The VW Golf R400 Has Been Killed Off, But Its Engine May Live On
Amid the financial turmoil following VW’s dieselgate scandal, we’ve always worried that the amazing Golf R400 would be one of the victims of the company’s inevitable belt-tightening activities. And indeed, while a production version of the 395bhp concept was mooted for a time, it seems the R400 is dead.
It was already looking doubtful when VW’s R&D head Heinz-Jakob Neusser - the man who’d confirmed a production version - stepped down following the emissions scandal, and now Automotive News is citing company insiders as saying the R400 project has been shelved for good.
The silver lining of all this? According to the same source, the stupidly powerful version of the EA888 2.0-litre engine that was intended for the R400 is still being worked on by Audi for future products. The source also claims that we’re looking at even more power and a substantial weight reduction for the next Golf R.
In other Golf news, a limited-run, 305bhp GTI Clubsport S has been ‘confirmed’, making its debut at next week’s Wörthersee Meet in Austria.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Golf 1000R confirmed!!!
cries intensely in a corner
ohh man! Good save the vw engineers, because they know not what they were doing.
Think twice and learn by BMW e.g. M 135 with V6 single Turbo 326 hp, it is the same motor of the BMW M4 just the second turbo is missing.
And you can sure, that the car components life longer than the guarantee time.
So Dieselgate claims the Golf R400, but the engine might remain? Eh?
Surely the engine would be dismissed, but the continued?
А45 amg 381ps 2.0 4cyl
Just saying
Damn i really hoped they would make it
Why?
As if VW has no money. Its all a calculated loss they made last year. They didn’t even spend all that money they calculated for the “Dieselgate” stuff yet. There should be plenty of money for all that awesome stuff. There was enough money for the Bugatti Chiron so give us a Stock 400HP Golf already. People want that and make it colourful please I can’t stand boring black/white/grey/silver cars.
Frist the bmw now this what the hell