I'd buy an R32 if it were ~22K. The interior is nice.

For what VW is asking for that car - it's really going to be for VW fanboys only...

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by lig
I'd buy an R32 if it were ~22K.

 

The R32 and the Audi TT have the same AWD system. It's a haldex differential. It's FWD until it loses traction then the back wheels get power but it will never have more (in rear) then a 70(front)/30(rear)% power split. IMO it should use the rest of the Audi's TORSEN differential that gives all-time AWD with a greater power split.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by KaiWang
Even time mag says VW suck!

http://www.time.com/time/globalbusiness/ar...43826-1,00.html
everyone i know that has a VW / audi seem to need to bring it into the dealer min once every 3 months for something that broke.

after 100k miles, expect to be replacing parts constantly too..

 

I've been thinking about the R32, not to buy it, but just wondering who would buy it? If people are cross shoping the EVO/STi I don't think the R32 would do anything for them.

OTOH, maybe someone looking at a $33K++ 3.2L Audi TT or a A4 they can maybe see the goods for less in the R32.

If I'm spending $30K for a compact German car, it'd better have a blue and white propeller on the hood.

First someone said the R32 might be viewed as a baby M3. It has it's comfort and nice interior etc... so I can almost buy the baby M3 angle. However for me I'd take a e36 M3 (used) all day long before the R32.

And if it has to be a new car, I'd take a 330Ci/330i seven days a week and twice on Sunday before the R32. The entry level 3 series (I pretend like the 2.5L doesn't exist), the 3.0L, is $7K more than the R32. However that money is built in, I don't think there will ever be a day when the 330i (used) is not worth $7K more than a similar used R32.

So if it were my green, and the EVO/STi was too hardcore, and I needed something more refined, or something European, I'd get a 330i/330Ci.

I've seen times for the 330i 5.8sec 0-60.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by KaiWang
everyone i know that has a VW / audi seem to need to bring it into the dealer min once every 3 months for something that broke.

after 100k miles, expect to be replacing parts constantly too..

 

Edited: it double posted... my bad.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by rai
First someone said the R32 might be viewed as a baby M3.

 

Refined? A Golf refined? the Golf has topped Consumer reports and JD Powers list for the past 15+ years for being the most unreliable car made. That

 

EVO magazine just did a long-term wrap-up of the R32 in the new issue. They said it was too portly and lacked structural rigidity. They couldn't really discern the benefits of the 4WD, at least in the dry. One owner they knew got rid of his to go back to a chipped 1.8T, which is 500 lbs. lighter. The magazine said wait for the Golf V instead--which is vastly stiffer, a tad lighter, and has a punchy 200 horse turbo motor.