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For more than four decades, the Golf GTI has been the standard by which all high-performance hatchbacks are measured. Over ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

And the good news? It looks like whatever VW is cooking will be based on the Golf R, the hottest version.

Photo: carwow on YouTube Not exactly a surprise, Golf R won every single dig race, with the seventh-gen model posting a best elapsed time of 12.8 seconds. The Mk8 Golf GTI Clubsport ran a very ...

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.

Based on the MK8 Golf R, which shares a platform and turned-to-11 EA888 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four with the Audi S3, the Golf R Clubsport will primarily improve on the handling dynamics of ...

Based on the MK8 Golf R, which shares a platform and turned-to-11 EA888 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four with the Audi S3, the Golf R Clubsport will primarily improve on the handling dynamics of ...

The 2024 Golf R also gets those power-folding side mirrors as well as a new 19-inch wheel design. This year is also the last to offer a manual transmission, but it looks like the R will go ...

When Volkswagen moved on from the nearly universally loved Mk7 Golf, fans weren’t entirely happy with the results. The Mk8 hatch brought more controversial looks and a new interior, both of ...