No standard Golf has ever had such a powerful engine as the new R32. Its 3.2-litre V6 engine is the same one as is used in the new Phaeton luxury saloon. The power output of the R32's transverse six-cylinder engine is 177 kW (at 6250 rpm) and it can take Europe's best-selling car from 0 to 100 kph in just 6.6 seconds. The new Volkswagen can cover a kilometre in 26.7 seconds from a standing start, and its top speed is 247 kph. The throttle control is designed in such a way that it responds in an extraordinarily instant and agile way to the slightest movement of the accelerator pedal.

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http://news.kak.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=349

PS: The article includes *33* pictures of the car!

www.vwvortex.com has another article on it if anyone is interested.

Hopefully it'll be shipped across the lake :)

Hi!

That's the old preview-article back in may... I've that too:

http://news.kak.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=215

http://www.volkswagen.de/golf/pics/r32/volkswagen_golf_r32_sounds.zip

Now that's how an engine should sound.