What Happened? Volkwagen Wanted The New Golf R To Have An Audi 5 Cylinder

It was almost six years ago when Volkswagen took the Beijing Motor Show by storm with the unveiling of the R400 concept. It was supposed to evolve into a production model based on the facelifted Golf Mk7 with around 420 horsepower. However, it never happened as VW pulled the plug to cut non-essential expenditures to better face the costly Dieselgate. While the seventh-generation Golf never got the high-powered version it deserved, the Mk8 is expected to come with a minor output boost as a recent leak signals the 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine will have close to 330 hp.
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MDarringer - 3/19/2020 4:11:24 PM

+1 Boost

Pure BS: "VW Wanted New Golf R With 5-Cylinder Engine, But Audi Said No"

VWAG owns Audi. Audi isn't the tail wagging the dog.

Truth: VWs are simply too expensive as is and using an esoteric engine that would have exploded MSRP is the reason that the "Audi" engine--which is just a VW engine with a cylinder tacked on--wasn't used.

PR/Damage Control: VW is saying "We tried really really hard to give you what you wanted, but the mean people at Audi won let us."