Volkswagen Golf News
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The more practical version of the redesigned 2022 Volkswagen Golf R has been spotted.
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315-horsepower 2022 Volkswagen Golf R brings more tech, more performance
The 2022 Volkswagen Golf R will be the most-powerful ever, and performance will be improved on all levels.
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2022 VW Golf R will be most powerful Golf yet, debut Nov. 3
Volkswagen will follow a tried-and-tested performance path for its next Golf R, and we aren't complaining.
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2021 Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport turns up the heat on the popular hot hatch
VW has unveiled a version of its Mk8 Golf GTI packing 296 horsepower.
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History of the Volkswagen GTI: The story of eight generations of the original hot hatch
From its mild-mannered, 90-horsepower roots of the 1970s to the 242-hp 2022 model, the Volkswagen GTI started the hot hatch craze and has perfected it through eight generations.
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Time machine test drive: 1984 VW Rabbit GTI sowed the seeds of the hot hatch
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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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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Deep dive: The 2022 Volkswagen Golf GTI will be quicker, more digital, still plaid
When the eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf GTI arrives for 2022, it will feature a digital instrument cluster and a larger touchscreen. The hot hatch also gets a more potent turbo-4 engine.
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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.
Sean Szymkowski