While we'd love to be proven wrong, it's extremely likely this mule is rigged to test the upcoming VW T-Roc R, which shares a drivetrain with the Golf R. First, the facts. We’re looking at a ...

The Volkswagen Golf R popularized the hot-hatch genre of sporty, higher-performance versions of more-pedestrian models, starting with the transformation of the European Golf in the 1970s and the ...

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 ...

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 arrived ...

Just under five years ago, Spanish motoring publication km77 found the 2020 Volkswagen Golf 1.5 eTSI a bit underwhelming in the moose test. Back then, it couldn't do better than 69 kilometers an hour ...

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 ...

We recently sampled these changes in an unusual but very rad way: Volkswagen tossed us the keys to the Golf R and told us to tear up an ice track in northern Sweden. In these conditions we couldn’t ...

Volkswagen is preparing a new Golf R-based race car with Max Kruse Racing for the 2027 Nürburgring 24 Hours. The Golf R 24H show car previews a more aggressive, all-wheel-drive competition machine ...

The 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI and R entered their eighth generation in 2020, and while the core of these vehicles hasn't changed, there are some significant updates for the new model year. These ...

We’ll be getting into what it’s like to get after it for a year in VW’s latest Golf R.

HIGHS Plucky 328-hp turbo four, standard all-wheel-drive, serious performance and thrills. LOWS Manual transmission is forevermore MIA, Euro-Package seats add support but lack ventilation, GTI is ...