Adam and I went on a drive in his 400 horsepower MK7 Golf R! Equipped with a dsg transmission and stage 2 modifications and ...

Against all odds, hot hatch fans are spoiled for choice right now. What once seemed like a dwindling segment now has compelling, quirky options from Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, and others, each hoping to ...

The 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf R received a midcycle refresh that is more impactful than mild. Indeed, VW listened to ...

MotorTrend has finally named its Car of the Year for 2026, and it's a car with a sterling reputation for reliability that has ...

History repeating itself is nothing rare in the automotive business, and for the Volkswagen Golf, its contribution to such ...

Congrats to the Volkswagen Golf,  MotorTrend's 2026 Car of the Year!  The GTI and R performance variants received the honor - ...

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 ...

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Since picking up his first set of MicroMachine toy cars as a toddler, Chris knew he had a passion for automobiles embedded in his soul. It wasn't until he started flipping through car magazines a ...

In an automotive landscape increasingly dominated by towering SUVs and electric crossovers, MotorTrend’s decision to award ...

Introduction - Find the best Volkswagen deals! Last sold in the United States in 2019, the Volkswagen Golf R offers the best hardware set available for the Golf chassis. In many ways, the Golf R is ...