but the Golf R is more practical and stands as Volkswagen's performance flagship, while the M240i amounts to a hot-rod version of a more entry-level BMW. Happy shopping.

The Golf R swings with the heavy-hitters of the hot hatch world and Volkswagen has given it an '8.5' series boost in terms of ...

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 ...

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.

For the uninitiated, the Golf R is an even hotter version of what is arguably the original hot hatch, the VW GTI. For the very uninitiated, the Golf R is a car – which is a lower, smaller ...

There are optional, forged 19-inch “Warmenau” wheels, named in honor of the city of VW’s R headquarters, which weigh just 17.6 pounds each to reduce unsprung weight. The Golf R retains its ...

For 2022, the Volkswagen Golf R enters its third generation as the AWD hot hatch in the Golf family. Like the GTI it was born from, the Golf R aims towards exhilarating fun combined with the ...