What It Is: This is an easy one, as far as our daily routine of identifying future products goes, because no effort has been made whatsoever to obscure the car: It’s a Volkswagen Golf R SportWagen circling the Nürburgring. It’s quite obviously a Euro-market model, as VW has only shown us Americans the SportWagen in “concept” form at this year’s New York auto show. The basic Wagen’s U.S. arrival is inevitable, though, and you can read our drive of the Euro version for an idea of what to expect. As for the subject of this story, we know it’s an R because, well, it says so right in the grille.

Why It Matters: Volkswagen’s latest Golf R is a refined beast, with a turbocharged 2.0-liter four and all-wheel drive, but it has thus far been confirmed for U.S. and global sale only in three- and five-door hatchback forms. This wagon version is new . . . and extremely hot. However, given automakers’ predilections toward steering most station wagons away from the U.S. market, this high-performance, sure-to-be-pricey Golf R SportWagen is almost definitely not coming here. But that doesn’t mean Americans should tune it out entirely—after all, forbidden fruit is always the sweetest.

View Photos Top: 2015 Volkswagen Golf R SportWagen (spy photo). Bottom: Volkswagen Golf SportWagen concept. CHRIS DOANE AUTOMOTIVE, THE MANUFACTURER

Platform: The Golf R SportWagen shares its MQB modular architecture with the standard-grade SportWagen, as well as the new Golf and a plethora of other VW Group vehicles. The aesthetics are pumped up with R-specific eye candy such as big wheels, shiny chrome side-mirror caps, quad exhaust outlets, and the same intake-dominated front fascia used for the Golf R hatch. You can expect a similar regimen of suspension stiffening and brake upgrades as the Golf R, too.

Powertrain: We have no reason to believe the Golf R SportWagen will use anything but the same turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder as the stubbier Golf R. The EA888 engine produces 290 horsepower and 280 lb-ft there, and it can be paired with either a six-speed manual transmission or a six-speed dual-clutch automatic. Power is routed to all four tires via Volkswagen’s Haldex-based 4MOTION four-wheel-drive system.

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Competition: Audi Allroad, BMW 328i Sport Wagon, Sasquatch sighting, unicorn tears.

Estimated Arrival and Price: Never and it doesn’t matter. But aren’t you glad that the Golf R SportWagen is a thing, even if it won’t come to the U.S.A.?

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