With the Mk8.5 Golf, Volkswagen made one or two missteps that made it a less desirable package than its predecessor overall.

Perhaps nothing demonstrates what’s happened to hot hatches in recent years better than the evolution of the Golf GTI ...

CAR magazine's Angus MacKenzie looks back at 50 years of the landmark VW hatchback – and explains why it nearly didn't happen ...

The new Volkswagen Golf GTI is not electric and it’s not a hybrid ... which arrived in 2021 to hardly universal acclaim. It suffered from the Mk8 Golf’s general cabin tech problems, as well as a ...

The Volkswagen Golf R is as close as the company will ever come to a halo car. The very top of the tree of its main outlet ...

Top speed stands at around 124mph for entry-level models, rising to 143mph in the Golf GTE range-topper. On the road, the 114bhp eTSI automatic feels a tad underpowered, with the engine having to ...

If the Volkswagen Golf is the do-it-all family hatchback, the R is the do-it all Golf. No other model in the range has the breadth of capabilities you get from the R and, you’ve guessed it, that ...

VW will merge old and new with its future line-up of ID-badged family cars, but petrol versions will be offered too ...

What’s new for the Mk8.5? Well spotted ... sparing mesh to expose the radiators (and the gaudy illuminated VW badge) rob the Golf R of what little dignified subtlety it had left.

VW’s updated Golf R driven► Hatch and estate versions tested► Still one of the ultimate daily driver cars? The VW Golf R is back, freshly tweaked as part of VW’s efforts to facelift and update its ...

2025 Volkswagen Tiguan. Photo ... The top-end version is a 195kW 2.0L turbo, just like in the Mk8.5 Golf GTI, but with extra torque and AWD, too. All will use DSG dual-clutch auto gearboxes.