Thanks to the optional Akrapovic titanium exhaust, the 2025 Volkswagen Golf R rips and snorts the way it was meant to.

This new Mk8.5 version addresses many of the livability complaints of the previous-generation Golf, and for the R, gets a very healthy performance boost. Quick Specs 2025 Volkswagen Golf R ...

New Mk8.5 Volkswagen Golf R – the final encore. The Golf will go electric-only in its next generation, making the Mk8.5 R the last of the petrol-powered breed 6 Feb 2024 ...

The 2025 Volkswagen Golf R is no longer just an all-wheel-drive GTI-plus hot hatch. ... The rationale for buying the Golf R over the GTI was tenuous at best prior to the arrival of the Mk8 in 2020.

The midlife refresh for the Mk8 Golf R is relatively minor. There's a revised front fascia with an illuminated VW logo, front fog lights that turn with the wheels, and a new wheel design that ...

We don't get the Volkswagen Golf anymore, ... 2024 VW Golf GTI Mk8.5 could bring more power, better interior and controls. By Jonathon Ramsey. Nov 6, 2023 9:20 AM EST Start the Conversation .

There's plenty of smoke rising from the Volkswagen Golf family camp, ... 2024 Volkswagen GTI and Golf R up their prices a bit before Mk8.5 Golf arrives. By Jonathon Ramsey. Jan 2, 2024 12:58 PM EST.

But, I never had an opportunity to drive them back to back to back until recently when VW was kind enough to drop off a MK8 GTI and Golf R to park next to my wife's MK7.

Volkswagen rolled out the new Golf in January, and ever since they've been dropping performance variants like a striptease for gearheads.The Golf R Mk8.5 is about to hit the streets, and it's ...

The Volkswagen Golf line is 50 years old! Let's look back the successive generations of VW's best selling car model, from GTIs to e-models, and beyond.

Based on the MK8 Golf R, which shares a platform and turned-to-11 EA888 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four with the Audi S3, the Golf R Clubsport will primarily improve on the handling dynamics of ...

VW were quick to rush the Mk8 Golf into its second phase, but even the Mk8.5 Golf R is underwhelming compared to its distant predecessors by: John Barker , Sam Jenkins 27 Feb 2025 ...