2021 VW Golf R review | Is the new MK8 the best one yet?
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- čas přidán 25. 02. 2021
- The 2021 Volkswagen Golf R has big shoes to fill, so it's been given 320hp and a new rear differential to do the job. Does more power and improved torque vectoring equal more fun? Dan finds out...
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I bought my Mk7.5 Golf R three years ago and expected to move it on by now. But I just can't let it go, its the most competent car I have owned (yes I have owned a few). It does everything excellently. I was expecting to move into the Mk8 R but there is nothing here that sells the new model to me which I enjoy already.
@RaKoS1 have you driven the mk 8 r then?
I feel exactly the same with my 7.5R, and that rear end should of been put on the 7.5’s yo begin with...the 8R has nothing exciting but the one extra clutch pack to the rear and slot of remapping to the ECU...
No thanks on the interior either, only thing good is the seats...🤦♂️that new 8R VW should and better drive so amazing or idk how they hell they expect to sell them for anyone who has owned a 7 or 7.5 which is now on the used market the best time to buy...
Same here.. I used to change cars every 6 months.. brought a mk7 R manual. Went stage 2... had that for 4 years. Then went to sell.. test drove, A45 AMG, Mountune Focus RS, Bmw M2 DCT, Thought about the new FK8.. Ending up getting another Golf R 7.5 DSG. That’s 5 years with the same motor.. They’re good all round cars.. When it does go.. Maybe RS3 or M2 Comp Manual.. funds permitting
This channel is really underrated (in terms of view) Dan does a great job hosting the videos :)
I hope you get more views in the coming months of this year, Cheers piston heads!
Dan's doing a good job againnnn! Excited to hear this weeks DN podcast!
This guy articulates the experience so well and he’s so natural and there’s no “try hard” about him he’s just so easy to watch. Be coming back for more from him, top review, thanks a lot!
First video that I watched from this channel. The production and quality earned an instant subscribtion!
Background music just beautiful, soothing. Not to take anything away from the review, its really good Dan.
one of my favourite reviewers on you tube keep up the good work 👍
Great description of how it handles. I could actually imagine what you were experiencing. Top job.
Fantastic review. No dramatics, just clear, useful information.
I cannot fall in love with it’s design but it looks like a hell of a drive!
Is this anyone else’s first piston heads video?
Other than the LaFerrari Aperta launch video, this one is my first review. I was just looking for new Golf R reviews and only they and Carwow have ones in English
Fantastic video Dan, you’ve come a long way.
Awesome and congratulations on 100K subscribers 🥳👍🏼👍🏼
Best reviews at the moment. Great job!
Thanks for a brilliant report Dan. Ordered one in Jan can’t wait to take delivery
Great presentation Dan. Have to say will always love these. Nothing irons a road out quite like a golf.
You rory are the new top gear all day great review 👍
🇨🇦Brilliant review!! Best review of a car I have ever seen, honestly!
This video is like a video version of the Golf R itself. Just nice thing. Good work pistonheads
Great review big fan of the Golf R👀🔥
Dan is by far the favorite car reviewer for me.
Great driving Dan - loving the new R mk8 Golf
Subscribed! Cant wait for the US to receive these.
@1:45 digging the new blue plaid. Finally someone mentioned the bigger R paddles.
Congrats on 100k!
Loving the “through the windscreen “ camera angle
I look forward to testing it out too
Forgot to mention the awesome sounding exhaust that comes with the sport package. I would want that. Very good review by the way.
amazing review
Great description of VW paddles, and I've finally been able to understand what it is I don't like about them
I have close to 100 lap session in my mk7.5 R and the way Dan describes the handling at the apex makes me think of how much the car changed with a rear anti roll bar upgrade to 25mm. Anybody knows if the mk8 has a thicker RSB?
Best review out there !
When will all new golf R be available for sale in Australia？
Excellent presentation of a car on my list.
Solid review .... thanks
How's the handling and steering in this compared to civic type r? I hope I see a comparison between the 2 eventually
Can u do another video talking more about the drift mode!! Pleaee
A M A Z I N G Car ... also with this smooth spec!!! In add to this ... this the best review and footage of the mk8 R.
Awesome review....
Good car Gold R for Boston... cool test drive... cool video
Again just a brilliant summery and video by both Dan Prosser and piston heads. Superb stuff that just cuts through the shit that gets put on CZcams as a review. You can’t beat the professionals.
Car manufacturers please take note We the general public don’t want some dick head influencer telling me it’s “well fast” in a drag race, or that drift mode is “sick”.
We want professional content and valences reviews about how a car feels and drives! Give these journalists more of a chance to do that for us!!
👏👏👏
Excellent post
‘valences’?
