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VW slash price of Golf R Cabriolet by £5600
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VW slash price of Golf R Cabriolet by £5600
Matt Hubbard
Speedmonkey
June 13, 2013
Back when it was first announced in February we
published details of the VW Golf R Cabriolet. At the time we said this about it:
It's got front wheel drive. It costs £38,770. Eh?
A Porsche Boxster costs £37,589 and that's got a flat-6, exactly the same horsepower, does 0-62mph in 5.8 seconds. And it's a Porsche. With a Porsche chassis. And a Porsche engine. And Porsche badges. And VW make it on their own production line in Osnabrück.
Volkswagen have shot themselves in the foot by pricing the Golf R Cabriolet so high, and directly against the Boxster.
Happily it seems Volkswagen have listened to the criticism and have reduced the price of the Golf R Cabriolet to £33,170. VW have already sold six Golf Rs at the higher price and will refund the difference to those buyers.
It's still a lot of money though. Richard Eaton put it succinctly:
