{"id":377036,"date":"2025-08-27T07:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/377036\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T07:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:26:10","slug":"wild-new-volkswagen-golf-r-to-use-audi-five-cylinder-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/377036\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild new Volkswagen Golf R to use Audi five-cylinder engine"},"content":{"rendered":"

To accommodate the new engine, suspension tweaks will be needed to support the added mass.<\/p>\n

The four-cylinder Golf R 333 already benefits from 1.5deg\u00a0of negative front camber, stiffer rear subframe mounts, bespoke software calibration for the adaptive dampers and reprofiled bushings. However, the\u00a0required changes may include a move to 2.0deg of negative front camber, upgraded top mounts, reinforced knuckles\u00a0and additional chassis bracing to increase torsional rigidity.<\/p>\n

The RS3 also uses a stiffer front axle layout with bespoke pivot bearings to sharpen initial turn-in. Similar hardware could find its way into the Golf R if packaging allows.<\/p>\n

The addition of the five-cylinder engine is expected to bring a modest weight increase over the current Golf R\u2019s 1545kg. Given that the near-technically identical RS3 tips the scales at around 1570kg, the five-cylinder Golf R is likely gain around 25kg.<\/p>\n

To keep weight down, forged aluminium Warmenau wheels are expected to feature. They\u2019re likely to be shod with the semi-slick Bridgestone Potenza Race tyres already used on the Golf GTI Edition 50<\/a>. Wider tracks and recalibrated software are also anticipated to increase grip and control.<\/p>\n

Bigger brakes will be needed to cope with the extra power. For reference, the Golf R 333 has 357mm steel discs, with the RS3 using 380mm carbon-ceramics.<\/p>\n

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