"BMW has its M, Mercedes has AMG, and our sibling Audi has Quattro. This new R division will be our Quattro," These are the exact word reported by the aforementioned source. Music to our ears and a big punch in the crisis’ face.
According to Insideline, the new R Gmbh is a much more serious incarnation of VW’s European Individual division, which currently offers customers the choice to factory customize their cars.
It is not clear whether the R division will also deliver dreams to US customers or if it will exclusively serve European customers.
The anticipation is killing us already... This is the beauty of an announcement made out of the blue.
And speaking of “Blue”, let’s get a taste of what Wolkswagen R might mean: to do this we can remember the recently-introduced Golf R.
The car is powered by a steroidal version of the 2.0 TSI turbocharged four-cylinder direct injection engine. It releases 270 HP and 350 Nm, which are sent to all four wheels via VW’s 4MOTION all-wheel drive system, which features a new pre-charged hydraulic system for a better torque distribution. All this helps the Golf R deal with the first hundred in 5.7 seconds, or, if the optional dual-clutch DSG gearbox is chosen, 5.5 seconds. This makes the car VW’s fastest accelerating car vehicle ever produced.
We’ll have to wait until March, when the announcement is expected to become official at the Geneva Auto Show.
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