GTI makes 242 hp instead of last year’s 241 hp but R gets a 13 hp boost; both are available solely with a DSG transmission ...

Volkswagen has unveiled details about its 2025 Golf GTI and Golf R models for the U.S., featuring powertrain tweaks, updated ...

Perhaps nothing demonstrates what’s happened to hot hatches in recent years better than the evolution of the Golf GTI ...

In the latest issue of evo, we test the Mk8.5 Golf R against the GTI Clubsport – these are our favourite shots ...

CAR magazine's Angus MacKenzie looks back at 50 years of the landmark VW hatchback – and explains why it nearly didn't happen ...

The new Volkswagen Golf GTI is not electric and it’s not a hybrid ... which arrived in 2021 to hardly universal acclaim. It suffered from the Mk8 Golf’s general cabin tech problems, as well as a ...

Volkswagen is facing some financial problems at the moment because of its push to develop EVs. This is why it should prove a warning to its rivals.

The Volkswagen Golf R is as close as the company will ever come to a halo car. The very top of the tree of its main outlet ...

Top speed stands at around 124mph for entry-level models, rising to 143mph in the Golf GTE range-topper. On the road, the 114bhp eTSI automatic feels a tad underpowered, with the engine having to ...

If the Volkswagen Golf is the do-it-all family hatchback, the R is the do-it all Golf. No other model in the range has the breadth of capabilities you get from the R and, you’ve guessed it, that ...

What’s new for the Mk8.5? Well spotted ... sparing mesh to expose the radiators (and the gaudy illuminated VW badge) rob the Golf R of what little dignified subtlety it had left.