We love a hot hatch in Britain. Just look at the turnout we had for our recent. Thousands took part in the vote, which saw the Toyota GR Yaris narrowly edge the Renaultsport Clio 182 Trophy for the top spot. The top ten featured the front-wheel drive heroes – the Ford Fiesta ST, Honda Civic Type R and so on – but one stood out to me as a bit of an outlier – the Mk7 Volkswagen Golf R.was always going to make our 38-car strong shortlist.
Jost, however, claims that the general principles of the current R line-up will remain intact following the electric switchover. “It will be all-wheel drive, the most powerful car [and] the best looking. So the philosophy of what we have today will basically also be the philosophy of in the electric world, however, it will be added with convenience, which means fast charging [and] a lot of other stuff, like things beyond the car.
Speaking of development, Jost revealed that VW R actually had a hand in shaping VW’s MEB platform, which underpins a bunch of EVs from the ID.3 to the ID. Buzz. “We are involved in a very early stage”, he said, adding that it the firm is currently working on a “successor platform” as we speak. “We are not alone in a group, so we are talking with Audi Sport, we are talking to Cupra and say, ‘let's do it together’”.
That’s got to be a packaging challenge, hybrid/battery components in a hot hatch that’s already got Haldex/AWD kit running under the car.
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