2019 VW Golf R In-Depth Mechanical Review
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The undercarriage content is exceptional. Focusing on the mechanical details is what sets you apart. If there is a way to explore more of that content, I’m sure you’ll find a way.
Another reviewer offering detailed examination of underbody components: Savage Geese on TH-cam.
Golf R is a great car! ABT offer a warranty covered tune, increasing BHP to 375 and 470Nm torque. I prefer manuals, but the VW DCT is a brilliant gearbox. Thanks Sarah, hot hatch fan.
As an owner of a Spectrum (91 Blue) Mk7.5 Golf R, I whole heartedly agree and for those of us that have “matured” past the boy-racer age it’s a great choice over the RS and TypeR.
91 BLUE!!!!!
You’re killin’ it. Bring all the reviews over here. And heck yeah, go raw!
I enjoy both of your channels Sarah, Keep up the great work
This is why its the king of the Hot Hatch. It can be sporty when you want it to be and it can be a nice comfortable ride when you want it to be. You could take it to a track, do some laps and then go to a golf course and at both places no one will bat an eye, its a classless car.
Sure you can get a Type R, or RS, or N which are all faster, but they all lack the 'hatchback' side of a hot hatch which is the daily driver side.
I’m in love even more now. Sarah says aluminium properly 🤣
I really liked the style of your reviews. I liked the R.
I still wish VW would put the VR6 in this car.
Dig the new channel! I think it’s a great idea to separate into two but I hope it doesn’t put too much strain on you because you are great at what you do.
Now you understand why I like my TDI I know the R is newer, faster and has a few extra features but underneath, it’s got a lot in common. Nice test/review…as usual. 👍🏽👍🏽
Great review, I can confirm a tune in Australia with no hardware changes takes it from just under 180 wheel kw to just under 220 wheel kw, & makes it very quick indeed
Love to see you get a mk8 R and give that the beans👍 The comparo would love to see that on the hoist!!
this review pushed me over the edge..I was considering so many hatches...Mazda 3, Veloster N..Corolla GR..Focus ST..Focus RS
and I think this is the best daily driver, fun and exciting of them all
as a vw tech in uk, i can confirm we love these, brilliant daily apposed to an s3 or cupra
You are doing very well here! Thanks, this was very entertaining and fun to watch! Red wine after work and new video from you=110% perfectness! 😊
My 7.5 2019 r is GREAT stick of course, 47K fun miles comfortable, solid,fantastic handling
I like the focus of the new channel and appreciate the reduction in rating categories
Great review! Looking forward to more on this channel.
I was waiting for this review ever since I saw a peek of this car during the Audi TT project. I’m a Golf guy myself, I love what you are doing. I think it’s a good idea to focus the car reviews on this channel because you give good, detailed content. Plus, you are a car nerd who can give a perspective on cars that many other reviewers can’t. Your projects on the other channel is also top notch. I hope your channels continue to grow. I’ll be watching both of them!
You're doing great, love the new channel. Keep it up. Would be interested in "How easy is it to Mod?", meaning how easy is it to get after market performance parts? Not just for the Golf R but all the cars you review? What do you think?
Fully agree to split car reviews and car builds. I personally love to watch both but there will be some that don’t. But don’t burn yourself out trying to keep two channels full at all times! As for the Golf, they are amazing machines but I think the newer R blends in a little too we’ll. Needs something to help it stand out… blister arches maybe? Like the old Golf Rallye
Great upload Sarah and I think devoting this channel to reviews only and the other to just projects is a great idea. 👍👍👍
I recent;y discovered that the traction control system (ESC) also adjusts the rev limits when revving from standstill and also the redline. If it’s turned on, the max rev when standing still is 3800rpm and redline is below the max on the dials. Turn it off, you can rev freely when standing still and redline is about 7500 with no power loss. Was playing with mine yesterday.
You’ve made me appreciate my 2019 Golf R more than I already did. I got the APR Stage 1 tune but probably didn’t need to. I just wish I had a road to drive it on like you’ve got. Thanks!! p.s. You’re SO right about the color options. That’s one of my main pet peeves, how 94% of all cars I see are white, silver, gray, or black. If you exclude Mini’s and Jeeps it’s like 97.5%. Grr!
Sarah, you would absolutely freak out if you drove my 2016 Golf R manual with APR Stage 2 with nearly 100 added HP and 129 added TQ. Your bean count would go through the roof.
Finally a swear word without it being squelched. Love your review, makes me want to look at the VW again.
These Golf Rs are special; looking forward for when the Mark 8 shows up here or the main channel.
