Volkswagen Golf News
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A drive in a 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI shows the first hot hatch wasn't so hot, but it sure was fun.
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2022 Volkswagen Golf R spy shots and video
Volkswagen's next-generation Golf R has been spotted and confirmed to be making its way to the U.S. next year.
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Deep dive: Volkswagen GTI history
There's now been seven generations of the Volkswagen Golf GTI, and an eighth is just around the corner.
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New Volkswagen Golf GTI arrives with more power and tech, same old charm
The next-generation Volkswagen Golf GTI will have more power and more digital screens in its familiar hot hatch package.
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Volkswagen just rolled out an electric Golf R
VW's battery-electric Golf eR1 previews a zero-emission future for the hot hatchback.
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2021 Volkswagen Golf GTI spy shots and video
The latest prototypes for the new Golf GTI are wearing barely any camouflage gear indicating that the debut can't be far.
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Volkswagen's indisputable sport compact icon is the Golf GTI, but over the past two decades, the automaker has pushed its hot hatchback formula beyond the limits of its practical, humble roots. The result? R. R represents the pinnacle of VW performance and sporty styling, gracing many of its models—mild and wild—and offering perks designed to appeal to the company's enthusiast base. It even adorns VW's high-tech electric race car showcase, the ID R. While the Golf has been the primary beneficiary of VW's R program, the company actually traces its roots back to the Beetle...
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New VW Golf revealed but remains uncertain for US
While the standard Golf isn't yet confirmed for the U.S., enthusiasts favorites like the Golf GTI and Golf R are definitely coming.
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How plaid seats and golf ball shifters became part of VW Golf GTI history
Today's Volkswagen enthusiasts take plaid seats and golf ball shift knobs for granted, but few know the story of how those two came to be part of the Golf GTI's DNA. For both, you have just one woman to thank: a porcelain painter, chocolatier and candy box designer named Gunhild Liljequist. Hired...
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New Golf to debut Oct. 24 but might only arrive in US as GTI, R
Marking the eighth generation of the popular hatchback, the new Golf will debut on October 24, with the reveal to take place at the car's plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. The car will be based on an upgraded version of the current-generation's MQB platform, which will boast significant improvements...
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2020 Volkswagen Golf GTE spy shots
The plug-in hybrid version of the next-generation Mk8 Volkswagen Golf has been spotted.
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Golf R dropped from 2020 Volkswagen Golf lineup
The Volkswagen Golf will only be available in standard, e-Golf and GTI guises for 2020 in the United States.
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The Volkswagen Gold SportWagen and Alltrack will die after 2019 as the brand moves away from wagons and toward SUVs.
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VW Golf GTI Aurora concept has hologram-controlled stereo
Volkswagen is thinking of the future with a hologram-controlled 3,000-watt stereo system in its Golf GTI Aurora concept car.
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2020 VW Golf will introduce 48-volt mild-hybrid system
Volkswagen announced the next-generation Golf hatchback will get 48-volt mild-hybrid technology, but it so far it's just for engines not likely headed for the U.S.
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New VW Golf's digital dash previewed
A new generation of the Volkswagen Golf is just around the corner and its digital dash has just been previewed.
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VW Golf reportedly dead in US after current generation, GTI and Golf R live on
Volkswagen is reportedly eliminating the standard Golf in the U.S. to concentrate on the performance models of its compact hatchback.
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400-horsepower VW Golf R reportedly back on the table
VW previewed a 400-horsepower Golf variant in concept form back in 2014 but the car never made production. That might not be case for the next-generation Golf due in 2020.
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Just one month shy of the five-year anniversary of the reveal of the Volkswagen Golf R 400 concept, the brand has announced there are no longer plans to build a production version of the extra fiery hot hatchback. VW's R division head, Jost Capito, delivered the Golf R 400's death sentence in a Monday Top Gear report. The final decision came down to research, and Capito said customers "don't want" 400 horsepower with a higher price tag. "They want around 300 hp under 50,000 Euros," he said. At current exchange rates, that's about $56,000, but cars in the U.S. tend to be less-expensive than...
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2020 Volkswagen Golf spy shots
Prototypes for a redesigned Volkswagen Golf, the eighth generation of the popular nameplate, has been spotted. The car enters production in June and should be in local showrooms early next year, meaning we'll likely see it as a 2020 model—unless VW decides to delay it for the U.S. like it did...
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Crank up the volume: VW reveals 286-horsepower Golf GTI TCR
Volkswagen on Wednesday unveiled a tuned version of its Golf GTI inspired by the TCR race version of the car. It's called the Golf GTI TCR, and it was previewed by a concept at the 2018 Wörthersee Tour tuning fest held last May in Austria. The production version matches the concept car's...
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Rabbit Edition hops into 2019 Volkswagen GTI lineup
Volkswagen is digging back into its archives for a special-edition Golf GTI. The Rabbit Edition will join the GTI lineup for 2019. The brand hasn't released pricing or fuel economy estimates for the Golf GTI Rabbit Edition and note the vehicle pictured above is the 2018 Golf GTI. However, we do...
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Order the 2019 VW Golf R in 1 of 40 custom colors
Volkswagen will unveil a new generation of the Golf next year, the nameplate's eighth, but it might be some time still until the car's R variant is introduced. The good news is that the current Golf R is still a top option for buyers looking for a fast daily driver. And for the 2019 model year, VW...
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This man loves VW Golfs so much, he owns 114 of them
Do you have a favorite car? Are you fortunate enough to own it? Josef Juza has a favorite car and it's the Volkswagen Golf. He doesn't own just one, however. Juza currently owns 114 Volkswagen Golfs. “When I sat in a Golf for the first time I just had the feeling that this car had been built...
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