After the Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 35 here is the next offering from the brand at the 2011 Worthersee show - the Volkswagen Golf R Cabriolet. This is one for those who wanted all the performance of the Golf R with the top lopped off. The Cabriolet concept gets the 2.0-litre turbocharged engine with 265 hp and VW says it can make to 100 km/hr in less than six seconds and has a top speed of 250 km/hr - the same as the hatchback.

Of the Volkswagen Golf R Cabriolet, the company says:

Golf R Cabriolet concept: Volkswagen just recently introduced the new Golf Cabriolet, and the designers and engineers of Volkswagen R GmbH have already come up with an extremely sporty variant of this model: the Golf R Cabriolet Concept. Like its closed top counterpart, the 199 kW / 270 PS Cabriolet concept races to the 100 km/h mark in less than six seconds. Their top speeds are also identical at 250 km/h. This makes the R Cabriolet the fastest open-top Golf ever. Even more impressive, however, is the engine’s tremendous torque – 350 Newton metres from a low 2,500 rpm make this cabriolet an ideal cruiser.

Volkswagen is also announcing Volkswagen Golf R and Zubehör GmbH concepts but more on them later. For the rest of the details on the Cabriolet, see after the jump.

Like the closed-top Golf R, the cabriolet was lowered by 25 mm via a sport chassis. A 17-inch brake system with internally ventilated discs at all wheels and blue painted high-performance brake callipers (including R-logo) enables impressive deceleration values. Making contact to the road surface on the Golf R Cabriolet Concept are 19-inch “Talladega” alloy wheels with size 235 tyres.

Naturally, the Golf R Cabriolet Concept also presents an especially sporty interior concept. Motorsport shell seats in dark blue carbon leather, combined with high-end Nappa leather in “Pure Grey”, set the tone here. The backs of the shell seats are painted in luxurious black piano paint. Upholstery piping and decorative seams provide for colour contrast. Carbon accents emphasise the concept’s technical-sporty character. The sand-blasted aluminium door sill plates with black piano paint inlays display finely crafted workmanship.

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