well guys having got back from my "pre launch training" - more of a badly labelled excuse for a rag in some nice cars - at vw headquarters milton keynes i have to say the new r32 is an absolute hoot!!!! taking it out for a test drive with a bmw130i Msport, an audi a3 3.2 quattro, an impreza wrx and another r32(dsg) i can safely say its better than the audi, personally i prefer it to the bmw and i think its equal to the impreza in all but outright accelleration. . . .(but then the impreza has a turbo and 280ps) the dsg one is good but personally i prefer the manual - i guess you could get use