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Volkswagen Golf R 20 Years Edition Sets Nurburgring Lap Benchmark For R Models With 164MPH Main Straight Speed

Winter has gotten serious in most parts of the country, and it is a good time to think about what that means for cars.

Volkswagen offers some good insight into winter driving. One section we liked in particular.

Winter driving advice from Test and Development Driver Benjamin Leuchter and Peter Bunke, Head Trainer at the Volkswagen Driving Experience Herndon, VA — With the return of winter weather to many regions of the country, Volkswagen is offering advice on how to prepare for and drive in snowy conditions. We’ve turned to our German colleagues Benjamin Leuchter, Volkswagen Test and Development Driver, and Peter Bunke, Head Trainer at the Volkswagen Driving Experience, to share their top tips for cold weather driving.

Goes on sale in late 2021 Pricing not yet released VW’s top performance model, the Golf R, has been on hiatus since 2019. But for the 2022 model year, it’s back and delivering more power, more technology, and a revised chassis tuned to excel on the racetrack. In other words, this Golf R should be a lot of fun to drive. How much better is this new one than the old? Well VW VWAGY, -1.04% says, this new Golf R will complete a lap of the Nürburgring racetrack in Germany, a high-performance benchmark test site, in just 7 minutes and 51 seconds. That’s a full 17 se...