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Originally Posted by Schn3ll
This is what anyone who has actually driven both would be saying.
And as far as long term values go, right now we are just getting out of a goofy time for car value retention. When that finished crashing down, the Type R would still hold its value (it did so very well even before Covid) and as every other VW, on a long enough timeline the value for the Golf will be $0  |
Do you enjoy being wrong? The R and R32 (outside of the DSG only Mk5) are among the best of any non exotic. In 2020 when both cars were out of production, Rs were up quite a bit more than CTRs. Now that they’re both in the next generation, the previous R is still holding closer to original pricing than the CTR. Doesn’t help that the old CTR had awful cooling, low tuning potential and a refresh to try to fix the cooling that didn’t really help.
I’ve driven both on road and on track and unless you were just committed to tracking in a stock class (in a cooler climate) and doing very little daily driving, I wouldn’t pick the CTR over the old R and certainly not over the new one.