Thanks for that heads up Deako. Quite interesting that they are running a conventional manual gearbox on this concept. Pic from Autoexpress
Beat me to it Luke In my opinion, VW should have produced something like the R wearing the iconic GTI badge. After all, it is the GTI that is known World wide as being one of the most sort after hatchbacks ever made, especially in MK1 / 2 form. That's just my take on things, but I think it's down to the fact that the Golf GTI is the everyday car for the enthusiast or the family. A fire breathing GTI might be too much for some people I guess Would be good to see something with more power than the BMW and Merc hatchbacks, but I can't see that happening. And well seen Edd. Just shows the manual transmission is still considered as the "Drivers" choice. Glad I went manual with my Performance MK7 GTI.
Read this on Pistonheads last night. This would be a great car, and 400hp, no problem at all from that engine.
The problem about making vehicles like the Golf 400R/ Golf EVO, is the cost bring to production and the actual demand for such a product. This is on the back of a mass produced to 211-230bhp hatch that has enough demand to justify the price tag and could be easily marketed to anyone who believes he/she is buying into the "GTI" experience. They did say it puts the power down via a DSG, I suspect their must be working on a more robust clutch pack design (which will add to cost per car) for the DSG gearbox to cope with 332lbft of twist.
I would suspect that engine would have bespoke components compared to the Golf R. I suspect a product response from Merc and BMW if VW does pull this off. The 4 cylinder Power and CO2 war is well on the way!
They could use the 5 pot and 7 speed box S-tronic from the tt-rs. 400hp+ with some software tuning only. No special parts needed.
Pressed "Edit Post" instead of "Reply with Quote" (ignore the "Last edited...") Good point. I did not think about that. 360ish bhp and 345lbft in base form for the TTRS. So potentially there are less chances of durability issues on a 4 cylinder with up to 332lbft of twist.
Have a 7 speed s-tronic in my supercharged 3L S4. Staggeringly good. Rapid changes and auto downshifts with blips when you hit the brakes. Great fun! Pops and bangs also. In a lighter car, this power, box, and 4wd grip would be awesome.
Audi is also doing TT 420 so I suspect similarities in engine hardware , drivetrain etc. That should bring the cost down.
https://www.audi.co.uk/about-audi/l...-420ps-the-audi-tt-quattro-sport-concept.html The 5 pot route would be more robust, but the 4 pot obviously lighter which is where audi are going with that tt-concept. Cracks me up that they think 1300kg is light though.
