The rapid pace of the fresh-faced 2025 Volkswagen Golf R we're driving matches our quickened heart rate, but our left leg and right arm are conspicuously sidelined. Sadly, this is the new normal for ...

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 ...

The updated Golf improves on the outgoing model year with 13 more horsepower, for a new total of 328 hp and 310 lb-ft of torque through all four wheels, making it the most powerful VW Golf ever. Power ...

The Volkswagen Arteon R Shooting Brake has to be one of the strangest performance cars on the market right now. It looks like a wagon version of a coupe but doesn't have any of the performance ...

This video provides a driving review of the VW Golf 7 R, featuring onboard POV footage, launch control, and acceleration ...

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 ...

Following stints in TV news production and as a record company publicist, Chris spent most of his career in automotive publishing. Mentored by Automobile Magazine founder David E. Davis Jr., Paukert ...

The Volkswagen Golf R 7.5 is not considered to be underpowered or slow, as it comes with 300 metric horsepower from the factory and can sprint from naught to 100 kph (62 mph) in 4.6 seconds. That's ...