The Golf R takes it a step further with the Euro Style Package, which gives you lighter 19-inch wheels, gets rid of the sunroof, adds a sportier Akrapovič exhaust and throws in diamond-pattern ...

Expected to start from under $30,000, the new GTI will get a 2.0-liter turbo four pushing 241-hp to the front wheels, while the new Golf R will get a more powerful 315-hp turbo-four and an all ...

It will continue to have the recipe that Volkswagen has used for the ongoing Golf R, which involves an all-wheel-drive system with tweaks, and a powerful four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine.

To keep itself clear of its Golf GTI Clubsport stablemate, the Golf R remains the only model to utilise all-wheel drive. On top of this, the Mk8 also brought with it a torque-vectoring rear ...

Mk8 GTIs will come with both with a six-speed manual gearbox as standard and a new 'shift-by-wire' seven-speed DSG as an option, but the R will be auto only due to low demand for three-pedal variants.

We also have to remember that the Mk8 Golf GTI Clubsport produces max torque over 3,200 revolutions per minute (2,000 to 5,200 rpm) as opposed to 2,990 revolutions per minute (1,600 to 4,590 rpm ...