Mook Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 [ QUOTE ] This is going to 4WD isnt it? [/ QUOTE ] 4Motion, yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrakeSnake Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Now that's more like it from a performance tuning point of view. I just wish they could have used the current US market 5 pot and turbo'd it so we could have the best of both worlds... Anice turbo/intercooler system to play around with, and the lovely warble of a tuned 5pot as opposed to a 4pot sounding as though it's always being thrashed to within an inch of it's life... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliFH Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Should be around £28K apparently. [/ QUOTE ] basic...if you need to chuck leather/ nav etc you're going to be in silly terratory fairly quickly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 I cant wait, I have the first 'retail' one coming into the country, as my order is logged with VW UK. That should be awesome a more powerful 2.0 TFSI GTI with 4WD, nice and light and nimble - Nice. Mook have you got a lnik to where this info is from. Oh and shouldnt all this be in the RSI thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 No - all info is verbal and via e-mail from an extremely reliable source Yes, it probably should be inthe RSi thread, but WTF... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 This will be it then, and I think I will be ordering mine in white also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richy Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 I want one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoSure Posted March 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Just got back from my local VW dealer. I got chatting to one of the guys and the R36 came up. He handed me a copy of VWs’ own “Sprint” magazine. The black 400bhp R-GTI from SEMA gets a 5 page spread and I’m told something similar will be available to order from late this year as a very limited edition. The front looks very similar to the car in the first link. I actually went to the dealer to get some R32 info, but was advised to wait a couple of months till this R-GTI gets announced. He also mentioned a 210bhp version of the 1.4 TSI engine becoming available – No idea what car it’s to go in though, Maybe the IROC late next year?? The plot thickens… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicks3 Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Is this available with DSG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 I hope so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoSure Posted March 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Car featured in the magazine is a manual. No idea about DSG. If anyone is interested I scan the 5 pages and post them. The wording is in Romanian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Is the S3 available with DSG? Ah, so you've answered the question, then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpaul0055 Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Anybody Else with a R32 on order, with a slight feeling of regret in the belly... I hope this aint out till late 08.. sorry guys.... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medway Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Is the S3 available with DSG? Ah, so you've answered the question, then... [/ QUOTE ] ....but the GTI is. Is it definitely going to be 4 wheel drive? It could be a lightweight, stripped out 'drivers' version of the GTI - as with the TT Coupe Sport. I'm sure I remember rumours of a lightweight GTI when the MKV was launched.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Car featured in the magazine is a manual. No idea about DSG. [/ QUOTE ] You are on about an R-GTI, which is a different car to the RSI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicks3 Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 It looks too aftermarket with those Audi wheels on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 They are the Passat R36 wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoSure Posted March 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Car featured in the magazine is a manual. No idea about DSG. [/ QUOTE ] You are on about an R-GTI, which is a different car to the RSI [/ QUOTE ] Thought they were the same car. Oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HA54SYM Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Ohhh bugger! If tyhis come out mid to late 2008 I'll put me name down, can't really warrant getting rid of a March 07 Edition 30 can I? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 [ QUOTE ] ....but the GTI is. [/ QUOTE ] But the GTI is only 200PS, not 265PS like the S3, which you can't get with DSG. Sorry, "Audi R-Line-Sportamatic" [ QUOTE ] Is it definitely going to be 4 wheel drive? [/ QUOTE ] Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicks3 Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 The problem is that this will come out and after 6 months or so the whole shape will be out of date! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 ....My brain is getting over excited! Are we saying that there is a strong possibility of there being a 4-pot Turbo 2.0 FSI (rather than Turbo+Supercharger) 280 GTI with 4WD ?? I absolutely bow to the superior sound of a V6 but a mature Milltek'd GTI 4-pot still sounds pretty good imo - It's nice music to drive to! Sorry - This is the .:R forum and not the GTI but we are closely related by our Golfyness . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs32 Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Anybody Else with a R32 on order, with a slight feeling of regret in the belly... I hope this aint out till late 08.. sorry guys.... lol [/ QUOTE ] Depends whether you want a V6 or a 4-cylinder. Having sold a 2.0 turbo Impreza to get the Golf, a 4-pot RSi is of no interest to me - there's no 4-pot out there that drives as nice as a V6 in my book. Sure, it will be a cracking car if they get it right. But still only a 4-cylinder. Nothing wrong with that, just not worth taking 2 depreciation hits for within 18-24 months. The only bonus is that if it's 280bhp as standard, 320 is easily possible with remap/exhaust, then can be pushed to 400 with the right internal engine mods. So well into tuned Impreza/Evo territory my R32 is going nowhere. It's only just starting to come to life and see no point in getting rid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 [ QUOTE ] there's no 4-pot out there that drives as nice as a V6 in my book. [/ QUOTE ] ....Don't say that!! I'll want a V6 and I'm currently extremely happy with my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oli Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 [ QUOTE ] But the GTI is only 200PS, not 265PS like the S3, which you can't get with DSG. Sorry, "Audi R-Line-Sportamatic" [/ QUOTE ] So is your reliable source saying no DSG?, or is this pure speculation because the S3 hasnt got DSG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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