{"id":5800,"date":"2022-12-28T23:39:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T04:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/?p=5800"},"modified":"2022-12-28T23:43:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T04:43:40","slug":"the-fast-and-furious-vw-golf-r-2-0t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/?p=5800","title":{"rendered":"The Fast and Furious VW Golf R 2.0T"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I had a spectacular week driving the Volkswagen Golf R 2.0 Turbo. It was an exhilarating experience driving the quintessential hot hatch. I’ve actually ridden in a different Generation of the Golf. I was in Switzerland a few years ago with a friend of mine whose father had a Golf R. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve been longing for the new model for a while. It comes with the new upgraded 315 horsepower engine with 295-pound feet of torque. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had a chance to see it with my colleagues at the Washington Automotive Washington or Motor Press Association at our annual rally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The blue and black color scheme reflected me. I kept that color scheme throughout the week of my driving with the outfits I wore. With the Golf R, you have a lot of great technology integrations. There’s Apple CarPlay and Android Auto with wireless connectivity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There’s a digital 10.25-inch cockpit. There’s also a 10-inch-integrated digital display for navigation and audio and multimedia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are several haptic controls throughout the vehicle. Some journalists have written about finding them challenging. My experience was different.\u00a0 It took me a second to see where the sound and the HVACs buttons were. Once I got a hold of it I really love the haptic and integrated technology solutions. The seats were great. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My son and I were able to drive around the Washington DC metropolitan area. I made several trips going west all the way to the northeastern part of West Virginia on I-81. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was just a spectacular way to spend an autumn week. I loved the brakes you get 19-inch wheels. Quad exhausts. I tried the various driving modes from comfort to race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is also a lot of cargo space. I was able to put several suitcases which were a pleasant surprise. I really lamented having to let it go. The base price of the Volkswagen Golf R is $44,890. It came to a delivered price of $45,885. For more information visit. Www.VW.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had a spectacular week driving the Volkswagen Golf R 2.0 Turbo. It was an exhilarating experience driving the quintessential hot hatch. I’ve actually ridden […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,27,28],"tags":[70,83,622,188,84,215],"class_list":["post-5800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cars","category-must-have-item","category-test-drive","tag-design","tag-performance","tag-r","tag-style","tag-technology","tag-turbo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5800"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5853,"href":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800\/revisions\/5853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyznation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}