Volkswagen’s Mk8 Golf R wasn’t particularly well received ... Our first drive in the R on track saw us accidentally activate a 39mph speed limiter (not ideal on the high speed Lausitzring ...

The legendary VW Golf compact car is ready to arrive in Australia this spring - the refreshed 8.5 generation needed quite a ...

Volkswagen’s refreshed 2025 Golf lineup, dubbed the Mk8.5, brought updated styling and ... manual transmissions for the Golf GTI and Golf R. In a last hoorah of the iconic hot hatchback ...

Volkswagen shared the first preview image of the MK8 Golf during the Golf 8 Supplier Summit in Wolfsburg Monday. The MK8 Golf will be built in Wolfsurg, Germany following a large 1.8 billion euro ...

A healthy GTI is emphatically a positive thing for performance cars as a genre, and off the back of the previous-gen Mk7.5 – a very strong generation – the tech-forward Mk8 has a lot to live ...

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.

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 ...