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Along with increased engine output, the refreshed 2025 Volkswagen Golf R boasts updated styling and tech. Plenty of power should help ease the sting of Volkswagen not offering the wagon version of the ...

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 ...

There’s just one trim level, so the biggest decision you’ll have to make is whether it’s going to be the manual or automatic. The automatic is quicker, lighter on gas, nicer in traffic, and better in ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Volkswagen Golf R is perhaps the most well-rounded hot hatchback available, if you’re willing to pay for it. Between its powerful turbocharged engine and all-wheel-drive grip, not many rivals can ...

When you want more power and performance than the Volkswagen GTI offers, the 2026 Golf R is VW's next-level hot hatchback. Volkswagen just issued a major update for 2025, so the 2026 Golf R carries ...

And that is why we went about diving into what these two siblings offer. Both are refreshed for 2025, yet their respective identities remain unchanged at the core. And choosing one over the other is ...

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 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 ...