


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sweet tits  13y ago

i love the mk4 r32 better


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lop  13y ago

the mk4 4 R32 was 12 seconds faster around the ring

mk5 R32 failure


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duc047  13y ago

Are this specs for dsg or manual r32?


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Bridget33FOREMAN  13y ago

Set your own life easier get the business loans and everything you require.


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Alan  13y ago

Failed creature

no merit
1. fuel consumption
2. acceleration
3. cornering
none of them satisfied


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TheFrank  14y ago

It's a bit strange how the Mazda 3 MPS (Mazdaspeed3) murders this car around the RING (8:39 vs. 8:49) and most other tracks but NOT on the TOP GEAR track. But then again Top Gear says the 3 MPS is a torque steering / under steering pig, etc. which is massively overstated. They either didn’t push the 3MPS to its true limit; settled for a shitty 1:32 just to prove a false point or something else.


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Kiyoshi Manabe  15y ago

She'll reach about 160-165mph(260-265km/h) bracket,if delimitered. With combination of 250bhp(Phaeton-derived unit) and Cw 0.32 body,she would saturate at 260+ district. On the other hand,her 0-100mph(0-161km/h) data of 14.4sec is excellent,faster than the Jaguar XK8 4.2 2006.
Namely she's a masterpiece,magnificent machine among long history of VW brand. Her successor,the Golf R is also terrific guise with astonishing efficiency and miraculous fuel economy of 12km/l average.
PS. Her larger sibling,the Passat 3.2 4motion records 280km/h indicated on German autobahn according to now-removed Youtube video,equaling to 265-270km/h as real speed. It's astonishing for a 250bhp 4-door sedan,but her unit is different one,with 3168cc displacement and shorter stroke compared with R32 3189cc unit.