VOLKSWAGEN's completed Golf 7.5 performance range is now available to customers.
At no time have hot Golfs been more affordable, with historically low price stickers on both the GTI and R ranges.
Volkswagen's compact performance car offering is now of unprecedented and unequalled breadth. It starts at $37,490 for the popularly demanded three door Golf GTI Original climbing to $59,990 for the full prestige-spec Golf R Wolfsburg Edition Wagon.
The newest editions are the most affordable to date.
Evoking the model's unique and hallowed heritage, the GTI Original is designed to repond to the clamour of fans who have long demanded a "pure" three door GTI with basic specification and, of course, Clark tartan upholstery.
Though priced significantly under the five door GTI range, the retro-inspired yet wholly contemporary Original shares the 7.5's 169kW/350Nm 2.0-litre turbo four and choice of six speed manual or six speed DSG transmissions.
You can now get into one of Golf's coveted R's for less than the RRP of the topline GTI. Starting at $47,490, the Golf R Grid Edition is an entry version of the Golf R 7.5. Despite being the first R variant to be priced at less than $50,000, the Grid forgoes only Active Info and features Alcantara rather than leather upholstery, while boasting an 8.0-inch infotainment screen. In all salient respects (213kW/380Nm 2.0-litre turbo four, six speed manual or seven-speed wet clutch DSG transmission and fifth generation 4MOTION all-wheel-drive), it is a fully-fledged R car.
"Volkswagen offers not only the most accomplished fast and fun compact cars in the world, it provides the world's widest range," Volkswagen Group Australia Managing Director Michael Bartsch said. "There is now a performance Golf for everyone."
"Extraordinary claims are being made for supposed rivals that are not yet on sale. While any skunkworks can turn out a track day special, the expertise and experience required to engineer a GTI or an R – cars that also excel in the real world - is rather more hard won.
"When you've owned a GTI or an R, it's difficult to settle for anything less."
GTI Original manual |
$37,490 |
GTI Original DSG |
$39,990 |
GTI (5 door) manual |
$41,990 |
GTI (5 door) DSG |
$44,490 |
GTI Performance Edition 1 |
$47,990 |
R Grid 6 speed manual |
$47,490 |
R Grid 7 speed DSG |
$49,990 |
R Grid Wagon 7 speed DSG |
$51,990 |
R 6 speed manual |
$53,490 |
R 7 speed DSG |
$55,990 |
R Wagon 7 speed DSG |
$57,990 |
R Wolfsburg Wolfsburg 7 speed DSG |
$57,990 |
R Wolfsburg Wagon 7 speed DSG |
$59,990 |