Even in an alternate timeline in which the average new car didn't cost more than $50,000 and weigh well more than two tons, ...

Or is a Golf R really all the all-wheel-drive hatch you’ll need ... and sometimes more fun on a twisty road. The Mk8.5 continues to be hamstrung by its frustrating shortcomings, yet its moral victory ...

It was 1988, he was 17, and what he really wanted to be driving was a Volkswagen Mk2 Golf ... Mk8.5 – and incentives started to be advertised,” Skelton says. “I drove both the GTI and the ...

Volkswagen Tiguan costs more than before but with more equipment, while the flagship grade is more than $70,000 with Golf GTI ...

As before, it’s a seven-speed DSG getting that power down and to all four wheels ... the R’s interior, with the new touchscreen being a significant improvement over the first Mk8 Golf ...

Still, it’s often with the mid-life facelift that a Golf GTI really comes alive. Perhaps it’s because GTIs are all about ...

With a better interior and tweaked dynamics, the GTI is once again one of the best all-rounders on the market.

The updated Volkswagen Golf Mk8.5 range ... Golf GTI and Golf R. The standard transmission is a seven-speed DSG dual-clutch auto, and of course, the GTI is still front-wheel drive.

3 and Mk8 Golf was widely panned for its extremely ... To do that [level of performance] with MEB+ would be a stretch – and R has to be four-wheel drive in that space. All of the ICE models ...

VW listened to fans and gave the GTI steering wheel buttons again. But the Golf R still doesn't get them, even though it ...