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 ...

Ten years ago, I bought myself a used 2010 Volkswagen Golf GTI. It was one of the quickest P-plate legal cars you could buy at the time, and it was the car that taught me how to change oil and wiper ...

What an amazing machine! Performance, style, comfort and practicality. The VW Golf R is lightning quick, handles incredibly and is still a great everyday driver. Thank you Volkswagen!

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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When you want more power and performance than the Volkswagen GTI offers, the 2026 Golf R is VW's next-level hot hatchback. Volkswagen just issued a major update for 2025, so the 2026 Golf R carries ...