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PocketRocket
05-05-2006, 09:48 PM
When it does come over to the U.S., what will the price tag be around at?...and ive seen pictures of it with two different kind's of seats, which one's will it come with....and do you guys like it???:tup:
g60racer
05-06-2006, 12:31 AM
it will not come to the US with those cool Recaro seats, they don't have side airbags. VW may send it with the same Konigs as the last R32, or they may just put GTi seats in it.

No word yet on whether we'll get DSG, 4 door, or even an R32 version... but VW does have a MKV R32 here in SoCal being tested, so the door of possibility is open that we might get it.

Or we might have to wait til the R36 comes out.

Chances are it will not be as cheap as the last one, probably closer to $37k base price.
sensinitas
05-08-2006, 10:09 AM
it will not come to the US with those cool Recaro seats, they don't have side airbags. VW may send it with the same Konigs as the last R32, or they may just put GTi seats in it.

No word yet on whether we'll get DSG, 4 door, or even an R32 version... but VW does have a MKV R32 here in SoCal being tested, so the door of possibility is open that we might get it.

Or we might have to wait til the R36 comes out.

Chances are it will not be as cheap as the last one, probably closer to $37k base price.

I heard that we were for sure going to see the R32 in '07, and that the R36 idea is not happening.
TOYr32
05-08-2006, 10:31 AM
Are R32's rare?? cause there is abutt load of them in norcal
sensinitas
05-08-2006, 10:39 AM
Are R32's rare?? cause there is abutt load of them in norcal

Were talking about the MKV R32
SYNYSTAGLI
05-08-2006, 10:42 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/SYNYSTAGLX/r32mkV.jpg
g60racer
05-08-2006, 10:06 PM
I heard that we were for sure going to see the R32 in '07, and that the R36 idea is not happening.


Nothing is for sure. But it's very likely that we'll get an R32 at the tail end of MkV production, if not the R36. Apparently the M350DSG tranny doesn't like the 3.6L motor, and the larger R8DSG tranny doesn't fit well in the MkV, so there are some issues with that availability.
SYNYSTAGLI
05-12-2006, 08:59 AM
http://www.km77.com/marcas/volkswagen/2006/golf/r32/gra/05.jpg
SYNYSTAGLI
05-12-2006, 09:03 AM
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2604683
RavinJetta
05-12-2006, 09:06 AM
I don't know about Q4 of 06. The car would still have to be introduced at autoshows in the US and it hasn't even made an appearance on this side of the pond.
g60racer
05-13-2006, 02:03 PM
^ Actually it has, it's tooling around LA these days. And VW showed it at the SoCal R32 Streets of Willow track event a month ago.
socaljetta01
05-13-2006, 04:45 PM
VW is such a tease showing the world, and especially our automotive press, the R32 that won't make it to the states (maybe at the end of the mkV run).

Damn those bastards
Phalcon_Mojo
05-13-2006, 05:08 PM
VW is such a tease showing the world, and especially our automotive press, the R32 that won't make it to the states (maybe at the end of the mkV run).

Damn those bastards

I don't know... it seems about right. The mkIV R didn't hit the states 'til what, about 2003 (correct me if I'm wrong, but please don't be an ass about it). That was a good 3 1/2 years into the mkIV run.

The mkV R will more than likely be out Q4 of 07, or Q1 of 08, about 2 years into the mkV run. It happens to be at the end of the mkV run because VW, from what I understand, has decided to cut the run short due to high production costs. Again this only what I have heard from people here on SCE.
socaljetta01
05-13-2006, 05:23 PM
no, its just that we are their second largest market (I think that's correct) and we don't get their full product line, and delay on a lot of what we do get.
Phalcon_Mojo
05-14-2006, 11:01 AM
no, its just that we are their second largets market (I think that's correct) and we don't get their full product line, and delay on a lot of what we do get.

Excellent point... though I like to pretend sometimes and say they are fine tuning before they release here in order to work out the problems... :ha:
Tom (aka Godzilla)
05-14-2006, 11:54 AM
The mkV R will more than likely be out Q4 of 07, or Q1 of 08, about 2 years into the mkV run. It happens to be at the end of the mkV run because VW, from what I understand, has decided to cut the run short due to high production costs. Again this only what I have heard from people here on SCE.

That's correct. I read it in Autoweek a few issues back.