The Mk8.5 Golf R is still wrapped in camouflage but already looks more striking than the model it replaces. While some European specifications have been announced, details about the U.S. model ...

It’s fair to say that the pressure was on then to reinvent the Golf R in line with the Mk8 Golf, without messing too much with the proven recipe. The endeavor was it seems a little way short of ...

I can tell you that having sat in an Mk8.5 for just a short time, I've never been more excited to test a car in my whole life ...

Built as a numbered run of 333 vehicles, the rarest and most powerful R model in the VW Golf Mk8 Golf line-up might sound worthy of not being modified – but where’s the fun in that?

When did you last see a Volkswagen Golf R Estate on the road? I’m not talking about the Mk7 (which sold well because of ridiculously cheap lease deals), but the Mk8 wagon. You just never see them.

Three-doors and manuals died with the arrival of the Mk8 and there’s no change on that front for the latest Mk8.5 facelift. The 2-litre EA888 four-cylinder turbo has been uprated to Golf R 20 ...

The new Golf is expected to launch in 2029 and as always, it will be a very important model for the brand, offered exclusively as an EV and sold alongside the current Mk8 Golf. The VW Group has ...

The Mk8.5 continues to be hamstrung by its frustrating shortcomings, yet its moral victory here is almost beyond question: as it typically does, the Golf R represents good value for the money.

In interviews with several company executives at a preview event for the facelifted Mk8 Volkswagen Golf R, CAR magazine has learned that there’ll be a petrol version of the Golf on sale ...