alienRX8

Sweetness!

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...erica_car_news

alfy28

wow AWD that is awesome. dotn much about VW, but is this the first time they are using AWD in a GTI?

dynamho

Mazdaspeed 3 fighter if FWD.
If AWD, probably Mazdaspeed 3 beater.

r0tor

iTrader: (1)

wow... hopefully my car can hold together long enough to wait for it

r0tor

iTrader: (1)

nope, the R32 models had AWD

pdxhak

iTrader: (2)

It is unfortunate they plan to build the Scirocco R with the same engine but will not come with AWD.

JRichter

Nice. If offered, I would get a Sirocco with this drivetrain no questions asked.

Ever Hernandez

It'll either be a porker or priced way above its class, like the JCW mini.

Renesis07

iTrader: (1)

low to mid 5's 0-60.

Jeez I need FI to keep up with all these new beasts coming out.

RK

iTrader: (1)

Yup. Fun little car.

And the problem with someone here going FI just to keep up is that these guys go uber-FI.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sb8brE_Xqc

That's a 450+whp R32 that is tuned down from almost 600whp so the guy doesn't kill himself.

m477

Very very nice. I've always preferred the turbo 4-banger Golfs to the V6. The V6 cars are just WAY too front heavy and plow like hell through the turns. VW reliability is still a concern though.

NotAPreppie

We'll see if VW's legendary unreliability is present in the R20.

Oh wait, I'm sorry, I forgot! That's "character".

r0tor

iTrader: (1)

umm seriously.... your talking about reliability on a rotary website

Renesis07

iTrader: (1)

haha^^^

I laughed, thank you

jones75254

iTrader: (2)

Interested to see how it stacks up against the new WRX. AWD at 270 hp should put it a lil bit ahead of the MS3 i would expect, but only time and testing will tell. Great idea though, and being a VW i dont see it being too expensive. Cool little car

alienRX8

yeah too bad VW's are expensive where im from. But yeah it looks like a nice competitor and I absolutely LOVE how it looks on the outside. I cross shopped the GTI along with others when I bought the RX8 so I have always been a fan but I disliked the last GTI because it had no LSD and FWD without LSD is even more of a failure than FWD with LSD. The new generation does have LSD for the FWD versions also so lets hope they do well.