The legendary VW Golf compact car is (finally) ready to arrive in Australia this spring - the refreshed 8.5 generation needed quite a long time to traverse the ocean after it was initially announced ...

Volkswagen is refreshing what many enthusiasts consider its halo cars, the GTI and Golf R hatchbacks, for the 2025 model year. (You can read the full rundowns on the updated 2025 VW GTI here and the ...

Michael Frank has been writing and editing car and motorcycle coverage for the past two decades. His outlets have included Forbes, Coolhunting, The Wall Street Journal, Car & Driver, Road & Track, The ...

The 2024 Volkswagen Golf R offers an impressive performance pedigree. Its 2.0-liter turbo four makes 315 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque when paired to its 6-speed manual transmission. That ...

In recent years, the Volkswagen Golf R has become somewhat of an odd proposition. It’s deservedly renowned for its versatility—a comfortable super tourer among hot hatches one minute, and an apex ...

What makes a hot hatchback even better? More hatchback—that is, when it’s stretched out into a station wagon. We all know most Americans aren’t enthusiastic about the body style, but the enthusiasts ...

For the 2025 model year, Volkswagen’s twin attainable and aspirational hot hatches get the subtlest and saddest of refreshes. They’re subtle in that the only exterior tweaks are new head- and ...

The GR Corolla and Golf R bring fierce all-wheel-drive hot-hatch performance—but beneath the shared drivetrain lie distinct personalities. The hot-hatch segment isn’t what it used to be. Once a ...