The MkVII Volkswagen Golf 's high-performance, all-wheel-drive R model was a definite highlight—like a GTI-plus, it was fun, extremely capable, and brought with it all the practical perks of a small ...

With the recent news of the end of the manual transmission for the GTI and Golf R, the writing is on the wall for one of the all-time-greatest performance cars, in this configuration anyway. They'll ...

For the Mk8 Golf Country, delta4x4 took a Golf R and hiked it up 3.1 inches to achieve about 8.8″ of total ground clearance. That’s Subaru Crosstrek territory but with much more horsepower. A stock ...

The Volkswagen Golf R popularized the hot-hatch genre of sporty, higher-performance versions of more-pedestrian models, starting with the transformation of the European Golf in the 1970s and the ...