Through eight generations over 40 years, the Volkswagen Golf GTI has defined affordable fun, and the Golf R has embellished the package with more power and all-wheel drive. That their hatchback bodies ...

EDITOR WES RAYNAL: When we named the GTI our 2015 Best of the Best/Car we said things like “At the heart of automotive enthusiasm sits a pantheon of vehicles most can agree define our sport, so to ...

2024 will be the final year for manual-transmission-equipped Golf R and Golf GTI models in the United States. The GTI 380 package comes standard on manual-transmission Golf GTI models. The ...

Volkswagen sent out a press release this morning about the 2024 Golf GTI 380 Edition. It contains the biggest "oh, by the way" in the history of enthusiast cars: that the 380 is being built to ...

Of course, the 2018 Volkswagen Golf R isn't just any Golf. With all-wheel drive and a 306-hp 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine under the hood (in this European-spec car I'm driving; ...

Arriving in the US in late 2021, the most-powerful Golf ever offer buyers a choice of manual or dual-clutch gearbox, plus there's a drift mode. Following stints in TV news production and as a record ...

They say the worst day of your life starts normally. Today, it started with Volkswagen announcing that the manual transmission in the Golf GTI and Golf R will be officially dead after 2024, with one ...

Master the twisties with this one-owner 2018 Volkswagen Golf R manual in Scotts Valley, a low-mileage SF Bay Area black pearl with Enkei wheels, Michelin PS4S, and subtle cosmetic upgrades for pure ...

New leadership at VW reportedly wants to cut 10 billion euros in costs by 2026. Having one transmission in a car instead of two is a great way to cut costs. And particularly in that environment, it’s ...

Volkswagen rolled out the new Golf in January, and ever since they've been dropping performance variants like a striptease for gearheads. The Golf R Mk8.5 is about to hit the streets, and it's packing ...

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 ...