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what's up guys this is antwon good wit cnet.com on the floor at the 2013 frankfurt motor show taking a look at the new Volkswagen Golf R now this is goes on the seventh generation golf platform that just debuted and it's the second generation of the Golf R well fourth generation if you consider the r32 models that came before but don't get confused that's a lot of numbers the important numbers are under the hood it's got the newest generation of Volkswagens 2-liter TSI turbo charged engine that's going to use turbo charging in direct injection to get you 296 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque now that's pretty much subaru WRX evo territory right there and like those two vehicles is going to put the power through all wheels via the 4motion system this is VW 5th generation of poor motion and it can do some pretty cool things for example it can decouple the rear axle when you're just cruising around at highway speeds and don't need the grip on the rear end so you don't get the hit in fuel economy you normally get with all-wheel drive systems but then when you stop the pedal and really neat that torque at the back end it can send up to a hundred percent all 280 pound-feet to the rear axle when needed and that power is also going to go through the newest generation of VW SDFG system or you can actually shift it yourself with a six-speed manual in here now this newest generation of the Volkswagen Golf is actually going to go on fill in the United States sometime in late 2014 probably the 2015 model but it'll be on European road sometime later this year I've been and so on Goodwin on the floor 2 2013 frankfurt motor show taking a look at the new golf bar you