The United States has been known to get the short end of the stick from foreign manufacturers. Because of cost, emissions laws, safety regulations— or even just different tastes—enthusiasts have felt the lack of love on all sorts of cars that come to our shores. Not this time. We finally got behind the wheel of the ’15 VW Golf R that will go on sale in the USA and it’s just as good as any of them.
Volkswagen had already allowed us to drive the MkVII Golf R on a frozen Swedish lake. While fun, drifting on a sheet of snow-covered ice doesn’t provide much information beyond how well the defroster and heated seats work (really well, as it happens). Then VW shipped over a Euro-spec version. Most who drove…
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European Car (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2015