Volkswagen Golf 7 R Gets Sports Exhaust System from Milltek
17 Nov 2014, 16:48 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / From the 220 HP Golf GTI to the 280 HP Leon Cupra, the exhaust specialists from Derby we know as Milltek have pretty much done their work on every cool new 2-liter hot hatch from the Volkswagen Grou...
Volkswagen Wants a 240 HP Diesel Golf R. Do You?
10 Oct 2014, 11:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Diesel hot hatches have taken on a life of their own the past year. As more and more people are put off by their huge fuel costs, sales of cars like the Golf GTD have risen. Ford has just launched i...
Golf R Smashes into Honda S2000: VTEC Never Kicked in Yo
27 Aug 2014, 13:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There is, however, one type of traffic in the world that's more dangerous than any other kind – Nurburgring traffic. Accidents happen there on just about every day of the week. Most of th...
Monster Golf R36 Bi-Turbo Humiliates German Performance Cars
25 Aug 2014, 10:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / From the very first moment we saw the title of this next video, we knew something strange was going on. After all, why would a Golf R be allowed to race at the Moscow Mile, where only the big boys w...
ABT Volkswagen Golf R Has 400 HP, Tops 300 KM/H
23 Aug 2014, 12:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The hot hatch segment is probably the most effervescent area on the go-fast side of the industry and when a tuner adds its magic to one of these compacts, you should expect the performance to jump d...
2014 Audi S3, Golf R and Leon Cupra Developing Turbo Problems
4 Aug 2014, 11:54 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / As cool as squeezing lots of power from a small engine is, it comes with reliability problems. The injectors, the turbo and the cylinders themselves are all pushed harder than in a naturally aspirat...
Which Is the Fastest, the Golf R or the Leon Cupra 280?
5 Jul 2014, 11:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Here’s a question that’s been bugging people for a few months now: If I have somewhere over €30,000 to spend on a hot hatch, do I go for the new generation of legendary Golf R or sa...
745 HP Golf R Smokes a Lamborghini Gallardo
19 May 2014, 17:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Volkswagen Golf has had it up to here with all your supercar nonsense. It's taken steroids buffed up and is here to whoop every Italian tush on the block. After teaching the Ferrari hors...
Volkswagen Golf R 400 Beijing Concept Heading for Production
22 Apr 2014, 11:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volkswagen seems like it is not going to let Audi’s 2015 RS3 fight the Mercedes A45 AMG and BMW M135i on its own, with the carmaker introducing a 400 PS (395 hp) Golf R concept at the 2014 Bei...
Audi S3 vs Golf 7 R vs BMW M235i: The 300 HP Comparison
14 Apr 2014, 15:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With numbers that look very close on paper, these three German vehicles represent a modern day pinnacle of compact car performance. However, they are as different as night and day. Starting with ...
Golf 7 R Taken to 420 HP by B&B Automobiltechnik
7 Mar 2014, 16:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We all miss the VR6. It had character and presence in a way few other models of its time did. However, even though it packs a downsized 2-liter turbo, the new Golf R has a fantastically fruity exhau...
Golf R 3-Door Rides on Vossen Wheels in Florida
26 Feb 2014, 13:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Hello kids. Today we're going to school you in the meaning of the letter R. Of course it's part of the alphabet, but for Vdub fans it means so much more, it means the ultimate version of t...
Japanese Volkswagen Golf R Launched with Detuned 280 HP Engine
22 Feb 2014, 13:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen has only been focusing hard on the Japanese market for a couple of years, but their efforts are showing. We've seen all sorts of crazy tuning projects involving Golfs and even the ti...
ABT Tunes New Golf R to 370 HP for Geneva
21 Feb 2014, 09:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen's new Golf R which made its debut last year packs 300 horsepower, making it the fastest Golf ever put into production. But, if you compare it to something like the A45 AMG, it's...
VW Golf R32 vs R20 Milltex Exhaust Battle
31 Jan 2014, 15:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Europe doesn't have Corvettes or Camaros and not every middle-aged man can afford a Porsche once the biological clock shows 45. So what's he to do, where is the fun car for the bloke who a...
Volkswagen Golf R Evo Concept Rumored for Beijing Motor Show
23 Jan 2014, 09:54 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The hot hatch industry might seem like a game the auto industry plays to keep us amused, but being able to brag that you sell "the quickest hatch in the world" is an incredible marketing t...
VW Golf 6 R Wrapped in Sunrise Orange
20 Jan 2014, 13:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There's always something cool about an older generation Volkswagen Golf, probably the idea that you can enjoy it for a lot less money without having to worry too much about reliability. Even th...
Volkswagen Golf R Is a Chameleon in China
10 Jan 2014, 13:01 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We've spent years laughing at the Chinese car clones, but we're at a point where the Chinese might as well laugh at us. Buick sells about 80% of its cars there and traditional European bra...
Most Powerful VW Golf Ever Making Its Way to Detroit
8 Jan 2014, 14:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Last year, this editor called the new Golf R the performance bargain of the 2013. And for good reason, as European performance hatch is said to sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in just 4.9 seconds if fitte...
Frankfurt 2013: New Golf R Makes World Debut · Live Photos
10 Sep 2013, 10:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The opening of the IAA 2013 brings us a fresh perspective on the hot hatch world, as Volkswagen's stand brings with it a game-changer. The A7 generation of the Golf made its debut about a ye...