The 2021 Volkswagen Golf R Final Edition is a sign off of the pretty impressive all rounder that is the Golf R before the new version arrives in Australia in 2022. Yes, while we know there's a new version of the Volkswagen Golf coming, we wanted to hit the track in the current Golf R to set a benchmark time!
Join former World Rally Championship driver Chris Atkinson at Queensland Raceways to see how the Volkswagen Golf R Final Edition stacks up against the clock. Chris will also walk you through his experience with the car and what he loved and hated about it as a track car.
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Intro: 00:00
Acceleration and braking figures 00:23
Initial impressions 00:44
Hot lap (no talking) 02:28
Hot lap debrief 03:38
Atko's verdict 05:06
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Join former World Rally Championship driver Chris Atkinson at Queensland Raceways to see how the Volkswagen Golf R Final Edition stacks up against the clock. Chris will also walk you through his experience with the car and what he loved and hated about it as a track car.
CarExpert leaderboard: https://www.carexpert.com.au/lap-times/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=review&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=other-video
Skip Ahead:
Intro: 00:00
Acceleration and braking figures 00:23
Initial impressions 00:44
Hot lap (no talking) 02:28
Hot lap debrief 03:38
Atko's verdict 05:06
We review every new car on the market, bust car myths, cover the latest car tech and answer your burning questions.
Whether you need new car advice, purchase validation or simply love learning more about new cars and technology, we are your car experts.
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00:00 Hey guys, Chris here.
00:00 We're back at Queensland Raceway,
00:02 our Car Expert test track.
00:04 Today, we've got the Golf R Final Edition
00:07 in a pretty cool looking blue colour.
00:09 It's a seven speed DSG gearbox
00:11 and the two litre turbo engine
00:13 with 213 kilowatts and 380 Newton metres of torque.
00:17 Pretty excited to see how this goes.
00:18 Very similar to the S3 Audi we've already tested,
00:21 but first let's see how it performs
00:23 zero to 100 and then braking as well.
00:25 (car engine revving)
00:28 (car engine revving)
00:31 So I quite like the seating position and the wheel.
00:46 I feel like I've got in a pretty good position.
00:48 I probably would like to be angled
00:50 a little bit further back,
00:52 just a little bit further down and back in this car.
00:54 I feel like a little bit on top of it,
00:56 but the wheels are nice size,
00:59 visibility's good, no problems at all.
01:01 Paddles have a good little bit of texture
01:03 on the back as well,
01:04 so easy to figure out where they are.
01:06 Steering feels a little light,
01:09 but reasonably precise.
01:13 I maybe would like a quicker reaction to the steering
01:16 when I get into the corner, when I'm loaded.
01:18 I've had a bit of trouble in the past
01:20 with both the Audi and the Golf TCR
01:23 with catching the brake pedal with my foot.
01:26 So I'll keep an eye on that.
01:28 I just noticed with these cars, the Golf,
01:30 that it sits the throttle pedal quite a bit lower
01:33 than the brake pedal.
01:34 I've got to consciously lift the foot off.
01:36 So that's probably my biggest complaint with the interior.
01:40 Not normally a problem,
01:41 but just something that personally bothers me.
01:44 All right, so let's start to build up some speed.
01:47 It'll be interesting to see whether it can match the TCR
01:50 and the S3, which we've already tested.
01:53 Like I said, the steering's just lacking a bit of feedback,
01:56 but reasonably stable in the corners.
01:59 Ideally, I'd like a little bit more precision
02:02 from the front end.
02:03 Let's try these brakes out.
02:05 Not bad.
02:09 I'd be interested to see after a couple of laps
02:10 whether they're still holding in there.
02:12 Traction off the corner is awesome.
02:15 There's no issue there at all.
02:17 It could handle a heap more power and torque.
02:19 All right, so traction control's off.
02:20 Everything's in sports mode.
02:22 Let's see what sort of time this can do.
02:24 (engine revving)
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03:39 So there you go.
03:41 We got a 1.017.1 out of it.
03:45 So 61.7 seconds.
03:48 Not bad, but just missing what it needed on the track.
03:51 It was just a little bit soft everywhere.
03:54 I had a bit of a moment in one of the laps into turn one
03:56 where I just over-committed
03:58 and didn't have the reaction I needed.
04:00 It's not that it's a bad car at all.
04:02 There's a lot of positives here.
04:04 It's fun to drive, easy to drive,
04:07 but as for an outright track performance,
04:09 it's on the softer side.
04:11 It's on the more comfortable side,
04:12 which is gonna be great on the road,
04:13 just not quite as edgy for track use.
04:17 As I said in the beginning,
04:18 the steering just misses that feeling of grip at the limit.
04:21 It's just a little bit light
04:24 and I'd want a little bit more feedback.
04:25 The brakes were pretty consistent,
04:27 but the pedal did get a little bit long
04:29 on the second lap of the run.
04:31 Still braked well,
04:33 but just didn't have the solid pedal feel.
04:35 The engine was excellent.
04:36 No problems at all there.
04:38 Nice and drivable, nice, smooth power band.
04:42 With this all-wheel drive system,
04:44 the four motion, it could absolutely handle more power
04:48 and the traction would stay, so that wasn't an issue.
04:51 It's more just getting the car into the corner,
04:54 just bouncing around
04:55 and just moving that little bit too much.
04:57 You just need a little bit more body control,
04:59 a little bit more rebound damping
05:00 and settle everything down
05:02 and then the lap time would go much faster for sure.
05:05 So there you go, guys.
05:06 Golf R Final Edition.
05:08 Love the color, but wasn't quite there lap time-wise.
05:11 Just missed out to the TCR and also the Audi S3,
05:15 but still a lot of fun.
05:16 The main issue is that it's a little bit too soft out there,
05:18 so I couldn't quite attack the corners
05:20 as hard as I wanted.
05:21 So my top three tips are, be careful in the entry.
05:23 It is a little bit softer than you'd like.
05:25 Great on the road, but on the track,
05:26 it just rolls over that little bit much.
05:28 But once you get the car rotated in the middle of the corner,
05:30 you can really smash the throttle down.
05:32 It's got that all-wheel drive system, the four motion,
05:34 which is working so well
05:36 and it's definitely not overpowered.
05:37 So if you get the car turned,
05:39 number two is get on the throttle hard
05:41 and use that four-wheel drive off the corner.
05:44 And the third thing is enjoy the launch control.
05:46 It's maybe one of the best launch control systems
05:49 I've ever used in a road car.
05:50 It's unbelievable.
05:51 So easy to use and every time I tried it, it was amazing.
05:55 Really enjoyed that.
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