VW's 'R' branding just went down in my estimation!

[Jim]

http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/ ... 2078.shtml

To be honest I think i'd have preferred something like an R12 version of a VW Fox than this...

[davidwort]

627 lb/ft

that should be digging new roads not driving on them

[vwdeviant]

OOOH they've lowered it by a whopping 20mm! So it only stands a full country mile in the air now!

Load of Toss... aimed at footballers/ lottery winners and the Yanks...

[yorkshireone]

I quite like it, should provide some competition for the Cayenne S and Turbo.

[skinnyman9000]

I'd buy one

[Jim]

I'd buy one

When it costs nearly £70,000?

And would be outperformed by a rechipped £20,000 Golf GTI..?

I clearly don't understand the mindset of SUV owners / wanters. The only think I think when I see them is 'tragic' quite frankly!

[dinkus]

Ugh, I can see the appeal and why they've done it, but ugh I wish they wouldn't.

It's almost enought to make you want to go out and buy a Fiat 500 instead

[Yandards]

Oh dear, very very dear.

[Sonicriot13]

You could buy a fleet of Fiat 500s for 70 grand.

[dirtytorque]

Looks like an r32 on steroids.

[kevhaywire]

SUVs are here to stay, so get used to seeing more of them on our roads, but if I was forced to have one, it would be R50 . As far as SUVs go, that's a good looker imo.

I saw a slammed Cayenne Turbo around my local area recently, well, I say slammed but about the same height as a Focus C max, LOL!, but it looked very cool I thought. I suspect a trend of slamming SUVs will follow, once the obsession with 32" rims passes....

I don't care how w@nk an SUV looks or how pretentious and pointless it is.... but 32" chrome rims are just a pot of pure, concentrated toss.....

[Jim]

They may well be here to say.. but so will my opinion that they're just complete sh!t. Top Gear magazine put the SUV owners 'market' quite nicely in their import it / deport it section this month I have to say.

And yeah.. i'd rather have a Fiat 500!

[kevhaywire]

Ahhhhh let them eat cake Jim..... R50 owners would get car jacked in minutes if they're in London, which lets face it, is where most SUVs end up!

I'd love to buy one and leave it permanently caked in mud, which should send shivers down the spine of any Chelsea soft roader owners.... ask them what 4 wheel drive is. I bet they haven't a clue.

[vwdeviant]

Ahhhhh let them eat cake Jim..... R50 owners would get car jacked in minutes if they're in London, which lets face it, is where most SUVs end up!.

Does mean that they can get to 15MPH even quicker than before!

TBH there should be a size limit on cars here in London (like Tokyo) then we'd get loads of mental little 850/900cc Bi-turbo loons on the streets.. ah a happier place!

[corozin]

Not all Touaregs are bad : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_50lslHZfDc