MK7 VW GOLF R'S

[quattro Rick]

I’m talking handling and grip. Not even close. As for power Imprezas and evos can be tuned to anything depending on your budget.

By the same logic a golf could be tuned to anywhere on a limitless budget, sure there was a 600hp golf built by a 65 year old.

But I would prefer an Evo or STi myself.

 

[zafturbo]

By the same logic a golf could be tuned to anywhere on a limitless budget, sure there was a 600hp golf built by a 65 year old.

But I would prefer an Evo or STi myself.

Never had an evo and I hated my scoob for the short period I owned it .

 

[colin84]

I honestly thought a new golf r would be all over the back of a standard Impreza Sti on a fast back road .

Sure the Impeza would need a rebuild by the time they got to the end of the road anyway.

 

[Lyons]

I’m talking handling and grip. Not even close. As for power Imprezas and evos can be tuned to anything depending on your budget.

Which model of Impreza and Golf have you done a back to back comparison on?

 

[Stu Beck]

Which model of Impreza and Golf have you done a back to back comparison on?

Any turbo Impreza made would leave a golf r on any back road. That even includes the 208 bhp uk classics.

 

[Stu Beck]

A golf r is a quick golf but they are dull as dishwater. They are not a drivers car. Drive an Impreza or evo on a back road and then drive an R and you will be very disappointed.

 

[zafturbo]

Any turbo Impreza made would leave a golf r on any back road. That even includes the 208 bhp uk classics.

i do worry about some of your comments sometimes .strange to say the least.

 

[Stu Beck]

i do worry about some of your comments sometimes .strange to say the least.

Why?

 

[Stu Beck]

Are you saying a golf R handles better than an Impreza or an evo?

 

[Coog]

Any turbo Impreza made would leave a golf r on any back road. That even includes the 208 bhp uk classics.

How do you know this out of interest?

 

[Stu Beck]

How do you know this out of interest?

Anybody who’s not a golf r fanboy knows this. I can’t believe the tripe talked about them.

 

[Lyons]

Any turbo Impreza made would leave a golf r on any back road. That even includes the 208 bhp uk classics.

Right, sounds very factual.

How many have you driven against each other?

Subaru fan boys seem to be a stranger bunch than Golf R fan boys.

 

[Stu Beck]

Right, sounds very factual.

How many have you driven against each other?

Subaru fan boys seem to be a stranger bunch than Golf R fan boys.

I actually give up. This forum should be renamed VAG or nothing.

 

[Lyons]

Please do.

 

[andy.]

I actually give up. This forum should be renamed VAG or nothing.

In all honesty you are talking rubbish with zero facts. A standard Impreza feels slow compared to a golf r, and I don’t think it handles any better on a back road. and I am a jap fanboy.

And I have drove both.

 

[DC.]

Golf R daily then maybe some special edition Subaru would be a good combination. RB5 or a P1 ideally as 22Bs are silly money now.

 

[Stu Beck]

In all honesty you are talking rubbish with zero facts. A standard Impreza feels slow compared to a golf r, and I don’t think it handles any better on a back road. and I am a jap fanboy.

And I have drove both.

You obviously weren’t driving them hard enough. As for talking rubbish, earlier in this thread they were compared to a gtr ffs. LMAO

 

[Coog]

Wasn't it some sort of turbo or wrx Subaru we sat up the pipe of in a (admittedly track prep'd) 1.6 MX-5 @Gaz86 ?

 

[DC.]

As for talking rubbish, earlier in this thread they were compared to a gtr ffs. LMAO

Not true. A ‘smaller brother of a GT-R’ was how I worded it I think. Similar in the way they have AWD, very sure footed, capable in all weather conditions and relatively easy to drive them fast. Obviously a GT-R is a different beast and in a whole other league.

 

[Coog]

Quick Google shows the Golf quicker round hockenheim than a Scooby. I've no horse in this race, I'm not a huge fan of either, they both seem to attract certain types but find it funny how wound up some people get

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The Golf is bound to be a very good daily no matter what.

 

[KyleR]

If you take the latest gen of each, they have roughly the same power and torque, the Golf is 100kg lighter, does 0-62 in almost half a second quicker and has a higher top speed. Of course all that means is the Golf will win a drag race and the Subaru brakes are better than the Golfs, but what it really means is that the Golf is at least on par with the Subaru and those who deny it are blinded by their love for the Impreza or maybe their past where the Impreza and Evo were the king.

 

[NickR]

I have had both and I would daily a Golf R everyday over an impreza. They are a very capable car.

 

[MarkM]

Driving them hard, the main difference is a dedicated 4wd system vs. Haldex. As much as I dislike golfs, I’m a fan of modem cars over older stuff.

 

[cauld1]

Massive amount of cringe worthy comments being thrown around here with the mention of lap times BTG times and 'drivers cars'.

I am not a fan of golf Rs personally and would rather have a GTi if I had to make the choice. But I don't dispute that they're a good daily, but even in 500brake stage whatever trim that's all they are imo.

 

[NickR]

@euge07 you wont find cleaner than @redanni 's R.

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