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According to Facebook posts by a section Volkswagen dealer, the Golf R is acceptable to go a locally-assembled (CKD) exemplary soon. Details similar pricing and a motorboat day were not provided, but the trader stated successful the station that bookings are presently being accepted.
The Mk8 Golf scope successful Malaysia presently consists of conscionable 2 variants, namely the GTI and Golf R. Of the 2 show offerings, lone the GTI is assembled locally portion the Golf R is afloat imported (CBU) from Germany. It should beryllium noted the Golf was previously disposable successful R-Line guise but that has since been discontinued.
At present, the Golf R goes for RM431,162 on-the-road without insurance. If it is so existent that a CKD mentation volition beryllium introduced, we tin expect it to retail for little than the CBU terms tag. It would besides people the archetypal clip the Golf R is produced extracurricular the ‘home of the Golf’ successful Wolfsburg.
For adjacent much guesswork, we don’t expect the Golf R’s powertrain to beryllium immoderate antithetic betwixt the CBU and CKD versions. The setup is presently made up of an EA888 2.0 litre turbocharged inline four-cylinder petrol motor pumping retired 320 PS (315 hp oregon 235 kW) and 400 Nm of torque, paired with a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission and 4Motion all-wheel drive.
As for instrumentality changes, the CKD Golf R should lucifer the CKD Golf GTI by gaining the latter’s IQ.Drive – this was introduced successful March this year. The CBU exemplary arrived backmost successful February 2022 without immoderate precocious operator assistance systems (ADAS), truthful getting an updated kit database to guarantee parity is simply a possibility.
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