Highlights Only 28,000 miles from new Full service history Desirable triple black colour scheme Milltek stainless exhaust system Fresh MOT with no advisories Overview Subtly menacing, isn’t it? Like a mafioso in a beautifully cut suit, or a yakuza henchman reaching into his briefcase, the triple-black colour scheme of this Golf whispers softly while also quite clearly carrying the proverbial big stick.

So – when is an R32 not an R32? When it’s a Golf R… The third-generation of super-hot Golfs that sit above the GTI as a halo lost the numbers in the model name, for the simple fact that it no longer had a 3.2-litre six-cylinder engine, but instead a 2.0-litre four-cylinder one.

But don’t go thinking that this move was in any way a compromise.

Certain purists may have grumbled when the four-pot R was announced, but they soon ate their words when they saw the specs, and washed it all down with a chunky humble pie smoothie when they actually drove the thing.

Quite simply, the Golf R is ...