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The Volkswagen Golf R is already an excellent package straight out of the factory. With power output from the uprated 2.0-litre turbocharged engine now reaching 245kW and 450Nm, the hot hatch is capable of dashing to 100km/h from standstill in just 4.6 seconds. While the car’s dynamics have been sharpened through revised …

The new eighth generation of Volkswagen’s Golf R has arrived in Australia, with the hot hatch now available at local Volkswagen dealerships priced between $65,990 for the Golf R hatchback and $68,990 for the Golf R wagon. The 2022 Volkswagen Golf R Mk8 is the most powerful and well equipped …

The 2022 Volkswagen Golf R is already pretty well sorted straight out of the factory, but that did not stop chassis and suspension specialist H&R from sharpening it up even further. On offer is a lowering sport springs and spacer package for the Volkswagen Mk8 Golf R. Compatible with the standard …

Earlier this year we got to see spy photos of the 2021 Volkswagen Golf R winter testing in the wild almost fully undisguised, but there’s only that much excitement from static photos. Now a new video has captured the hot hatch pounding hard on the Nurburgring. Watch the video after …

The Volkswagen Golf R will be available in factory hand painted custom colours in the form of the Golf R Final Edition, which starts from $57,990 plus on-road cost. Of the 450 units of this last special edition of the Mark 7.5 Golf R before its replacement next year, 150 …

Volkswagen’s Golf R performance range is streamlined to two equipment packed variants for 2019 with the addition of 400 Special Editions that – in an Australian first – bristle with R Performance Options. While the Golf R hatch and the Golf R Wagon gain the standard fitment of Adaptive Cruise …

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 …

Volkswagen Australia has launched a heavily revised and more potent performance Golf range, with three models joining the updated 2017 Golf 7.5 range of hatches and wagons. As part of the new upgrades that began with the launch of standard Golf hatch and wagon ranges, and the newly enhanced Golf …

In its stock form the Volkswagen Golf R is no slouch. At its heart lies a 206kW 2.0-litre, 4 cylinder turbo engine, capable of propelling the hatch from 0-100km/h in just 5 seconds. While plenty fast for most, the insane Canadians over at HPA Motorsport turned this unassuming grocery getter into …

A power to weight ratio of 2.83 kilograms per hp, supercar-taming 3.4 seconds sprint from zero to 100km/h and a top speed of over 300km/h. This is the new Oettinger 500R, based on the Volkswagen Golf R. Unveiled at the 2015 Wörthersee GTI gathering in Austria, the street-legal race car …

Here’s further proof Volkswagen is readying an estate version of the Golf R. First scooped earlier this year, the Golf R Wagon has once again come out to play. Like the first catch, the Golf R Wagon was spotted doing laps at the Nurburgring circuit, virtually undisguised. Draped in striking …

German tuner Oettinger have rolled out their latest project based on the Mk7 Volkswagen Golf R. Fitted with a larger turbo, high performance exhaust system and a stage 1 ECU remap, the 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine in Oettinger VW Golf R is able to put out 268 kW of power …

Volkswagen is showcasing the potential of its flagship Golf R hatchback at the Beijing Auto Show, in the muscular form of the Golf R 400 concept. If the ‘400’ in the name doesn’t give the game away that this is not your regular Golf R, then the body and bumper modifications …

It seems Volkswagen is about to revive the VR6 engine family that used to power the range topping Golfs and Passats. After previewing it in the Volkswagen Design Vision GTI in May, sources from inside the company revealed to US-based site, Autoweek, that a new narrow-angle six-cylinder engine is in …