Final report: As flagship Golf leaves our fleet, we decide: is it the ultimate version of Mk8.5?

Over the next 40,000 miles, we'll see just how much we miss that six-speed manual transmission.

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 ...

See the exterior of the 2026 Volkswagen Golf R from every angle.

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 ...

Having premiered the facelifted Golf lineup last week, including the GTI front-wheel drive hot hatch, Volkswagen has now turned its attention to the upcoming Golf R. The range-topping member of the ...

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With the recent news of the end of the manual transmission for the GTI and Golf R, the writing is on the wall for one of the all-time-greatest performance cars, in this configuration anyway. They'll ...

Spoiled. That’s what we are. Flat-out spoiled. Just look at what we’ve gathered together for the latest Best Performance Car AutoGuide shootout brought to you by WeatherTech. At our disposal is a ...

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 ...