Turns out a frozen lake and studded tires is all you need to have fun in the new Golf R—now more powerful than any other sporty production Volkswagen hot hatch ever.

Claimed 0-60 mph time has improved to 4.6 seconds for the hatch. With the available Performance Pack, the 2025 Golf R can hit a top speed of 167 mph, which matches the available top speed of the ...

The automaker released pricing figures for the 2025 Golf GTI and Golf R, both of which see increases compared with their 2024 counterparts. The former now starts at $33,670, with the latter ...

The front-wheel-drive Golf GTI is still the everyman’s sports hatchback, offering affordable thrills since the ’70s, but VW’s R division has been churning out more extreme all-wheel-drive ...