Rarity claims: small US import volume, one-year 2-door, manual only

Commenters repeatedly frame the Mk6 R as genuinely scarce in the US: one frequent participant cited roughly 5,500 cars imported (while explicitly asking for verification), a seller counted only 61 examples ever listed on BaT at the time of his auction, and the 2-door body style is described as a one-year-only North American offering and the last 2-door R sold here. All US cars were 6-speed manuals, which the community treats as a core part of the appeal. …