The front-wheel-drive Golf GTI is still the everyman’s sports hatchback, offering affordable thrills since the ’70s, but VW’s R division has been churning out more extreme all-wheel-drive ...

The sprint to takes just 6.4sec and the handling and chassis are sublime. A good one is around £16k. The S3 (06-12) is almost identical to the Golf R underneath. The 261 bhp engine powers all ...

The manual-loving minority movement has lost yet another battle. Volkswagen’s refreshed 2025 Golf lineup, dubbed the Mk8.5, brought updated styling and interior improvements. However, it also ...

Three years ago, when the eighth generation was still new, the Volkswagen Golf R came in for its fair share of criticism. After the well-loved seventh-gen R, we were less than impressed with the ...