2 Sarah Channels Woo hoo! More Sarah! Never thought I would hear anyone say exotic and hatchback in the same sentence let alone about the same car. Keep up the great work!
Came at the perfect time, I recently bought a MK7 Golf with the 1.4L TSI engine (150 hp) that I plan to empty a MK7.5 R or a GTI depending on availability where I am.
Just Keep Being Yourself Love these car vids here
I like the idea of making this your review channel, the project cars on your main channel.
Love the new channel. format. Will still watch and subscribe to both channels Keep up the great work.
What a dynamite little VW looks to be a lot of fun. I parked next to a Ford Explorer ST oh my !!!! I hope you get a chance to review one of these soon, way more beautiful than I could have imagined, 400 HP or nothing. lol
I miss my 16 GTI Autobahn a lot. The manual in it was a lot of fun, but every time I drive my wife’s 17 Sportwagen with the DSG, I have to agree - it’s a great transmission and also a fun car to drive.
Another very enjoyable review Sarah. I would like a more interior review.
Great review!! Awesome info, but the 888 engine only has direct injection. Wish it had port injection also, that we would rid it of all the sludge problems they run into.
Doing a great job with this channel!
I own a manual 2019 R. I had a hard time choosing between the two transmissions. I am happy with the choice I made, its very fun to bang through the gears. It's such a sleeper, especially when throwing a stage 2 in her. Fuel economy sucks....
Own a '17 DSG but driven the manual , love the manual just as much. I find both are just as engaging.
@@lagerace227 You went with the white as well, I had a hard time choosing between the pearl white and black! Black won, horrible to keep clean but the ceramic coat helps with that.
Highly recommend the Dieselgeek short shifter.
More of these mechanical reviews please Sarah! Really sets you apart from the rest of these car TH-camrs!
I have a golf r. Did the Franken turbo & e85. The thing scoots at 500whp and handles like a go cart and still take the kids to and from school in it
Im jealous of all golfs with oem wheels that still have their center caps
What happen to the Bolstering test? That's one of my favorite parts of the review.
I love the content, and love my golf R. It was the replacement for my totalled Audi tt.
Great review, Sarah. As the owner of a Focus RS, I fully appreciate your respect for the hot hatch category of cars. There aren't many cars left in this segment, so thanks for your insight into this car. As always, keep up the great work.
Love the raw, real format - no need to ponce it up! And hey - an American who pronounces aluminium the correct way! Yay. Not aloominum which is like magnauseum.
Loved this review! Always been a car I have wanted, now I want it even more. Don't hurt your main channel, but I love your car reviews and so hope you keep doing them!! Even if we need to go Patreon to get them... I would pay!!
Love the style of the reviews. Keep doing it like this!
I miss my MKVII Golf R MT6 !!! It was a fun hot-hatch that did a solid job in the snow (with the right tires). But with the outrageous pricing of used cars this past year, I sold it for 10K more than what it’s 2020 value was.
I found that it drifts really well on snow. Completely stable and controllable.
Feels nice to have someone as smart as her validate your car choices, haha
An excellent review. I have a MK7 R and I completely agree with everything you said.
I also agree that well-chosen, subtle suspension mods are the way to go. Eibach springs work really well with the DCC shocks, and a bigger rear sway bar gives it a more playful balance. Adding a bit more front camber makes it even better. If you use an OBDEleven to change the XDS setting to "strong," the car just absolutely dives into the turns and will power out of them with hardly any understeer at all. The car was pretty fast before I got a stage 1 tune from APR, but now? HOLY COW! And the car is still completely comfortable, and perfectly usable as a daily driver.
I am SO glad I got a Golf R instead of a Focus RS.
I was so waiting on you to drop this review. I _LOVE_ my '19 black on black R... so much of an upgrade from my mk6 GTI. it's the adult person's (I'm 49) performance car. and yeah, DSG for the win!!! :)
I drove one last year and it was probably one of the most fun forgiving car I have had my hands on. More power like stage 1 and some sticky summer tires would be fine for me, now I’ll wait a bit to get my hands on the new one.
Sarah , I love the idea of this channel being for car reviews and the casual raw approach will work well, leaving you hopefully some time for your project cars ,I would like to add that ...getting a car that needs lite work and small mods and raffeling it to your audience in the u.s could be a business idea for you
I miss the Golf4 v6 4 motion I had years ago. It hauled ass very well.
