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2022 VW Golf R Gets $2,500 Cat-Back Exhaust, Owner Asks If It's Worth It
2022 VW Golf R Gets $2,500 Cat-Back Exhaust, Owner Asks If It's Worth It

5 Mar 2022, 23:58 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Spending $2,500 on an exhaust system may seem steep, but you get to have one made by a specialist company that ensures a perfect fit. This is the difference

 
Tuned Volkswagen Golf R Goes for Its Top Speed With 450 HP Under Its Hood
Tuned Volkswagen Golf R Goes for Its Top Speed With 450 HP Under Its Hood

3 Mar 2022, 18:20 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Activating the Launch Control on a tuned Golf R may appear like you are placing the vehicle in a slingshot. With 450 horsepower and 500 Nm, it may feel like it

 
Drag Race Between VW Golf R and Cupra Leon R Puts FWD Against AWD, Doesn't Disappoint
Drag Race Between VW Golf R and Cupra Leon R Puts FWD Against AWD, Doesn't Disappoint

23 Nov 2021, 12:58 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Have you ever wondered what is the fastest between two closely-related cars but with different specifications? Wonder no more, as there is an answer

 
2022 Volkswagen Golf R Debuts in Chicago With 315 HP, Manual and $44,640 Price
2022 Volkswagen Golf R Debuts in Chicago With 315 HP, Manual and $44,640 Price

14 Jul 2021, 20:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The most expensive Golf ever is also the most powerful, most high tech and fastest. But will it be good enough for the next-gen WRX STI?

 
Tuned VW Golf R Learns What Bougie Means, in a Good Way
Tuned VW Golf R Learns What Bougie Means, in a Good Way

4 Jul 2021, 10:38 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / ABT Sportsline’s tune for the new generation Volkswagen Golf R makes it almost as powerful as the latest Mercedes-AMG A 45

 
New VW Digital Cockpit Pro Spices Up the Already Hot Mk8 Golf GTI and Golf R
New VW Digital Cockpit Pro Spices Up the Already Hot Mk8 Golf GTI and Golf R

2 Jun 2021, 17:54 UTC · By: Alexandru Sincan / After the invention of the digital dashboard, it was no longer a question of "if," but "when" the driver will be allowed to choose his favorite gauges style

 
2021 Volkswagen Golf R Spied, Production Body Looks Subtle
2021 Volkswagen Golf R Spied, Production Body Looks Subtle

15 Feb 2020, 19:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Unconfirmed reports suggest the Golf 8 R will be shown at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. We're pretty confident it will receive a mild power increase

 
Lamborghini Aventador S Drag Races VW Golf R, The Result Is Hilarious
Lamborghini Aventador S Drag Races VW Golf R, The Result Is Hilarious

29 Jun 2019, 15:44 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This is the kind of David vs. Goliath battle that doesn't end in the way described by the legend, but the drivers decided to go at it anyway

 
Tiff Needell Loves Audi RS3 and BMW M140i, Hates VW Golf R
Tiff Needell Loves Audi RS3 and BMW M140i, Hates VW Golf R

23 Jul 2018, 21:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Golf R doesn't belong in this company, especially as a wagon. Tiff was never a fan of the hot Golf models if we remember right

 
Lamborghini Aventador Drag Races Twin-Turbo VW Golf R, Gets Trampled
Lamborghini Aventador Drag Races Twin-Turbo VW Golf R, Gets Trampled

4 Jun 2018, 17:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While this Lamborghini Aventador came in factory stock condition, the Volkswagen Golf R packed a twin-turbo 3.6-liter heart

 
Spyshots: Volkswagen Golf R Mule With Audi RS3 Exhaust Tips Signals R420 Return
Spyshots: Volkswagen Golf R Mule With Audi RS3 Exhaust Tips Signals R420 Return

19 Sep 2017, 14:52 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The Golf R400 project was allegedly scrapped, replaced with the R420 and then abandoned again. This prototype suggests that it's making a comeback

 
Volkswagen Golf R Mk8 - What We Know So Far
Volkswagen Golf R Mk8 - What We Know So Far

7 Jan 2017, 19:20 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen is preparing the performance version of the eight generation Golf, and it is expected to arrive in 2019. It could provide up to 400 HP

 
745 HP VW Golf R Sleeper Goes Drag Racing with Submarine-Silent Strike
745 HP VW Golf R Sleeper Goes Drag Racing with Submarine-Silent Strike

20 Dec 2016, 20:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This Volkswagen Golf R might just be the quietest 700-pony car we've seen to date and no, Teslas or others EVs are obviously not included

 
Ford Focus RS vs. VW Golf R Standing Kilometer Drag Race Reveals Utter Dominance
Ford Focus RS vs. VW Golf R Standing Kilometer Drag Race Reveals Utter Dominance

25 Oct 2016, 12:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This standing kilometer drag race can easily be labeled as a clash of compact titans, with the pair of German hot hatches delivering breathtaking performance

 
700 HP Volkswagen Golf R Races a Lamborghini Huracan, Humiliates Supercars For Fun <span>· Video</span>
700 HP Volkswagen Golf R Races a Lamborghini Huracan, Humiliates Supercars For Fun · Video

25 Jun 2015, 10:26 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When does a Golf R become a sleeper? For instance, 700 HP should do the trick, especially when the appearance of the car has remained stock

 
New VW Golf R: the 300 HP Performance Bargain of the Year
New VW Golf R: the 300 HP Performance Bargain of the Year

8 Nov 2013, 21:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / For a while now, Audi has dominated the fast estate market, Volkswagen the European compact market and Skoda the European affordable car market. Nobody other than the owners seems to love their cars...

 
New Volkswagen Golf R Available in Britain
New Volkswagen Golf R Available in Britain

8 Nov 2013, 16:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen UK just announced that order books have been opened for the brand new VW Golf R, based on the Mk7 platform and offering more power and performance than ever. The company has released t...

 
2014 VW Golf R Keeping Up With a Cayman on the Nurburgring
2014 VW Golf R Keeping Up With a Cayman on the Nurburgring

21 Aug 2013, 16:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The purists will tell you Porsche needs to make naturally aspirated engines with manual gearboxes. Of course, in the real world, that just doesn't cut it any more. It all started with the BMW 1...

 
Volkswagen Golf R Carbon Cold Air Intake by AWE Tuning
Volkswagen Golf R Carbon Cold Air Intake by AWE Tuning

25 Jul 2013, 10:27 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Volkswagen Golf R has just received a new tuning present, with the gift coming from the US, where AWE Tuning has developed a carbon cold air intake for the hot hatch. The turbocharged two-lit...

 
Drag Race: VW Golf R vs Camaro V6
Drag Race: VW Golf R vs Camaro V6

10 Jun 2013, 11:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We're not 100% happy with the fact that Golf R models sold in America only come with 256 hp and you can't turn the electronic nannies off, but it's a car that almost never made it acr...