no way. even the base golf's interior is better than the X. soft touch and higher quality materials everywhere and it doesn't rattle.

love my X, but the interior is woeful in terms of quality. i've got nice leather seats and a smaller steering wheel...that's about it. everything else is from the base lancer.

 

Auto log posted an article aging the head of vw is not sure if they will retune it somewhat or even bring it to the us so this will be interesting to see

 

There were fast cars with nice interiors when I bought the evo. Power leather seats, auto climate control, onboard computer, parking assist, and turn by turn navigation are still not on my want-list.

 

No. Definitely not.

 

They could've tweaked this car to make it a winner, but it looks like they aren't going to.
It sounds like a Golf R with power mods and nothing else addressed.
Lose all the e-diff crap, put proper limited slips front and rear, lose the Haldex for a full time AWD system, and a LOT more performance suspension bits are required for this car to be taken seriously.

Plus, they'll totally charge $48k plus for this car. Our market won't support it; they can ask for it and feign like it will come, but it won't. Buy an R and mod it to your tastes instead, save thousands.

 

That new golf is pretty sexy, interior **** ton nicer

 

Evos are better.u cannot expect rally cars to have all that nice interior like a luxury cars.if all u care about interior u should look at bmw,lexus etc.

 

Better how?

Your argument makes no sense. Yeah it is based off of a rally car but its not a rally car. Rally cars don't weigh 3500lbs have sunroofs, leather seats, etc... They made an attempt at improving the interior and it is still years behind the competition.

I don't think it is unreasonable to want a nicer interior on a 40k car when VW does it better on cars that cost half that. I came from a 11 GTi when I bought my Evo but my Evo is not a daily driven car. The Evo delivers from a performance standpoint but I miss the attention to detail from the VW. Why in 2014 can't we have auto up/down on all the windows? Digital speedo on the MFD, useable storage, reasonable size, telescoping wheel, cupholders, etc...

 

They look pretty sweet to me! I would probably have to test drive to make a final decision.

 

Better as a performance execution of an AWD car. If you want an infinitely better AWD system, limited slip differentials, yaw control, Brembos, and good end user tunability, get an Evo.

If you want usable storage, a flashy HUD, and a nice interior, get a Golf R.

 

Also, semi confirmed its not coming to the states..... super bummer if true.

Volkswagen USA Thanks for your interest in the R400, but there are no plans at this time to offer the vehicle stateside. Since it's not always feasible to sell every model available in other countries, we will pass your interest along. In the meantime, please follow our media site for the latest official updates here: http://media.vw.com/.

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yeah, VW isn't bringing this here, ever. I do think its a cool car, but I wouldn't trade my Evo for it if for nothing else than that it scares the crap out of me to own a FI German car long term.

 

Such a pain to work on..

We broke the oil filler neck in half GENTLY removing the engine cover on my friend's Golf R. Hilarious.

 

I wouldn't do it. I test drove the new r32 before I bought my evo and I didnt like the way it handled simple turns and seemed like it was bit underpowered. But thats my opinion.

 

I can tell from your post that you actually have never been in a MK6+ Golf before. These types of posts are misleading. Can't stand people posting things with no real world experience.

I've owned a 2013 MK6 Golf R and now a 2014 GSR with SSSL (same as MR touring with leather) and you are 100% wrong. The Evo still has a total utter crap interior compared. Even with the leather and SS.

That said, that's not why people buy Evos.