Against all odds, hot hatch fans are spoiled for choice right now. What once seemed like a dwindling segment now has compelling, quirky options from Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, and others, each hoping to ...

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 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI and R entered their eighth generation in 2020, and while the core of these vehicles hasn't changed, there are some significant updates for the new model year. These ...

We recently sampled these changes in an unusual but very rad way: Volkswagen tossed us the keys to the Golf R and told us to tear up an ice track in northern Sweden. In these conditions we couldn’t ...

We were always huge fans of the Mk7 VW Golf R. That its successor has never quite lived up to its high standards has only ...

The Volkswagen Golf isn't as formidable a seller as it once was, but it is one of the longest running nameplates on the road today. VW is dropping the manual transmission option from the sporty Golf ...

After a lengthy teaser campaign sprinkled with the usual spy shots, Volkswagen has pulled the wraps off the 2025 Golf R. The hot hatch and sporty wagon have debuted in their facelifted iterations (Mk ...

Exceptional looks, ride quality and quality of the product means that the Golf 8.5 continues to be the hot hatch it is meant ...

In a gift to gearhead posterity, Car and Driver magazine has published an archive of car reviews, comparison tests, columns and features going back to the 1950s. The Greatest Generation of automobile ...

Golf Rs registered up to 31 March 2017 will need you to stump up £305 every 12 months for road tax, though they avoid the added £325 penalty for cars with an original list price of more than £40,000 ...