It also has a drift mode, electronic playthings that are more the natural preserve of the more hardcore Golf R electric ... Golf GTI needs fake shifts and noise,” as it quotes Schäfer and ...

The German automaker tried a perspicuous joke by saying, "Winter is almost here, but the Golf R is getting Warmenau." We saw ...

The Golf R's engine has had another power bump and now ... The way it gathers speed is deceptive, particularly in Comfort mode, where the engine noise is kept to a minimum. It's not quite as ...

but does enhance engine noise. Unfortunately, even though this trim takes away about as much as it gives, it still costs an additional $3,795. At the end of the day, the Golf R’s interior was ...

Downsizing, turbocharging, and noise regulations forced pretty much ... Also featured in the much spicier Volkswagen Golf R and other sporty vehicles from Audi (think S3) and the Skoda brand ...

After a couple years off, we're getting a new Golf R. It draws lineage back to the original six-cylinder Golf R32, which was introduced in 2002, and carries on as the performance pinnacle of the ...

forcing me to tap for the mercy of an upshift given the GTI’s abundance of fake engine noise in the cabin. Did I really have $15,000 more fun in the Golf R as compared to the GTI? No ...

The Volkswagen Golf R entered the automotive scene back in 2002 and quickly became a staple of the segment. More than 20 years later, the Golf R remains a top competitor in the hot hatch field.

Volkswagen is allegedly planning a new Golf R Clubsport to follow its front-wheel-drive brethren. "There's another interesting car we are working on at the moment," said Martin Hube, a global ...

The new Golf R is a very quick and usable hot hatch that ... and you’ll get an "Emotional Start" – the noise that follows is flat and synthetic. For a rawer, more entertaining soundtrack ...