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The 2025 VW Golf R Is Here With Muscular Looks and More Power
The 2025 VW Golf R Is Here With Muscular Looks and More Power

26 Jun 2024, 08:32 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Volkswagen has finally pulled the covers off the facelifted Golf R in hatch and wagon flavors. The model features more oomph, added tech, and fresh look

 
VW Hatches Hot 2025 Golf R, Gives It More Power and Drops Stick Shift Option
VW Hatches Hot 2025 Golf R, Gives It More Power and Drops Stick Shift Option

12 Jun 2024, 12:00 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / The facelifted 2025 Volkswagen Golf R has 329 horsepower in the European configuration and will debut at the end of the month

 
2025 VW Golf R Goes Drifting in the Snow Ahead of This Year's Unveiling
2025 VW Golf R Goes Drifting in the Snow Ahead of This Year's Unveiling

30 Jan 2024, 09:26 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Volkswagen's upcoming Golf R was put to the test on snow and ice with two pro-racing drivers at the helm during an event hosted recently in Austria

 
Volkswagen of America Sold Over 329,000 Cars in 2023
Volkswagen of America Sold Over 329,000 Cars in 2023

5 Jan 2024, 08:36 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Official Volkswagen of America sales figures for 2023 are now here. The company has sold more cars, and its electrification efforts are working, too.

 
2023 VW Golf R Hot Hatch Hits the SH Market, Someone Should Declare Its Time of Death
2023 VW Golf R Hot Hatch Hits the SH Market, Someone Should Declare Its Time of Death

9 Dec 2023, 11:17 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / With a certificate of destruction accompanying it, this Volkswagen Golf R is for sale with only 7,579 miles on the odo. But is the engine still there?

 
This Golf R Instantly Regretted Racing a Toyota Supra and a Nissan Z
This Golf R Instantly Regretted Racing a Toyota Supra and a Nissan Z

17 Nov 2023, 09:48 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / You have to see a Golf R get absolutely annihilated by a 2023 Toyota Supra and a 2023 Nissan Z in this 1/4-mile drag race

 
This RS3-Swapped Mk7 Golf R Deserved a Spot at SEMA, Busy Being a Daily Driver
This RS3-Swapped Mk7 Golf R Deserved a Spot at SEMA, Busy Being a Daily Driver

31 Oct 2023, 19:32 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This custom Golf R the kind of work the lads at SEMA with their million-dollar budgets should look at and really appreciate.

 
VW Golf R Goes From Hot Hatch to Overlander With Delta4x4's Tune
VW Golf R Goes From Hot Hatch to Overlander With Delta4x4's Tune

20 Jun 2023, 23:32 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Delta4x4 says that they will put it into production if it sparks enough interest. The conversion is estimated to cost the equivalent of roughly $38,000

 
Police Caught a Golf R Doing 174 MPH, but Wait, Can This Volkswagen Even Go That Fast?
Police Caught a Golf R Doing 174 MPH, but Wait, Can This Volkswagen Even Go That Fast?

23 Nov 2022, 16:38 UTC · By: Marius Visan / The driver has been charged after he was caught driving over 174 mph in Mittagong, Australia. Law enforcement officers immediately withheld his driving license

 
VW Golf R Goes Back to Rear-Engine, Beetle-Style ‘Basics’ With Ferrari CGI Twist
VW Golf R Goes Back to Rear-Engine, Beetle-Style ‘Basics’ With Ferrari CGI Twist

22 Nov 2022, 11:11 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The UK-based 3D automotive concept artist better known as AVANTÉ DESIGN (aka “avante.design_” on social media) has decided to do a bonkers Golf R

 
2023 Nissan Z Makes First Drag Victim and Thrashes 2022 VW Golf in an R-Rated Sprint
2023 Nissan Z Makes First Drag Victim and Thrashes 2022 VW Golf in an R-Rated Sprint

4 Nov 2022, 22:22 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / The latest Japanese sportscar easily overpowers the best-performing stock VW Golf with more power, more torque, superior transmission, and responsiveness

 
Adventure or Performance VW Concepts Galore at SEMA: Modded Atlas, Taos, ID.4, and More
Adventure or Performance VW Concepts Galore at SEMA: Modded Atlas, Taos, ID.4, and More

31 Oct 2022, 14:28 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Volkswagen touches every point in the tuning rule book, from heritage to modern hoots, and from glamping SUVs to techy yet adventurous EVs

 
Volkswagen R Range Set to Become All Electric by 2030 and Still Have Several Models
Volkswagen R Range Set to Become All Electric by 2030 and Still Have Several Models

26 Oct 2022, 16:42 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen will not make its R division disappear when it will stop selling internal combustion-engined vehicles. Instead, the company will have performance EVs

 
VW Golf R Grows Whiskers, Does That Mean It's Better at Hunting Hot Hatchbacks?
VW Golf R Grows Whiskers, Does That Mean It's Better at Hunting Hot Hatchbacks?

7 Oct 2022, 09:36 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Some say that due to those side canards, we might be looking at a more agile version of the Volkswagen Golf R. Do you agree?

 
VW Golf R Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary With a Nürburgring-Nordschleife Record
VW Golf R Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary With a Nürburgring-Nordschleife Record

22 Aug 2022, 14:07 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Naturally, the Volkswagen Golf R “20 Years” special edition has become the fastest member of the VW R division around the fabled Green Hell

 
2022 VW Golf R Mk8 Drags 2022 Hyundai Elantra N DCT, Someone Gets Badly Walked
2022 VW Golf R Mk8 Drags 2022 Hyundai Elantra N DCT, Someone Gets Badly Walked

5 Jul 2022, 06:27 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Sam, the host of the “Sam CarLegion” channel on YouTube, has finally got his hands on an Mk8 Volkswagen Golf R and wants to make the best of the time with it

 
2022 VW Golf R 20 Years Edition Launched in Germany, Costs More Than a New BMW 5 Series
2022 VW Golf R 20 Years Edition Launched in Germany, Costs More Than a New BMW 5 Series

2 Jun 2022, 10:47 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Celebrating the Golf R's 20th anniversary, the special edition model is also pricier than the more powerful Mercedes-AMG A 45

 
BMW M240i Faces Golf R and Civic Type R in Drag Race, Place Your Bets
BMW M240i Faces Golf R and Civic Type R in Drag Race, Place Your Bets

25 May 2022, 14:22 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / BMW's smallest coupe does not have a direct competitor from rival manufacturers. With that it mind, watch it race comparably-priced hot hatches

 
Volkswagen Golf R 20 Years: Most Powerful Golf Ever Will Make Your Neighbors Hate You
Volkswagen Golf R 20 Years: Most Powerful Golf Ever Will Make Your Neighbors Hate You

25 May 2022, 12:17 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Sporting a few upgrades over the regular Golf R, and being punchier altogether, the 2022 VW Golf R 20 Years Edition will be offered until mid-2023