Well said mate
Well said Matt. I watched a review of the Golf R on Archie Hamilton Racing channel who is more of a influencer and he was all over the top and did the stereotypical drag race. This Pistonheads review was a breath of fresh air. Very professional and gave me all the sensible information I wanted about the Golf R as a 47 year old ( I won’t be drifting around corners, driving around the Nuremberg Ring or drag racing) I have owned 2 Golf GTI’s and currently have a GTD and because of this review will be buying a Golf R next year.
very good Dan , just ordered my which is due with me at the end of this month, I was particularly interested in the ride as I did not wish for a hard core suspension but i want the power, keep up the excellent work
i picked mine up yesterday and handed in my 4 year old mk 7 , to me it looks better , its got nicer wheels seats could have been better but there is something about the handling of this car, im still running it in ,havent been over 4000 revs ,but it feels very strong ,plus had a big surprise when i braked , brakes are imense
How is this possible? Here in belgium they say if you order one now, you will get it at october....
@@billx4266 In the UK Bill quite a few dealers have brand new ones on the forecourt
Is the adaptive chassis same as the Golf GTI? Does GTI have the same comfort levels as this with 15 settings?
Do you have to turn the lane assistance off each time you start the car? And is this just a button press or buried beneath 3 or 4 touch screens? Could prove annoying.
Great review of a great car, exceptional value for money for the performance on tap. We ran a four door R32 in this blue here in Switzerland for a while and it was a beautiful daily drive. ( it was my wife’s car ) after that an S3 and now a Mini JCW Countryman All 4. The Mini is nice and sounds great but you definitely notice the difference between 231 and 310ps and miss the power. This is definitely one for us when we are getting rid of the Mini..I just hope if we commit my wife will let me drive it ... 👍
Superb review. You really know your shit. Subbed!
Fantastic content, well filmed, informative and most of all, well written. Subbed.
Great commentary and production value. Congrats on the 100k. Should be 1 mil very soon. Thanks for content!
Thanks Tim!
Great review! Important to hear feedback from someone who has lived with the MK7 R for a good amount of time. Lots of people will find this very useful in deciding whether or not it's worth stepping from a 7R into and 8R 👍
Time for you to get one 😉 from the sounds of it these more basic spec ones with a couple of options are the sweet spot
@@TheErichottie 😀
@@GR8Tmate facelift 2023-24
does this use the same dsg as the rs3?
Well, this, an older R or keep the 18 focus rs... Hmmm
I’ve heard the steering crispness is improved when you use the nerburgring mode, so you would have to get the R performance pack upgrade
I have literally just ordered one today , looking forward to owning it 😍
what colour?
thinking of the estate
@@SK-vc4nh I ordered it in the white , I saw one and I think it looks so good , especially with the Pack on it as well
@@ryanwalsh2495 how long is the wait for one?
@@ThomasWilliams89 I placed the order mid March it’s looking mid July.
2:02 that A pillar seems have a gap?
Why is no one reviewing the new Golf R fully loaded? Show us a review of the one with the sunroof, leather, 3 way climate control, heated and cooled seats, etc etc!
Great review! I want to trade in my mk7.5 for a mk8 after your review!
Room for possibly a Golf RR with circa 400bhp and more responsive steering??🤔🤔
Would love to know what the song is at 6min
Nice review BTW :-)
Im so gonna get this, would be awesome side by side with fk8 👍
The base model's exhaust tips remind me of those standard cars from Gran Turismo 5 with the unfinished textures.
It needs the R-Performance pack to finish off that rear-end in my opinion. Otherwise a great car!
They look horrid! Why so thick and Matt looking :/ The engine cover says it all for me.
Acceleration times??
Elephant in the room. My Mk 7 Golf R cost £27,500 new after some fairly strong haggling down from £32k. This Mk 8 offers not much more and is almost £40k, don’t get me wrong it looks a superb motor but is that increase really justified? Also, I’ve never ever been close to losing grip at insane speeds through corners or thought this cars a bit slow (well once when a BMW M5 showed me it’s backside on a straight) I’ve embarrassed Ferraris, Porsches and Astons on cross country lanes - so was the old R just too good and this new one is just about finessing?
Finally, no manual, no three door, only 3 colours and no red ☹️ that’s a lot of options to lose and my Mk 7 is all of these!
Still, I would buy one, but maybe wait a while for the inevitable deals to kick in when VW realise they ain’t going to sell as many at this price.
9:30 you braking through that bend?
Steering wheel in the right side lane of the right side am happy.
Oh, that blue plaid is cool. One of the things I dont like about the current R is that you can't get tartan seats, but those are sweet. I'll take it in a manual please.
My son has got the mk8 R line with the same seats , the blue is a bit lighter though . Lovely little car .
Proper review! nice one mate , still I'm not impressed with the look of the new Golf R
I have a 7.5 think I'll wait for the 8.5 when they've sorted the touchscreen / button thing
Don't think there's a good chance of that happening. Just look at new Audi's and other VW products, they are set on getting rid of buttons to reduce cost.
