I had a 2007 GTI, and it is tied for 1st place for my favorite car I have ever owned. That said, what I’ve picked up from the interwebs is that VW is not longer making quality vehicles, for a number of reasons. Would love some opinions!
Both are VAG. Both will be fantastic feeling vehicles, with an edge to the Audi for general luxury, but both will also begin an arms race to drain your friend’s wallet the fastest once they get past 80,000 miles.
I’ve got both a 2007 and a 2019 Polo, the 19 is an R design and the 2019 is much better quality. But yeah, as others have pointed out the S4 and they Golf are pretty much the same car since they’re both built by VAG so they will share lots of parts. The Audi will be more luxury Ave quality but in my country, the Golf R is lots cheaper than the S4.
Since those are really both the same company quality will be about the same. That said, parts/maintenance will still likely be more expensive on the Audi than the Volkswagen, if that’s a factor.
I had a 2015 golf and 2018 GTI. The gti was hands down my favorite vehicle I ever owned. That being said I did not get a MK8 when it got totaled.
I went with a Mazda3 awd turbo. Reason being physical buttons. I could not comfortably use the controls on all the test drives I did and the infotainment was terrible. Mazda has the superior infotainment of the two.
The golf r is literally just a budget Audi. All the parts are stamped Audi because it’s an MQB Evo platform. They’re all the same.
I wouldn’t say Vw isn’t quality, but I could not justify the expense. I paid less for a 2024 turbo premium plus awd Mazda than the dealer was asking for an SE GTI.
Why S4 and not S3? I think the golf interior feels too cheap in a golf R and would go with audi instead
