Wheels: Volkswagen Golf R entitled United States (NY Times).

European version of the Volkswagen Golf r Thursday, VW announced its intention to make the car to the United States.

For Volkswagen enthusiasts who have missed the quotient of performance on some of its recent models - is the new Jetta come to mind? -There is a hot - rod VW just over a year, said Jonathan Browning, President of Volkswagen of America.

Mr. Browning, speaking of the International Motor Press Association in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday monthly meeting announced its intention to the golf course, which is on sale in Europe for more than a year, the United States R in 2012.

He said the R "" isn't for everyone - for example, it comes with only a manual transmission - but among car enthusiasts demand is clear. "" Unlike previous high performance R32 outbreak, which came with the VW VR6 engine new R comes with a motor 4 cylinder turbocharged, 2 litres.

Although the engine in the golf all-wheel-drive is based on 2-liter turbocharged engine in the VW GTI, it has more power. Version planned for the United States will be 256 horses, a generous bump on the GTI 200.

Golf R will be available as 2- and 4-door. No price has been given, but a good estimate is approximately $32,000.

As well as VW a player more cost-effective in the important market of United States, Mr. Browning, who took the head of the group in America three months ago said that he "inherited a team with a few good momentum which was already starting to show results.

He said the new Jetta, which is targeted at reached North America sales of 12,000 units in its first two months on the market and sales in a resistant economy in 2010 have up to 20 per cent in the previous year.

He added: "my focus is not on the number, based on the products that drive our growth strategy". He said he understood those who doubted its objectives. "I also know that Volkswagen has a long way to go the United States."

Mr. Browning announced a collaboration between the mark and the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, manufacturer of iconic, Stratocaster to create an audio system high-end, decorated with equipped with speakers from Panasonic, in some models. The first installation of Fender appear in the spring in the Jetta 2011 IAM and replacement of news for the Passat sedan and beetle generation 2012 later than in 2011.