Volkswagen Scraps Golf R400, May Offer a Lighter R Instead

Were it not for the Dieselgate scandal, we could have been looking at a production version of the Golf R400 today. The concept was revealed exactly two years ago at the Beijing Auto Show and, for a while, made it look like the A45 was in big trouble. Immediately after the new CEO of Volkswagen Group was appointed, we found out that the R400 had been scrapped to save money for TDI engine fixes. For a while, it looked like it was back on, b…