Volkswagen has built an experienced Golf R Variant

Volkswagen Golf Variant with understated clearance , with the bumper and wheels , like " lighters » Golf R, was recently seen on the tests. Under the hood - the same two-liter turbo 300 -hp , as " Erke " and underneath - wheel drive transmission 4Motion.
The company has not yet decided - whether such a model in the line of Volkswagens . If the answer is yes , the car can be purely a niche , and with a very short list of competitors.

Freshly caught on the tests "hot" wagon Mercedes CLA Shooting Brake 45 AMG - it is close to the parameters model in the same segment of C, but it only applies to premium brands and the cost will be obviously more expensive .

The closest analogue - wagon " Erki " from Volkswagen - Seat Leon ST Cupra, or rather his "brother " with the prefix R to the name. This model still predicted. But "just cupro " in the station wagon Spaniards already testing . Other competitors are in this category at a stretch . In fact, such "hot" generalists as Ford Focus ST Wagon and Skoda Octavia RS Combi, - is less power and , more importantly , - front-wheel drive . A five-door model Audi S3 Sportback - still hatchback.

By the way , this year celebrates the fortieth anniversary of Golf . In celebration of the company brought several classic Volkswagens to the exhibition Techno Classica, which opens March 26 in Essen. Among the exhibits - various Golfs and Beetles different years. We have to add that in the family Golf wagon body appeared only in 1993 ( at the third generation model ) . And he already was present in this generation "charged" version of the GT ( pictured) with a 174 -horsepower engine VR6 2.8.

Test sample Golf R Variant without camouflage recently following cheat on Nordschleife .

It turns out that in the absence of the line A3 station wagon (and he even does not appear in the projections ) all-wheel drive Golf R Variant can be a very interesting model : practical as Octavia RS Combi, and dynamic , almost like a hatch Golf R ( adjusted for additional mass ) . Will still not "charged" hatchback Audi, but not GTI. If the idea of ​​the Golf R in the station wagon will give the green light, it is possible that the prototype will bring in the autumn of this year at the Paris Motor Show . On the market in this case the car will be released no earlier than 2015 and will cost a couple thousand euros more expensive than similar hatchback R, ie around 40 000 euros.