In recent years, the Volkswagen Golf R has become somewhat of an odd proposition. It’s deservedly renowned for its versatility—a comfortable super tourer among hot hatches one minute, and an apex ...

Against all odds, hot hatch fans are spoiled for choice right now. What once seemed like a dwindling segment now has compelling, quirky options from Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, and others, each hoping to ...

Since 1998, Steve has been evaluating every new vehicle that comes to market – from Mitsubishi to McLaren. As the station’s Automotive Editor, Drive Time with Steve Hammes began as a weekly newscast ...

Mat Watson and company are back with another interesting three-way drag race. On this occasion, the contenders all wear Volkswagen and Golf badges. Be that as it may, not all Golfs are created equal.

The Volkswagen Golf R is more than just a fast hatchback; it’s a trailblazing legacy that goes back decades. Since the first-generation Golf R32 debuted back in 2002, the R-badged Golf popularised a ...

There’s plenty of smoke rising from the Volkswagen Golf family camp, but no fire yet. We’re still early in the buildup to what the Golf will become, said buildup full of special editions and ...

VW is inching closer to the launch of the revised Mk8.5 Golf R and has just dropped some new details about the model after inviting a bunch of journalists to drive the new model in prototype guise in ...

The legendary VW Golf compact car is (finally) ready to arrive in Australia this spring - the refreshed 8.5 generation needed quite a long time to traverse the ocean after it was initially announced ...

Ten years ago, I bought myself a used 2010 Volkswagen Golf GTI. It was one of the quickest P-plate legal cars you could buy at the time, and it was the car that taught me how to change oil and wiper ...