VW Golf R (Mk VIII) specs

Driving every Golf R!

Which* my bad not who I'm sorry for my poor grammar.

The car who made me a car love and is responsible for the love I have towards cars is the legendary Bugatti Veyron and Veyron Super Sport after looking up the fastest car when I was seven. Because I was curious and I watched the legendary videos of James May from the legendary Top Gear doing top speed runs. Seeing the speed of these I watched more and more. What car made you a car nerd and lover and why?

Sorry if I get annoying I tend to talk a lot and even more with it comes to cars I'm just such a big fan of these companies. Their are some I don't like but that's a very very rare case.

My dad put his name down on one of these and it will be our 5th most powerful car. Least powerful car my parents own is a 2019 Mazda CX-5 (187 horsepower). Next is our future Volkswagen Golf R with (315 horsepower). After that is our old but still solid 2013 Audi S4 with the dynamic steering upgrade good for a solid (333 horsepower). Next is our 2020 Camaro 2SS with a 6.2 liter N/A cross plane crank V8 good for a huge (455 horsepower. Second place is our future M3 Competition X-Drive (503 horsepower). And then my dads dream car our future Corvette C8 Z06 with a massive (670 horsepower). I'm not 100% if he will get all of these but if he does get those three cars I will be both excited and proud of him. But lord r.i.p their earnings jk but lord that's gonna sting.

Around the Nurburgring, the Mk.VII Golf R has the potential to make as much as 54% (or 1/0.65) more power. This is called tirepower and it also has impact on the chassis more than even engine horsepower does. 590 tirepower

Refer to this solution:
((20600m/(250km/h/(187m*0.3048m))x(1651kg/384hp)/1.23g)x0.0095x0.65

Volkswagen Golf R
4Motion (official drivetrain label)
315 hp @ 5750 rpm (claimed power)
287 lb-ft @ 1950 rpm (claimed torque)
82.5 mm x 92.8 mm (bore x stroke)
4 (cylinders)
1.45 bar (boost pressure)
10.5 bar (brake mean effective pressure differential)
150.00% (volumetric efficiency un-boost)
254.87% (volumetric efficiency boost)
20 m/s (mean piston speed at peak power)
384 hp @ 6465 rpm (measured power)
356 lb-ft @ 4850 rpm (measured torque)
AWD; 6MT/7DCT (drivetrain and transmission)
3474 lb (curb weight)
4.7 sec (0-60mph)
10.2 sec (0-100mph)
27.3 sec (0-150mph)
13.1 sec @ 113 mph (1/4-mile tarmac)
12.0 sec @ 114 mph (1/4-mile dragstrip)
172 mph (top speed)
24.6 sec @ 0.91 G (MT Figure-8)
8:09 (Nordschleife)
1:21 (TG Power Lap)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14uUI24MQbDRjr01fdmnTlKHMQiAX5XidriSfLp-3jKg/edit?usp=sharing

LOL! Haven't been in this section awhile but Baby Golf is a sweet little car!

I'm starting to feel like the Golf R MkVIII is the L88 Corvette of this generation. Underrated to Audi S3 level to avoid overlapping with RS3

Why are there two lap times ?

First one does not make sense for such a heavy car.

Sport Auto messured 335 PS
430 Nm @ 2300/min - 5500/min
Max 441 Nm @ 4560/min
@4800/min more than 300 PS

Alright boys, I put all the data of German C segment powerhouses into one list 😎 by power houses I don't mean entry level GTIs, but instead the most powerful cars Germany had to offer around this time.

European hatches will follow soon. Including Seat which is technically Spanish.

Receive one of the first R MK8 in Canada a black one with the sunroof and DSG (All Canada model have the Performance pack) and this car is no joke crazy fast and the new AWD is just so fun in winter.

Mendig AFB Circuit: 1:56.5
https://youtu.be/ZwcEjgWlr4M

Volkswagen would NEVER lie about anything! Give me one example of these "lies?" It'll probably turn into a list!

LOL, anyway a UK specialist dyno'd a Volkswagen Golf R and they got AT THE CRANKSHAFT not wheels, 340hp and 320lbs/ft.

So about +25hp and +10lbs/ft torque on what Volkswagen claim accordingly to the new example used with a few hundred miles on it PLUS Shell V Power which is 99 rated octane fuel anyway so the differences on 95 could possibly be negligible.

Like I said you can trust Volkswagen.

Oh yes this little Volkswagen has got me interested. But it'll have to wait until tommorow! LOL!

Track? How many days/year is ANYONE on a track. This is a pathetic obsession with a place that is meaningless in the real world. Track. Hahahaha

The European Mark VIII Golf R has 420 N/310 lb.ft torque. However, in the U.S. the torque goes down to 400 N/295 lb.ft with the 7-speed DSG or 380N/280 lb.ft. with the 6-speed manual. The difference in torque is due to the difference between the U.S. and European gasoline qualities. I assume that the 6-speed manual’s engine torque is lowered in order to accommodate the manual gearbox’s clutch’s limitations.

Llandow Circuit...R vs Clubsport vs Cupra Leon 300.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXshUIpUWu0

What an impressive performance for a comfortable daily driver. Shame on Ford, Chevrolet, not even their V8 Mustangs and Camaros are as fast as this shopping machine with 4 doors and seats and still able to run faster than them around tracks as well.
Big shame for Ford as their 350 HP Focus RS has been annihilated by Volkswagen and Honda and Renault. I feel Ford is officially the worst hot hatch maker in Europe down from 1 of the best.

180 Mph is around 290Kph

171 MPH might be without limiter

Thank you for providing us all with the Autocar acceleration figures for the 2021 Volkswagen Golf R, Fastest laps and Hoppelmoppel123.
You might just make 2 corrections if you wish.
The 0-60 mph from Autocar is 4.4 and not 3.9.
And the top speed is limited to 155 mph.
But I know there are other folk discovering other figures.

However I thank you both for your efforts keeping us all happy.

Safe driving from flt158.

Ah yes.
Thank you for replying to me, Fastest Laps.
I have subsequently discovered the website's calamity.
Hope all is okay now. Thumbs up!
Of course, because of the Level 5 coronavirus restrictions and possibly Brexit, there is no sign of Autocar these last few weeks in Ireland. And that is yet another calamity!

FLT 158.

Hello, Fastest Laps and Hoppelmoppel123. I don't know what happened to my previous message. It just disappeared.
But I have discovered that Autocar has published an 8 page road test of the very latest 2021 Golf R in the current magazine 14th April 2021. Could you please provide the performance figures? Especially as Autocar is unavailable in Ireland.

Thank you very much.

Safe driving from FLT 158.

I'm not big fan of uncertified videos.... But this one is interesting. 290 on speedo, 276 on GPS.
However this is one is equipped with Performance package
https://youtu.be/oFRKXJzIJ0s

Apparently the VW Golf R has 320hp? What a load of shit, more sandbagging because it's more like 360hp...

Nurburgring 7:51

https://www.caradvice.com.au/898032/2021-volkswagen-golf-r-unveiled-australian-timing-confirmed/