I like the idea of having reviews on one channel and projects on the other 👍
Hi Sarah, thank you for another in depth review, this time with the VW R 7.5. I've always liked these cars, as I had an old Mk 5 R32, with a V6 engine.The looks are very subtle , but the performance is fantastic, especially as my car was supercharged!. Loving the detailed underbody segment & the surprised look on your face at how fast this Mk 7.5 goes. Keep up the great work🔥🔥
Well done, the new approach works.
Would be great if you can review a MK8 golf R . Love your reviews.
Thank’s again for the nerdiness!!
You did great! The video, and your presentation, grabbed my interest, and kept my interest, throughout the video. Great job. Keep at it.
My 290 cupra made 315 bhp on the dyno. They seem to differ
That brake test rattled your brain Sarah lol
Das Auto, thank you Sarah!
I wanna see Sarah give a Model S plaid the beans :).
I hope you get to review the Mk VIII Type R.
It has a sound generator located on the firewall. You can turn it off, had that done in my GTI.
Yup, or you can just unplug it as well.
Low-cut button down cranberry top w matching lipstick and tie-dyed blue short-shorts; 2 beans. Cream colored button-down (top two buttons undone) ragged sleeve top (cropped?) 2 beans. No cookies.
Nice to see your pronouncing aluminium correctly 👍🏼
You should do reviews of just crazy off the wall stuff. Perhaps each of Jay Leno's cars.
Hope you review the Mk8 soon!
Thanks for a great review on the Golf R! Love seeing the car reviews - but you didn’t give the Golf a meatball score. One thing I’d love to see on this channel is a comparison video. Maybe once the new mk8 comes out, compare it to the other cars in the segment
On your main channel, remind people that you have a car review channel as well.
The consistent "aluminium" is brilliant.
Someone is getting triggered. 👍🏻
Despite common internet believes, the amount of pots in a calliper does not translate to the amount of stopping power.
WOULD LOVE to see a Kia K5 GT (not the GT-line) review on here!
For front wheel drive, with front wheel toe-in, and rear wheel toe-out, it would be ideal, it’ll give little oversteers to cancel out understeer that’s the tendency of front wheel drive cars!!
I think!!
The lug stud covers weren't stolen, they're quite easily obliterated while loosening them across nearly all euro brands
I agree the VW R is a really souped-up GTI as a GTI owner would say. However, I prefer the plaid cloth seats in either model... Also, fully agree to split the car reviews, and car builds, how it will show up in the review ratings may take some time as your original car build channel did from the past to present... By the way, both of your channels are top-notch...
Savage Car, the current R could be the last of its kind, now VW is going all electric
Sad but ohh so true.
Definitely thinking about getting a new Mk8
Love the review. Nice enhancements over my Mk7 but I just couldn't do the dsg. I put an IE stage 1 tune that now requires a stage two clutch to handle the possible 380 ft lbs. Fortunately they offer a scaled back map that the stock clutch can handle. Can't wait for the mk8 review.
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Loved the video Sara your knowledge of all cars are really impressive 🚗🏎
The 7.5R here in the uk is 310ps so that’s why you feel it has more than 288.
GREAT video!! I truly appreciate the rawness of this video and your pure emotion. Wow that car actually left you speechless }:>
I have the manual and there is definitly a lot of downsides to it VS the DSG!
Love the pause😅
They did say nicht uber fullen…for like 30+ years. Don’t say they didn’t want you before putting in engineering controls.
Great car, I like the VW ID.3 a smaller version of the VW ID.4, which you enjoyed. Can you review a few more Hybrid and EV cars which may have to be the future due to climate change. One car I have seen reviewed and think you would enjoy is the Mercedes Benz C300e hybrid. An expensive car, a dream car for most.
It's got some beans
You do great job presenting those reviews, and you are just better at it than many others. I really liked the RAW version. This Golf R is such a nice car - to bad Golf R Electric won’t be as impressive to drive since the sound is not the same, but power wise it should be ok. But I don’t like the ID series that took over the Golf line.
Thank You, love this car!
A golf gti will probably be my next daily
Great review Sarah 😎👍
Thank you Sarah!
Been waiting on this one 😮😢🎉
Great car, and review!
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Service is easy on German cars if you now how and wich tricks to use
We in Germany swap the engine with an rs3 2.5l 5 cyl with 670 hp street legal
3:33 "Im Namen der Wissenschaft, gebe ich die Bohnen" - In the name of science, I'm giving it the beans. For those unversed in the mysteries of the german language. ;)
Great review! As a GTI owner I struggled with whether the R would be worth the extra money. Have to admit that I always choose the manual transmission. Still unsure about the extra $$ for R.
No Port Injection on the U.S Versions but great cars and soilid review (Insert Fire Emoji Here)
Groovy Golf!!