{"id":30640,"date":"2022-09-02T00:04:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T04:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=30640"},"modified":"2022-09-02T00:04:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T04:04:39","slug":"1137020_volkswagen-golf-r-20th-anniversary-edition-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=30640","title":{"rendered":"2023 Volkswagen Golf R 20th Anniversary Edition revealed with sunroof delete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Volkswagen on Thursday announced a special edition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1130127_2022-volkswagen-golf-r-price-specs-review-info-photos\">Golf R<\/a> commemorating 20 years of the all-wheel-drive hot hatchback. The aptly named 2023 VW Golf R 20th Anniversary Edition goes on sale in the U.S. this fall, with a planned production run of about 1,800 units.<\/p>\n<p>Marking the anniversary of the 2002 European launch of the Golf R&#8217;s predecessor, the R32, the 20th Anniversary Edition deletes the sunroof that&#8217;s standard on other Golf R models. This removes some weight from the car&#8217;s highest point, to lower the center of gravity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100853731_m\" title=\"2023 Volkswagen Golf R 20th Anniversary Edition\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"2023 Volkswagen Golf R 20th Anniversary Edition\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"576\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2023-volkswagen-golf-r-20th-anniversary-edition_100853731_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/2023-volkswagen-golf-r-20th-anniversary-edition_100853731_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2023-volkswagen-golf-r-20th-anniversary-edition_100853731_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2023-volkswagen-golf-r-20th-anniversary-edition_100853731_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/2023-volkswagen-golf-r-20th-anniversary-edition_100853731_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/2023-volkswagen-golf-r-20th-anniversary-edition_100853731_s.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2023 Volkswagen Golf R 20th Anniversary Edition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other exterior changes include a gloss black finish for the 19-inch wheels, which are wrapped in the same 235\/35 summer tires as the standard Golf R, &#8220;20 R&#8221; puddle lights, and a smattering of blue-finished &#8220;R&#8221; logos.<\/p>\n<p>The 20th Anniversary Edition is available in Lapiz Blue Metallic, Deep Black Pearl, and Pure White. For a bit of contrast, the mirror caps are finished in Lapiz Blue on Deep Black Pearl and Pure White cars, and gloss black on Lapiz Blue cars.<\/p>\n<p>The interior adds carbon-fiber trim pieces for the dashboard and front door panels\u2014the first time this has been done in a production VW. The steering wheel and key fob get &#8220;R&#8221; logos as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100853751_m\" title=\"2023 Volkswagen Golf R 20th Anniversary Edition\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"2023 Volkswagen Golf R 20th Anniversary Edition\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"576\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2023-volkswagen-golf-r-20th-anniversary-edition_100853751_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/2023-volkswagen-golf-r-20th-anniversary-edition_100853751_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2023-volkswagen-golf-r-20th-anniversary-edition_100853751_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2023-volkswagen-golf-r-20th-anniversary-edition_100853751_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/2023-volkswagen-golf-r-20th-anniversary-edition_100853751_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/2023-volkswagen-golf-r-20th-anniversary-edition_100853751_s.jpg\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2023 Volkswagen Golf R 20th Anniversary Edition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The special edition is mechanically unchanged, keeping the EA888 2.0-liter turbo-4 from the standard Mk8 Golf R, with output unchanged at 315 hp and 310 lb-ft of torque. Europe is getting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1136050_vw-celebrates-20-years-of-the-golf-r-with-329-hp-special-edition\">a special Golf R<\/a> with slightly more power, but only the U.S.-market 20th Anniversary Edition will be available with a 6-speed manual transmission (a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic is also available).<\/p>\n<p>Prices start at $46,035 with the manual gearbox and $46,835 with the dual-clutch transmission (all prices include destination), an increase of $650 over the standard Golf R with either transmission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volkswagen on Thursday announced a special edition Golf R commemorating 20 years of the all-wheel-drive hot hatchback. The aptly named 2023 VW Golf R 20th Anniversary Edition goes on sale in the U.S. this fall, with a planned production run of about 1,800 units. Marking the anniversary of the 2002 European launch of the Golf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}