Volkswagen's performance-oriented R brand kicked off with the fourth-generation Volkswagen Golf R32 in 2002. In the first instance, R models came with six-cylinder naturally aspirated lumps.

With the recent news of the end of the manual transmission for the GTI and Golf R, the writing is on the wall for one of the all-time-greatest performance cars, in this configuration anyway. They'll ...

Mat Watson and company are back with another interesting three-way drag race. On this occasion, the contenders all wear Volkswagen and Golf badges. Be that as it may, not all Golfs are created equal.

A high-stakes face-off between a mid-size sedan and hatchback unfolded on a drag strip in New Jersey. The contenders: Hyundai's SONATA N Line and Volkswagen's Golf GTI, both front-wheel-drive ...