A rival for my DS3 affections... Golf R400

[Chris_Blue]

Altho theoretically still a concept, some dealers taking a deposit now, with the announcement of going to market expected September, at the Frankfurt (I think) Motor show.

Get saving tho,expected just over £40k

The ain is 0-60mph in less than 4 seconds....... :star:

[BeefMasta]

Looks like a Golf with extra plastic bits.

[Chris_Blue]

Looks like a Golf with extra plastic bits.

LOL. It is, but the plastic is carbon fibre to start

That's the thing about it tho isn't it.... a sheep...................

[BeefMasta]

LOL. It is, but the plastic is carbon fibre to start

That's the thing about it tho isn't it.... a sheep...................

Yeah the chrome exhaust, R400 logos and yellow stripes are really subtle...

[Chris_Blue]

More powerful than the Audi RS3

[BeefMasta]

More powerful than the Audi RS3

No doubt it's a beast of a machine. Any specs on it?

[Chris_Blue]

No. Had to put your name down etc etc
So I did :-)

[Chris_Blue]

Looks like launch of this 400bhp baby, could be end of 2016
They are still not sure what engine it will have. The R engine heavily modded (2.0litre) or the RS3 (2.5litre)

I'm saving now;-)

[JEZDS3]

Never been into Golf!

[Superfly Guy]

Take a Honda Civic Type, breed it with any other generic looking family hatchback and deck out the offspring with a Halfords body kit.

[JEZDS3]

Vorsprung emissions technic ......as they say in Germany!

[WTF]

Yeah the chrome exhaust, R400 logos and yellow stripes are really subtle...

Perfect for Chris

[Chris_Blue]

Perfect for Chris

Ha! Yeah right, lol. It was the prototype, so not sure it will come out looking quite like that
Rumours now that its early 2017 and 420 BHP.

Actually considering a DS3 for a support car (Those long journeys for work, something to modify outside a warranty and for shows, etc) and see that DS3 diesels are hovering around £4k 100-120k miles, and THPs are just over £5k for 80k miles. Cat Ds lower mileage low cost too.

[Oli]

Fairly sure VW aren't going to make this.

[Chris_Blue]

Wait n see

Fairly sure VW aren't going to make this.

Lots rumours in the Car press saying they will