Competes with: Honda Civic Type R, Hyundai Veloster Turbo/N, Subaru WRX/WRX STi Looks like: A fresh take on the iconic hot hatch Powertrains: 241-horsepower (GTI) or 315-hp (R), turbocharged 2.0-liter ...

VW’s beloved hatchback is now a three-time Car of the Year winner. History repeating itself is nothing rare in the automotive business, and for the Volkswagen Golf, its contribution to such tradition ...

The eighth-generation Volkswagen hot-hatch icon will get gobs of cabin tech and more power, but America's first examples are still over a year away. Following stints in TV news production and as a ...

Volkswagen has introduced the eighth generation of the Golf hot hatch models, the GTI and the R. These "Mark 8" models feature an updated engine, new vehicle dynamics settings, and a new electronics ...

It's been five years since Volkswagen launched the current Mk8 Golf. While the standard Golf model left our shores at the end of the Mk7's series production run due to poor demand—and because buyers ...

US fuel economy (MPG): 24/34/28 (GTI, MT) 25/34/28 (GTI AT), 20/28/23 (Golf R MT), 23/30/26 (Golf R AT) Starting Price (USD): $30,540 (GTI inc. dest.), $44,640 (Golf ...

The Volkswagen GTI's all-around talents have earned it a special place in our hearts over the years, and the Golf R has only made the hot hatch cooler, quicker, and more extreme. We've loved it, too.

The 2022 Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf R get a new electrical architecture as part of their designs. VW recently released a deep dive into how that new architecture enables more digital features in the ...

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 ...

VW's standard-bearer hot hatches are as great as ever. But they have some tech "upgrades" now that need more baking time. But like those annoying touchscreen ordering kiosks, however, this eighth-gen ...