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Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR to get road going version with 264km/h

  Volkswagen has released a teaser image and some juicy details of what will be the fastest Golf GTI ever to hit our roads, capable of hitting 264km/h. Set to debut at the annual GTI meeting at Wörthersee on May 9, the road going version of the Golf GTI TCR …

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Official: 2020 Volkswagen Mk8 Golf enters production June 2019

Volkswagen has officially announced the Mk8 Golf is set to go into production at the Wolfsburg plant 75 weeks from now, which according to our calendar is the last week of June 2019. This means we will likely get a glimpse of the new model as early as October this …

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Oettinger Volkswagen Golf 400R as new Australian Police car?

With the demise of the locally built Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon sedans, the Australian Police Force have been hunting for a successor to replace their V8-powered Commodore and Falcon pursuit vehicles. Well, it seems the local boys in blue can draw some ideas from their German counterparts. On display at this year’s Essen …

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Track-only Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR facelifted for 2018 season

Volkswagen has given its championship-winning Golf GTI TCR a facelift for the 2018 racing season to bring the racer closer to the production model. Available only for racing, the front end of the racecar has been reworked to resemble the Golf GTI in the showroom, increasing the emphasis on the …

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Insane 625kW Volkswagen Mk6 Golf R devours supercar for lunch!

Behold the Volkswagen Golf with more power than a Lamborghini Aventador S! Caught at the Race 1000 event in Germany recently, the heavily tuned Mk6 Golf R is said to pack 625kW, 81kW more than the fearsome Aventador S. To produce the monstrous punch, the humble hatchback has reportedly swapped …

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Three-door Volkswagen Golf GTI Original returns

The most affordable Volkswagen Golf GTI of this decade is set to hit showrooms across Australia in January next year, with order books for the hot hatch icon now officially open. Responding to demand for a variant with three doors and minimal embellishment, the Golf GTI Original arrives in January 2018 priced …

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Custom-built Volkswagen Amarok V6 leaps Golf GTI at WTAC

Volkswagen Australia’s top tier apprentices ran a customised V6 Amarok ute at the past weekend’s World Time Attack Challenge at Eastern Creek raceway, during which it recorded a lap time of under 2 minutes, beating the 1:59sec challenge set by the Golf GTI hot hatch. Assembled in Volkswagen’s Australian headquarters …

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Volkswagen hot hatch onslaught – cut price Golf R Grid Edition launched

Volkswagen’s hot hatch onslaught continues in Australia, with the company launching the cut price Golf R Grid Edition. Available in December, the model is unique to Australia with its name and badge coined internally at Volkswagen Australia. Priced from $47,490 for the manual hatchback, $49,990 with DSG and $51,990 for …

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Volkswagen Golf GTI Original and sub-$50k Golf R Grid Edition coming

Heeding popular demand, Volkswagen Australia has announced it will introduce the most affordable ever incarnations of the Golf GTI and Golf R performance duo. The Golf GTI Original and the Golf R Grid Edition will go on sale early in 2018 and later this year respectively. The Golf R Grid Edition is a lean and mean …

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Volkswagen teases special Golf GTI for 2017 Wörthersee GTI

It’s nearly the annual Wörthersee GTI meet again and Volkswagen’s skilled apprentices are once again preparing a special Golf GTI for the gathering. Like last year, the 10th apprentice-tweaked Golf GTI for this year’s event will be a three-door version of the popular hot hatch. This year’s project team is …

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