The 2015 Volkswagen Golf R arrived as the moment when Volkswagen finally nailed the everyday performance car brief, combining ...

Khris is a Mechanical Engineer and a classic car aficionado, who adores his Jags, Alfas, and old-school American muscle cars. He keeps tabs on everything from super exotics like an old EB 110 to the ...

Ever since Volkswagen revealed the Mk6 Golf R at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, everyone knew that compact hatchbacks would never be the same again. The Wolfsburg-based outfit still uses a 2.0-liter ...

Beats the '96 Dodge Viper to 60 mph by nearly half a second Marked the first year a manual transmission was not offered for ...

The 2024 Volkswagen Golf R offers an impressive performance pedigree. Its 2.0-liter turbo four makes 315 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque when paired to its 6-speed manual transmission. That ...

Volkswagen has unveiled the facelifted Golf R and Golf R Variant, following a preview earlier this month. They combine added performance with updated styling and new technology. Like the Golf GTI, the ...

HIGHS Inconspicuous hatchback exterior, mighty turbo four, tenacious all-wheel-drive chassis. LOWS Manual transmission option gone for 2025, one expensive Golf, cool wagon version not sold in U.S.

Little did we know back in July, when Volkswagen presented the refreshed Tiguan, that its first-ever performance-oriented Tiguan R would be closely matched to the 2022 Golf R hot hatchback. Now the ...

Volkswagen just unveiled the new Golf R, which will arrive in the second half of 2021 for the 2022 model year. It’s the more powerful of the two Mk8 Golf versions coming to the American market (the ...

If you like traditional cars, there’s one upside to the boom in SUV sales. In a market where SUVs are most buyers’ first, second and third option, plain old sedans and hatchbacks have to offer ...

More than two decades after introducing itself to the world with the R32 Golf, Volkswagen’s R division is seeking greater independence within the brand by securing its own pavilion at the Autostadt ...

EMPATHY RUINS everything. After a week of fun and wild-eyed frustration with the 2022 Volkswagen Golf R—the hottest version of the eighth-generation Golf hatchback—I was ready to scold VW’s product ...