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 ...

You'll receive a response shortly. The Volkswagen Golf R is a speedier, more upscale take on VW’s fun-loving Golf GTI hatchback. Unlike its front-wheel-drive sibling, the Golf R comes standard ...

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 ...