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 ...

Despite having revealed, and priced, the Golf 8.5 GTI at the Kyalami Festival of Motoring two weeks, Volkswagen has indicated that the same courtesy, for now, won’t stretch the reworked Golf R.

The Volkswagen Golf R stands above all other Golf variants in terms of performance and prestige. First introduced as the Golf R32 with a 3.2-liter narrow-angle VR6 engine and standard all-wheel drive, ...

How long will it take for this one to sell out once the order book opens? Volkswagen is preparing to launch not only its most powerful Golf to date in 2027, but also its most desirable ever. VW will ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the Volkswagen Golf and Audi A3 have shared a platform since the latter's introduction in the mid-1990s, the German automakers have consistently differentiated their high-performance models. The ...

To accommodate the new engine, suspension tweaks will be needed to support the added mass. The four-cylinder Golf R 333 already benefits from 1.5deg of negative front camber, stiffer rear subframe ...

Volkswagen looks set to give the Golf R Audi’s iconic five-cylinder engine under the hood. After nearly 50 years of service in everything from Audi Quattros to the TT RS, Audi's inline-five engine may ...

The reality of putting a 400bhp Golf on sale in Europe and the UK is a much tougher task now than it was 10 years ago, however. More stringent emissions regulations, plus smaller economies of scale ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

The fast estate car has always been an automotive niche, which is probably why it’s so dearly loved by those who get it. The very definition of if you know, you know. By their nature, by packing an ...