This review puts the Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf R head to head to see which hot hatch makes the stronger case. The GTI ...

If you wanted to characterize the 2022 Volkswagen Golf R as a Facebook relationship, you’d have to say it’s complicated. This spirited hot hatch is undeniably fun to drive, but unfortunately, VW’s ...

Introduction 2022 Volkswagen Golf R Builds on Hot-Hatch Fundamentals The redesigned hot hatch is more capable and more ...

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Being mature does not equate to being boring. Just because someone likes the finer things in life doesn’t mean they need to have the personality of wet bread. In the automotive world, the same ...

In recent years, the Volkswagen Golf R has become somewhat of an odd proposition. It’s deservedly renowned for its versatility—a comfortable super tourer among hot hatches one minute, and an apex ...

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 ...

The MkVII Volkswagen Golf 's high-performance, all-wheel-drive R model was a definite highlight—like a GTI-plus, it was fun, extremely capable, and brought with it all the practical perks of a small ...

It isn't the 2023 Golf R's understeer at the limit and six-speed manual's weird clutch pedal engagement that bugs us the most about the hot hatch. We realized in our Performance Vehicle of the Year ...