If you wanted to characterize the 2022 Volkswagen Golf R as a Facebook relationship, you’d have to say it’s complicated. This spirited hot hatch is undeniably fun to drive, but unfortunately, VW’s ...

About 25 years ago, a certain adult beverage company ran an ad campaign. It welcomed folks to the years of their lives where they were now mature enough to appreciate the brand’s pilsner. The campaign ...

The Golf R has represented the peak of Volkswagen performance for decades, building on the already-capable GTI with more powerful engines and AWD. This latest generation, introduced for 2022, drives ...

This was the first Golf I’ve ever tested with an automatic transmission, which is like taking all the chocolate chips out of the ice cream. But there were other reasons it was tough to get behind the ...

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 ...