Volkswagen has created a new company – Volkswagen R GmbH – to handle their performance cars – such as the Golf R and Scirocco R – and R-Line cosmetic packages. Mercedes has AMG, BMW has its M Division and Audi has quattro. Volkswagen already has cars badged with the ‘R’ moniker - which originally meant performance models but [...]
VW Golf R & Scirocco R – the Video
September 21, 2009 By
With the reveal of the VW Golf R at Frankfurt, we have video of both of Volkswagen’s ‘R’ cars – the Golf R & Scirocco R – on video. We got the reveal of the VW Sirocco R back in May. With 265bhp it’s the most powerful Scirocco ever made, and a very good looking [...]
Volkswagen Scirocco R revealed
May 20, 2009 By
Well, we were close with our story on the Volkswagen Scirocco R20T. But it looks like VW are dropping the ’20T’ bit and sticking with VW Scirocco R. Fine by us. Car names are getting so long and convoluted it’s nice to see a car maker actually using something straightforward for a change. And unlike [...]
