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Volkswagen Reveals Golf R Cabriolet Ahead of Geneva

On December 20th, Volkswagen accidentally released a video of the Golf R Cabriolet on one of its European Youtube channels. It was moved to the "private" within a couple of days but we still got a good look at the car, which looked like a MkVI Golf, not the newer model that made its debut in Paris last September.
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Today, Volkswagen actually revealed the first-ever Golf R Cabriolet in all its glory. As we predicted, it's built on the older model's platform, since the new R won't be ready until 2014 (currently undergoing testing in Sweden).

As a consequence of its old architecture, the R Cabriolet has a 2-liter turbo engine producing 265 PS (261hp). This is mated to the standard Haldex all-wheel drive and a standard six-speed DSG gearbox.

The standard 0 to 100 km/h acceleration time is 6.4 seconds, 0.4 seconds slower than the R20 hatchback, but still faster than most hot hatches. Just like the GTI Cabriolet, this car has a folding fabric roof that opens and closes in about 10 seconds.

Pricing has been set at £38,770 OTR in the UK, and €43,325 in Germany. No word on US availability as of yet.
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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