In one corner is the Volkswagen Golf R, with two pedals or three, a digital dash, four-wheel drive, five-door practicality, and the latest-at-the-time version of Volkswagen's long-evolving EA888 turbo ...

Behind the wheel of the new one, I felt at home with the latest in a long line of hot VW hatches I ... feature about the Mk8 Golf R and GTI that’s been a lightning rod since they were released ...

That puts a fully loaded Golf R in the same range as the more luxurious Audi S3 sedan and BMW M240i coupe, but their shapes aren't as practical as VW's hatchback hot rod. Of course, the current 25 ...

Like the GTI, the car’s grille holds a new light-up VW badge. There’s no Variant wagon model for the U.S., and we are now in the Golf R’s post-stick shift era, but the refreshed hot hatch is ...

A simple drag race just won’t do in a hot hatch like the Volkswagen Golf R. Instead, Schäfer and Thielebein agreed on a set of three races: quarter-mile sprint, fastest lap, and drift battle.