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Volkswagen almost built this extraordinary Golf race car to battle Colin McRae during rallying’s golden age. Four driven ...
We found in our extensive testing that the Mk7 Golf R, righted those wrongs in spectacular style, as one of the most dynamically satisfying hot hatches of the 2010s. That its successor has yet to ...
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.
The Golf GTI ... did to the Mk7 Golf GTI on Top Gear when he called it "brilliant in every way." Believe me, folks who know me in the industry know that I'm the guy who finds the silver lining ...
The Honda Civic Type R and Volkswagen Golf R have been some of the world's most respected hot hatches over the years. They are fast, practical, reasonably affordable, very well-equipped ...
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.
Volkswagen is allegedly planning a new Golf R Clubsport to follow its front-wheel ... is with Clubsport editions have succeeded, with the MK7 Golf GTI Clubsport S breaking the FWD lap record ...
It also saw the return of the top-spec Golf R variant — this time without the ... Gas-powered variants of the Mk7 Golf were largely iterative improvements over their predecessors: Reduced ...
For the Volkswagen Golf Mk7 we’re looking at here ... Identify them from their 19-inch Spielberg alloys, silver brake calipers with ‘R’ logo and a rear roof spoiler that was said to add 20kg of ...
That's why we'd like to shout out Agron Coma's Audi RS3-swapped Mk 7 Golf R. It's the kind of custom job you don't often see in North America. This particular Golf R is a member of Volkswagen's ...
Dubbers, you need to hear this: Legendary VW tuner HPA Motorsports is doing an extremely limited run of turbo VR6-swapped Mk7.5 VW Golf ... One, you need a 2018-2019 Golf R. Two, it needs to ...
Last time I was at Jalopnik, I covered the GTI/Golf R beat, writing about the MK7 and MK8 GTI and the MK8 Golf R. But, I never had an opportunity to drive them back to back to back until recently ...