The Golf R32 is the Volkswagen by which all others should be measured, timeless yet ambitious in terms of engineering. Having this many cylinders in an old, small hatchback just makes it very ...

For decades—indeed for a generation— car magazines featured the same cover words at least once a year:Mustang vs. Camaro! One Must Die!" There were subtle differences. Sometimes it was Mustang that ...

Volkswagen never made a coupe that looks as good as the E46, and its AWD systems are not as famous as "quattro." But there is at least one Golf that deserves the title of a modern classic, and that's ...

August 9, 2005 -- WOLFSBURG, Germany -- It was the most powerful Golf ever. The Golf R32 powered by a 177 kW (241 bhp) engine was first launched in August 2002. Not only was it one of the hottest cars ...

Viknesh Vijayenthiran March 22, 2008 Comment Now! The Golf R32 is by no means slow but the sheer number of tuning kits available for the torquey hot-hatch reveals there are a lot of people out there ...

The wide body VW Golf V R32 fills the Nürburgring with pure V6 music and precision handling. A timeless German track icon.

I’m not sure who had “exploding VW Golf values” on their 2023 bingo card, but props if that’s you. Just a few weeks after a Mk2 GTI sold for $87,000 on Bring a Trailer, another special example—this 97 ...

A 2004 VW Golf R32 with just 1,800 miles (2,896 km) on the clock is currently available through an online auction and is attracting a lot of interest. In fact, with less than an hour left in the ...

The original Volkswagen GTI is credited with starting the entire hot hatchback phenomenon. But somewhere along the line, the mad scientists at Volkswagen decided their hot Golf wasn't quite as hot as ...

Like the old VW Golf R32, this new version has 4Motion all-wheel drive. The 3.2-liter V-6 in the R32 makes 247 hp and is mated to either a six-speed manual transmission or a DSG dual-clutch manu-matic ...

Standing at the far end of the race circuit we can hear the cars coming, but we can’t see them yet. It sounds like there are three; two engines fighting for dominance, the third more muted. Of the two ...

The VW Golf Mk8 has just received a mid-lifecycle update, but the German tuner JMS Fahrzeugteile revisited the good-old Mk4, dressing it with an aggressive bodykit. The visual modifications are ...