Golf R 333 Special Edition $81k. SOLD OUT

[wemay]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/81582-vw-golf-r-333-sells-out-in-just-8-minutes

 

[Cujet]

Really, it's just a crunched-and-folded Jetta, with bigger tires, better engine and fancy paint. Just 3.5 years ago, one could find base model Jetta's for $12K, new.

 

[Escape08]

It's a marketing gimmick. For a Golf, that is way too pricey. I would rather buy a 1988 edition SVR Pacey with almost the same price and be happy

 

[JoelB]

Clear price gouging and no one cares. This is why the market is bunk.

 

[supton]

Clear price gouging and no one cares. This is why the market is bunk.

333 units, total? seems crazy to me, but its a niche group I guess. Not your typical buyers here.

 

[KrisZ]

Most will probably go in the private collections, never to be seen again. They may resurface in a few decades.

 

[meep]

Paint, stickers, wheels, tires, an exhaust, and a bump in the governor.

 

[97prizm]

Really, it's just a crunched-and-folded Jetta, with bigger tires, better engine and fancy paint. Just 3.5 years ago, one could find base model Jetta's for $12K, new.

And they lost $700-$800 on every base model Jetta sold. Hence why dealerships tryed to no stock any.

 

[andrew_j]

Really, it's just a crunched-and-folded Jetta, with bigger tires, better engine and fancy paint. Just 3.5 years ago, one could find base model Jetta's for $12K, new.

You got it wrong . A Jetta was and always will be a Golf with trunk…..however days are numbered for it.

 

[john_pifer]

Clear price gouging and no one cares. This is why the market is bunk.

Not price gouging, because nobody NEEDS a llimited edition Golf.

A ripoff? Heck yes.

 

[JGmazda]

Maybe this model will also emit more emissions/NOX while driving and therefore, command a special price. VW..... They're just special that way.

 

[RhondaHonda]

I feel like they missed the mark only getting 329 hp, should’ve got it to 333 to go with the naming of it. I never thought I’d see the day if an $80k Golf, but here we are.

 

[stormgol]

for a bit less, i can have a 2023 bmw m3 competition xdrive.

 

[Legal Eagles]

Clear price gouging and no one cares. This is why the market is bunk.

Is it really gouging if an informed consumer in an arms' length transaction willingly pays the asking price?

 

[andrew_j]

VW clearly did not charge enough….

 

[JavierH19]

What a joke, also this thing selling out fast doesn't mean much. It just means that there are still delusional exotic car scalpers thinking that they're gonna be able to flip this thing for a profit like they did with the new corvettes, escalades, broncos ect.

Can't wait to see these things sell for less than MSRP after a while because it's mainly scalpers and maybe just a couple weird eccentric guys that genuinely want it and don't actually care.

 

[Pew]

The golf with and without the R is a great car but there is nothing about it that sets it apart from itself or any other car of it's class like a world-winner 22B Impreza or Evo VI. The only thing that will hold it's value up is the 333 folks that bought it but IMO it'll fall on it's face like the Nismo 350/370 and Evo X FE.

 

[Big_B]

What the schniz on that price.