It had 300hp out of the box, all-wheel-drive and bullet-proof build quality. The VW Golf R Mk7 is arguably the ultimate all-round Hot Hatch for under £15k! Our comprehensive buying guide should help ...

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 ...

The 2025 Volkswagen Golf R is no longer just an all-wheel-drive GTI-plus hot hatch. Volkswagen pushed the R to a new level with the introduction of the torque-vectoring rear differential that arrived ...

VW listened to fans and gave the GTI steering wheel buttons again. But the Golf R still doesn't get them, even though it costs $15K more. But the Golf R is special, because its wheel offers a unique ...

The need to change the interior of the Golf R for the sake of making it seem new and tech-forward is only introducing more problems. I don’t know why, but carmakers insist on putting larger displays ...

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