In the final months when VW still sold manual Golf GTIs, sales of the hatchback surged, and a significant 41% of those were ...

Cadillac brings an updated aero package and a familiar core lineup to Daytona, betting teamwork—and a few new names—can turn late-2025 momentum into wins. I think this is worth ...

My first drive in the Volkswagen Golf R 20th Anniversary Edition, filmed in 4K. This video focuses on performance delivery, ...

This video explores the facelifted 2025 VW Golf R MK8.5 with a full-speed test on Germany’s Autobahn. With 333 HP, sharper ...

If you poured your heart and soul into researching the 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI or Golf R but didn’t pull the trigger, we have good news: Neither variant of the VW hot hatch has changed for the 2026 ...

From the January/February 2026 issue of Car and Driver. Losing another manual transmission frustrates us nearly as much as missing out on breakfast at Whammy Burger by three minutes. We North ...

HIGHS Inconspicuous hatchback exterior, mighty turbo four, tenacious all-wheel-drive chassis. LOWS Manual transmission option gone for 2025, one expensive Golf, cool wagon version not sold in U.S.

The GTI first earned our Car of the Year trophy in 1985, back when we awarded separate Golden Calipers for domestic and imported models. Thirty years later, the seventh-generation Golf lineup, which ...

Kia’s new and highly anticipated performance hot EV hatch is on schedule to debut next year, beating Volkswagen’s aspirations to make an all-electric Golf R. Britain’s AutoExpress recently caught wind ...

The Golf R’s 25th anniversary model will feature the powerful 5-cylinder engine from the Audi RS3 This special edition will be a final, high-performance send-off for the gas-powered Golf R The car is ...

We're approaching the 25th anniversary of Volkswagen Golf R models, so to ring in the special occasion, VW seems to be going all out. It's reportedly fitting its hottest hatch with the same ...

Even though it may have lost its manual transmission, the latest Volkswagen Golf R still has plenty of strengths. That car may not actually be the ultimate version of the current Golf, though.