I wanna see some sort of concept model whenever they're ready to release a convertible sedan.
Nice and all but dont want the drama of getting car jacked, house broken into and people thinking I'm a drug dealer.
nevjerovatno pametan pogon na sva 4 kola,nešto fantastično
They’ve finally made the seats look interesting. Had a 7.5 GTi and didn’t even consider an R as it was so boring inside. Saw one of these on the road earlier and they look clean and modern. Don’t think anyone will have any regrets if they buy one.
You had a gti because you couldn't afford the R
Prosser + Golf R? Why?
Its extraordinarily expensive with the options you want for a golf. Different cars but I’m still in love with my I30N. Anyway, this new Golf is lovely but as I say, just crazy with the options that you would want.
I've got a i30 N in engine red and really like it but if I could sleep at night with the Golf R on my driveway it'd be goodbye i30 N.
Sure it handles great but I couldn't handle looking at it every day. And even after you get in there's those tacky moldings around the screens...
400hp? Amg did spoil the market with A45s which is my favorite pocket rocket atm bt if vw decide to pump up the number for golf r that might be different story.
Have VW sorted out the water pump housing failing at any point from 10,000 miles or even less? The same issue that appears in many EA888 motors but VAG refuse to see it as a recall issue?
I hope they have! They've had plenty time now to fix the issue but I wouldn't hold my breath.
They don’t care about it.
Sounds very capable but you cant stop repeating its an all rounder. For something with "R" in it and that much power. Ill rather go Trophy/CiviC/GR Yaris etc... A regular golf GTI is also an all rounder
@@tracktimevideos5164 man jealous! family man now so toy cars off the radar. will stick with my clio RS TROPHY for now. still a barrel of laughs
@@tracktimevideos5164 Same here. Wife has a Tiguan. I drive a clio, She hates everything about it. the yellow paint, trophy suspension, akrapovic exhaust, the upshift farts. needless to say its my toy car :P
Sounds like it would be a better hoot on track
EA888 is the best 4-Cylinder engine in the world...ba far...Its close of perfomance to amg a45 and rs3 ,which have almost 100 HP more..Incredible...
So you have to spec the drift mode as an optional extra?
The Drift Mode is included in the Performance Pack
...vs Civic Type R facelift on track pls
a very good and fast daily driver for petrolheads, a little bit expensive but for customers where have a little bit more money it´s perfect I think.
They've increased the price by 10k?
Its nice but it isn't exactly a step forward in comparison with the already great 7R. Its mad how you could pick up a 7R for 30k and now you need 40K for this.
You had me at squishy engine cover
great car but I like the gti club sport’s front grill better
Everything is an improvement over the previous version except for the looks and wheel design's. I'm sure they'll sell / lease loads, but they could have styled it better. Horrible....
I think it looks good .
more power? twin turbo and supercharge it
waiting for the number from stage 1 and stage 2 for MK8 R
why?
"Glue-py" steering will be the deal breaker.....Now I have to test drive it this October when it comes out.
I would guess the 19 inch wheels will make the steering sharper and more direct, compared to the 18's he had. Also depends on the tires.
Wheres the Akrapovic Exhaust and the medium rear spoiler? like on the MK8 R launching trailer
You need the Performance Pack for the spoiler and the Akrapovic is an optional extra.
@@jr150 and the price also increased?
@@kimiroihanz9924 The Performance Pack is £2,000 and the Akrapovic is £3,100. Then DCC is £785. They’re the only 3 options worth having.
@@jr150 Yeah, if I was specing an R I would only spec DCC and the Performance Pack and I’d leave the Akrapovic. The rest of the options are frivolous.
This is SO much better than the S3 honestly. It actually sounds decent aswell, so a big thumbs up to VW 👏👍
Am I right in thinking that the trick rear differential is doing what a mitsubishi evo was doing 20 years ago?
I bought mine 14 months ago and couldn’t agree with you more. Amazing car with all the speed you could want.
Best, Grant
Phew. I’m glad he likes the seating position. I was getting worried there for a moment 😰
Also, cool blue light in the centre console. Can we retro fit them in older cars?
Looking forward to the Type R comparison!
Hope they bring back the sirocco
Why would a R need an upgraded R Performance package? Isn’t that the point of an R in the first place??? Sounds like a VW money grab for a car that is already so expensive! Having said that, I need a 2nd mortgage!
Its called, money, money....
you have to pay for the Mercedes package to
Just because AMG/ Mercedes does it doesn’t mean VW or any one else has to. In fact, they’ll get more props if they can fully equip a performance car with no hidden costs. People will respect and love that more.
Choice, people enjoy speccing a car, not everyone wants 19’s and a wing.
Expensive? Just compare with counterparts first!
They ruined the rear exhaust and diffuser setup and the wheels....wth??
U hit the nail on the head. The chassis definitely can take more than 320ps! It should be more like 400ps from the factory...shame...