The Volkswagen Golf R popularized the hot-hatch genre of sporty, higher-performance versions of more-pedestrian models, starting with the transformation of the European Golf in the 1970s and the ...

H istory repeating itself is nothing rare in the automotive business, and for the Volkswagen Golf, its contribution to such tradition includes our highest honor. For the third time in its eight ...

With the recent news of the end of the manual transmission for the GTI and Golf R, the writing is on the wall for one of the all-time-greatest performance cars, in this configuration anyway. They'll ...

Just under five years ago, Spanish motoring publication km77 found the 2020 Volkswagen Golf 1.5 eTSI a bit underwhelming in the moose test. Back then, it couldn't do better than 69 kilometers an hour ...

While we'd love to be proven wrong, it's extremely likely this mule is rigged to test the upcoming VW T-Roc R, which shares a drivetrain with the Golf R. First, the facts. We’re looking at a ...

Volkswagen’s performance Golf GTI and Golf R hatchbacks are updated for the 2025 model year, and while their looks and tech are newer, the headline-grabbing news is that no manual transmission is ...

Volkswagen looks set to give the Golf R Audi’s iconic five-cylinder engine under the hood. After nearly 50 years of service in everything from Audi Quattros to the TT RS, Audi's inline-five engine may ...

Spoiled. That’s what we are. Flat-out spoiled. Just look at what we’ve gathered together for the latest Best Performance Car AutoGuide shootout brought to you by WeatherTech. At our disposal is a ...

Something that’s been puzzling me more than most lately is the odd, oblong-shaped storage space on the centre console. It’s seemingly useful for little more than a pen or pencil, and I’d questioned ...

If you’re thinking about the 2025 VW GTI, read on to discover five things we liked, and two that we didn’t. Celebrating 50 years of hot-hatch heritage, the 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI arrives with subtle ...