Across the Group, there is an Octavia vRS, a Cupra Leon and this Golf R, all offered in estate form. For all the missteps ...

The Golf R Estate starts from £45,970, working out as £1,435 more than the hatch. Considering how much more car you get for the money, it’s not bad, if a lot of money for a Golf.

The Golf R Estate is one of the best performance estates around – and right now it’s criminally cheap. It’s our Deal of the Day for 9 June.

Prices start at £45,295, representing a £1,400 hike over the Golf R hatch for another 355mm in length, most of it in a luggage bay which now offers 611 litres of volume with the rear seats up ...