The iconic hot hatch took on a harder edge with its eighth generation, at the expense of its intoxicating blend of everyday performance. Can this facelift make it a better GTI?

The Golf R is covered by Volkswagen’s five-year/unlimited-kilometre warranty, meeting the industry average, with servicing intervals set at every 12 months/15,000km.

Take a Golf R onto the track, though, and you'll see exactly where your money went. It's just too bad Volkswagen didn't give it the same steering wheel buttons you get on the refreshed GTI.

For the 2025 model year, the Golf R is available in two trims: standard and a new Black Edition, which includes black exterior accents and badging as well as genuine carbon fiber interior trim ...

The midlife refresh for the Mk8 Golf R is relatively minor. There's a revised front fascia with an illuminated VW logo, front fog lights that turn with the wheels, and a new wheel design that ...

Read the definitive Volkswagen Golf R 2025 review from the expert What Car? team. Check specs, prices, performance and compare with similar cars.

Design There’s not an awful lot to notice that has changed on the latest Volkswagen Golf R. It still looks like the Mk8. But the Mk8 was quite a change from its predecessor. A wing arrived, the front ...

In response to this, Volkswagen worked hard to improve the Mk8.5 in these key areas, bringing physical steering wheel buttons back to all variants except the R, illuminated the touch sliders ...

How to Make the Icons Bigger Long-press on the home screen until the app icons start to wiggle. Tap Edit in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, and then tap Customize. Choose between Small ...

Based on the MK8 Golf R, which shares a platform and turned-to-11 EA888 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four with the Audi S3, the Golf R Clubsport will primarily improve on the handling dynamics of ...

The Mk8.5 Golf gets a completely new infotainment system that VW is calling MIB4. It centres around a giant floating touchscreen that comes in two different sizes (either 10.4 or 12.9 inches) and ...

We get the 2024 Golf GTI 380 (pictured) for the entire model year at $32,485 in base S trim as a sendoff for the manual transmission, while Germany got the Golf R 333 limited edition that cost the ...