The midlife refresh for the Mk8 Golf R is relatively minor. There's a revised front fascia with an illuminated VW logo, front ...

The car in question started its life as a standard Mk6 Volkswagen Golf R, fitted with a turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four rated for 265 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque. Because the owner had ...

The 2025 Volkswagen Golf R is no longer just an all-wheel-drive GTI-plus hot hatch. Volkswagen pushed the R to a new level with the introduction of the torque-vectoring rear differential that ...

Therefore one could suggest that VW were ahead of the curve with the Mk6 Golf R. When the R was announced with a mere 2-litre turbocharged engine, we yearned the passing of what we believed was ...

The 2025 Volkswagen Golf R is no longer just an all-wheel-drive GTI-plus hot hatch. Volkswagen pushed the R to a new level with the introduction of the torque-vectoring rear differential that ...

Manuals have become a niche performance market in the U.S. Now even some performance cars aren't offering a stick option.

If you like driving, but also live in the real world, there's no better option than a hot hatchback. Hot hatches combine performance with practicality and (usually) affordability, and Volkswagen ...

We were always huge fans of the Mk7 VW Golf R. That its successor has never quite lived up to its high standards has only underlined how good it was ...

These same tweaks apply to the U.S.-spec 2025 Golf R, which was shown in its new Black Edition trim. VW had already announced U.S. pricing and specs for the 2025 Golf GTI and Golf R. The GTI ...

The first part shows the Electronic Power Steering (EPS) ECU from a 2010 Volkswagen Golf Mk6 module (which rides on the back of the three-phase steering rack motor) being cracked open to reveal an ...