Having received minor tweaks to their head- and taillights for 2025, the Volkswagen GTI and Golf R are unchanged for 2026.

Marouane Bembli, a prolific car reviewer and automotive virtual artist better known as TheSketchMonkey on social media, is keen on unofficially bringing to CGI life a mid-engine Volkswagen Golf R.

With 315 hp, the upcoming R model has become the most powerful member of the Golf lineage. To properly deliver all that power to the wheels, Volkswagen engineers have developed a new version of the ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

The 2022 Volkswagen Golf R Estate is a more practical version of the German automaker's eighth-gen Golf R hot hatch. The latest Golf R station wagon is the most potent and dynamic Golf Estate that VW ...

The 2022 Volkswagen Golf R Variant has traded Europe’s frozen north for the Nurburgring circuit, where a pair of prototypes were caught on film running several hot laps. Normally, we would have tried ...

Powertrain: 315-horsepower, turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder; six-speed manual transmission or seven-speed dual-clutch automatic; all-wheel drive Hits dealerships: End of 2021 Volkswagen’s Golf R ...

The standard Mk. 8 Golf is probably not coming to the U.S., but that doesn't mean we're missing the enthusiast variants too. Volkswagen still intends to bring over the GTI and Golf R. We've had ...

While traditional wagons are losing ground to crossovers and SUVs, Volkswagen will launch a Variant version of the all-new Golf R. Spotted undergoing testing at the Nurburgring, this prototype tried ...

Over the first month with our Volkswagen Golf R long-term test car, we have learned a lot, including a little insight into the soul of the car. Earlier generations of Golf R (and R32) were simple hot ...