Volkswagen just recently updated the Mk8 Golf GTI and Golf R for its mid-cycle refresh and the 2025 model-year. Originally launched in 2020 globally and in 2022 for the North American market, at three ...

The Mk8.5 Golf R is still wrapped in camouflage but already ... All recent prototypes of the new Golf R that we’ve seen are adorned in bright blue camouflage to hide the updated design.

The rationale for buying the Golf R over the GTI was tenuous at best prior to the arrival of the Mk8 in 2020. Adding all-wheel drive ... helps hold occupants better under hard cornering. The blue, ...

The rationale for buying the Golf R over the GTI was tenuous at best prior to the arrival of the Mk8 in 2020 ... better under hard cornering. The blue, gray and black color combo even brings ...

This Volkswagen Golf R is said to have around 430 horsepower on tap and was set loose on Germany's no-speed-limit Autobahn recently ...

Mechanically, there wasn't really anything wrong with the MK8 Volkswagen GTI and Golf R. In fact, they were both pretty awesome. Redesigning an icon like the MK7 Golf is no easy task, but ...

(The Euro Style Package can be added to the Black Edition for maximum R value.) The midlife refresh for the Mk8 Golf R is relatively minor. There's a revised front fascia with an illuminated VW ...

The GTI has just had its midlife facelift, making this generation the ... in the Golf range ever since. Here in America, it is the Golf range, along with the all-wheel drive Golf R, but more ...

one expensive Golf, cool wagon version not sold in U.S. VERDICT A high-performance unicorn crafted from VW's mass-market mule, the Golf R delivers the goods—for a price.