Thanks to the optional Akrapovic titanium exhaust, the 2025 Volkswagen Golf R rips and snorts the way it was meant to.

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It will continue to have the recipe that Volkswagen has used for the ongoing Golf R, which involves an all-wheel-drive system with tweaks, and a powerful four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine.

EA888 engine and DSG are a potent combo, making for an effective, if clinical powertrain. ... Volkswagen Golf R 2025 review – Mk8.5 not the return to form we'd hoped for. 2. Engine, ...

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The Golf R's engine has had another power bump and now outputs 328 hp (245 kW) and 295 lb-ft (400 Nm), which is still sent to all four wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox.

The EA888 2.0-liter engine from Volkswagen is as ubiquitous as it is unstoppable, so what killed this Golf R after reaching nearly 250,000 miles?

Volkswagen rolled out the new Golf in January, and ever since they've been dropping performance variants like a striptease for gearheads.The Golf R Mk8.5 is about to hit the streets, and it's ...

Volkswagen Golf Mk8.5 – engine, gearbox and technical highlights Everything from a pure-combustion, three-pedal model to a plug-in hybrid and the 326bhp Golf R mean there’s a configuration for ...

A performance-focused R version of the eighth-generation Golf hatchback has been spotted in the wild by the motoring world’s paparazzi for the first time. Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk8 2020: latest ...