The engine was the EA113 taken from the Mk5 Golf. It was chosen because ... With the price of the R at £30,000 (7k more than the Mk6 GTI), VW felt the need to justify the price.

Just after the hatchback Volkswagen Golf R bows out – an equivalent mk7 Golf ... torque that the boost peak of 1.2bar brings on, the EA113-series engine (not the later EA888 design) has stronger ...