First thing that comes to mind when I hear "Horsepower Kings" is incestuous procreation.

Volvo recently admitted missing the mark on the low production volume and have promised to make quite a few more for 2015 but still....that whole price tag thing.

All the suspension components are shared with the 3 so throwing coilovers, swaybars and sticky tires on this thing would be a riot around some cones.

Someone was thinking the same thing: Boss Wagon Mazdaspeed 5

I hope she gets Paul Walker'd

Sub-5 seconds to 60 and low 13 sec 1/4 are slow as balls. a $700 stage 1 ecu tune puts it at sub-4 seconds to 60 and low 12 sec 14 mi. Still kinda slow.

The US Golf R will have fully defeatable stability control.

I thoroughly read this article to get a complete understanding of the situation only to realize it was a complete waste of my time and I still dislike Ferrari.

full blown rotor chub

AWD. I should have been more explicit. Top Gear provides a good overview of the highlights. http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/fi…

How's 500hp APR stage 3 Super Beetle sound?

This comparison only makes sense in Europe. In NA and Australia and likely other continents, the M235 is substantially more expensive than the Golf R(~$10,000 in the US). In which case it is really hard to make the argument for the BMW at that point.

It should be arriving in late January or February. All speculation has it starting around $35k.

When VW debuted the 2013 Design Vision GTI concept at Woerthersee last year, it had a 3.0L twin turbo VR6 so this may not be a mistake. The specs on that version were also 503 hp although the torque was only rated at 413 lb ft. As a current VR6 owner, I pray to the car gods that they eventually produce this engine in…

Nope. This is way cooler:

Ha. Thought I might have been the only one to immediately notice that.

Mk4 on Jeep Wrangler Sahara wheels:

Fortunately it does retract back into the dash unlike the CLA in which looks like much more of an after though.