MK8 Golf R | Should you buy one? | The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

The VW MK8 Golf R has finally launched, but what's the real truth about this car? Today, we find out...

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[axelbostrom]

The cinematography in this episode is absolutely incredible, amazingly done

[IanDarley]

The thing about buttons, knobs and switches is you can feel them and therefore use them without looking and also hold them when the road has bumps. Touchscreens suck over a bumpy road surface.

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Moog : demonstrates how easy the infotainment is to use.

Me watching : it looks even more unnecessarily complicated and hard to use than I heard it was.

[Ja_M_]

Please do more of these…. This is exactly what journalism needs!

It needs honesty, experience, and all in all a realistic view point.

[ChristianWayne]

How are these guys so good at everything? This was amazing, a true real world review ! You should do more of these! No bullshit or bollocks pure facts. Great job guys !!

[HuqBhai]

This episode was definitely different... The production quality was next level

[thebenhemoth]

I think the controversy about the controls isn’t that it doesn’t work well but that the old system was better and worked better and vw needlessly over engineered and changed something that dident need to be changed

[KujGaming]

Instantly blows every other car review channel out of the water. Thanks for giving us exactly what we’re looking for quickly with no filler bs!

[Danfield]

This is one of the best car reviews I’ve seen period. Please do more of these types of videos. Car reviews with no BS just the facts. The honesty and showing how others are making up issues that don’t really exist. I am just getting to the new videos you’ll post. I have been watching the older videos. Keep up the great work!!

[davepoint]

I wish everyone did reviews like this. This is the best review ever. So honest, so time effective, great cuts/scenes. Absolutely perfect.

[alexraaen]

So cool to see you guys in this big new studio. And the production value is awesome. This is what you guys always deserved.

[MaxNelder]

Just got back from a week in a tiguan rental with the same steering wheel - turned the wheel heater on multiple times... If you're letting the wheel move through your stationary hand after a turn it's easy to do.

[nooki]

And thats why MCM is my favourite show. Moog just relates to my brutal honesty with no regard for sooks with delicate feelings. Love it. Never change a thing guys

[sez]

I've been living under a rock for 20 years. Have had the best I thought there was to offer. Xr5 turbo. Vx senator. Just brought a mk6 golf R. 👌 👏

[ChewieBacon]

This is sick, would be cool every so often for Moog and Marty to do there honest reviews on latest car releases. Nice one Moog 🤙

[SharpTurnStudios]

Moog, if you held the wheel exactly as you did and turned it 90 degrees to the left your palm would have been perfectly over the heated steering wheel button. That is how. The auto journos aren't hitting it while driving straight.

[fern_v]

I love this next generation of MCM. Such motivation watching your progression.

[CJKnowsTECH]

The most honest MK8 Golf R review I've seen on YouTube thus far.

[richardodonoghue]

Plain and simply the best car review I have ever seen. I love how blunt Moog is. I wish you'd do more of these!

[StreetMedia]

Being a big Vdubber even having my channel based around my modified BT GLI this has me soooo jealous! I cant find any mk8 R's near me in PA. 1 a couple hours away marked up to 50, 000 :(