Base price OTR for the Golf R is £31k-£33k but there are deals to be had I believe (or there was). I was only interested in a Golf when they had the crazy lease deals on but decided against it as not really what I wanted.

Ford did this with the Mk2 as well, there is a thread over on the focusrsoc showing how it had 4 price increases in total! Rumors are that this won't be the only increase on the Mk3...

The Mk3 is actually well priced for what it is, a mate of mine has an Audi RS3 and that would have been £10k+ more, especially when you start to look at the big options list.