PROS ›› Great performance, fun to drive, practical and stealthy, improved infotainment CONS ›› No beauty, not available in US, steering wheel buttons The GTI’s near-50-year career means ...

Volkswagen’s Mk8 Golf R wasn’t particularly well received, with lacklustre dynamics and infuriating touch controls putting it a step behind its predecessor. For the recent update Volkswagen ...

The Volkswagen Golf R has become the everyday hot hatch icon ... pressure is on then for this new iteration, taking the latest Mk8 Golf as a base to reinvent the R without messing too much with ...

However, the VW Golf is not as forgiving of poor maintenance as some of its Japanese rivals. The Mk8 has several competitors including the Honda Civic Type R, Chevrolet Cobalt SS, BMW 128ti ...

VW Golf R Touch concept revealed at CES 2015 The third ... of high-performance Golf to give you an idea of what the new Mk8 model will have to live up to when it hits showrooms in 2019 ...

The first thing that strikes you about the Golf Mk1 is its size. Even in isolation it looks tiny, more like a very large toy ...

VW doesn’t offer the GTI as an estate, but its fancier R brother has been available as a wagon in Europe since 2015. And it’s back for 2025 as part of the facelifted Mk8.5 Golf lineup that ...