11 Jul 2021, 12:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Everything feels wrong in this drag racing video, from the power figures for both Golfs to the tuning they say they've done and how much it costs
20 May 2021, 16:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Golf R Mk8 is an absolute unit, packing some serious muscle under its boring German hatchback suit—look at just how fast it is compared to two years ago!
2 Apr 2021, 11:10 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / It's a completely stock example tested on summer tires; the impressive performance bests previous Automann-TV attempts performed on winter rubber
9 Jan 2021, 21:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The gap between these cars is very small, but the new Golf 8 R is clearly a bit faster than its Audi cousin and the Golf 7 R
17 Dec 2020, 21:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Automann, the famed German reviewer with the driving gloves, found the new Golf R to be surprisingly fast, even when fitted with winter tires
4 Nov 2020, 01:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The 2022 Volkswagen Golf R looks ready to overthrow new rivals like the Mercedes-AMG A 35 and BMW M135i with its AWD drift mode
31 Oct 2020, 16:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Golf R is going to be one of the few 300+ hp AWD hatchbacks with a manual gearbox as standard. Not even the Audi S3 has one
24 Apr 2020, 18:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The new Golf R will debut at the end of the year but might not enter production until the early hours of 2021, plenty of time for ptesting
15 Apr 2020, 16:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The new R is supposed to have about 11% more power, putting it above rivals from AMG and BMW M and in line with the supercharged S4
15 Feb 2020, 19:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Unconfirmed reports suggest the Golf 8 R will be shown at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. We're pretty confident it will receive a mild power increase
27 Oct 2019, 21:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The V6 in the old R32 wasn't the most efficient hot hatch engine, but it set the Golf apart from the Civic Type R, the Focus RS and all the other hot hatchbacks
26 Apr 2019, 20:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This Golf 8 R rendering may not be 100% accurate, but it's got the right idea. Also, to most people, every new Golf generation always looks like the old one
24 Mar 2019, 12:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The next Golf 8 will not have 400 horsepower and it probably won't be a hybrid either. But 330 horsepower doesn't sound too bad