Volkswagen manufacturing facility driver Jonathan Mogotsi took half in his second Simola Hillclimb competitors this previous weekend in Knysna.
Mogotsi completed third in the A2 class closing on Sunday behind Mercedes-AMG drivers Clint Weston and Mika Salo who had been in much more highly effective equipment.
MOGOTSI COMPETED IN AN E-GOLF AT THE 2022 SIMOLA HILLCLIMB
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The 31-year-old made his debut on the 2022 Simola Hillclimb in an e-Golf, beating fellow Volkswagen racing driver Daniel Rowe. For this 12 months’s version Volkswagen South Africa upped the ante and offered the pair with the model new Golf R.
The flagship mannequin is powered by a 2.0-litre turbocharged engine producing 235kW and 400Nm. The R accelerates to 100km/h from standstill in 4.8 seconds and rockets onto a prime velocity of 250 km/h.
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Mogotsi and Rowe had been additionally competing in opposition to former Norwegian rally driver Henning Solberg who was additionally behind the wheel of the new Golf R.
Mogotsi spoke solely to The South African in regards to the challenges of driving in a hillclimb occasion: “Our strategy going into the weekend was to learn the car and push its limits and get to understand where its limits are as we only have five or six opportunities of 50 seconds each to get accustomed to the track.”
Volkswagen’s resolution to take manufacturing automobiles to the Simola Hillclimb paid dividends as Mogotsi completed on the rostrum, and the younger driver praised the new superhatch: “I was very impressed with the vehicle, as it’s four-wheel-drive I was expecting a bit of understeer but with all the nanny aids off the car has a tendency to rotate at the rear which is very pleasant.”
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During certainly one of his runs Mogotsi inadvertently engaged the automotive’s drift mode button, and watch the video under to see what occurred:
VOLKSWAGEN’S FLAGSHIP GOLF WENT ON SALE IN LATE APRIL 2023
Last month The South African reported that Volkswagen has lastly revealed when the not so new Golf R will go on sale in South Africa and crucially how a lot the flagship mannequin will price.
Production points and a scarcity of elements are the explanations for the Golf R’s delayed launch in South Africa the German carmaker stated, by way of motoring press company Motorpress
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