Volkswagen Golf News

Building cars for Gran Turismo 6 has become almost as popular with carmakers as building actual cars. The latest to join the fray is a futuristic concept of the venerable Volkswagen Golf GTI, called the GTI Roadster, Vision Gran Turismo. Yes, there's a comma in the name. And no, we still...

Sony's Gran Turismo video game has enriched the lives and worlds of many a car enthusiast, and while the concept cars that come to the game's virtual world may never grace the real world, we love seeing them nonetheless. The latest is Volkswagen's GTI Roadster, Vision Gran Turismo, teased last week...

Volkswagen is developing a new wagon version of its upcoming 2015 Golf R hot hatch, as evidenced by spy shots of a prototype testing at the Nürburgring and on some of the German race track’s surrounding roads. Although it's based on the latest Golf SportWagen, which has been confirmed...

Volkswagen shocked many when it rolled out its 395-horsepower Golf R concept at the recent 2014 Beijing Auto Show. But what’s more shocking still is that the wild concept is actually destined for production, if senior VW execs are to be believed, and there’s a good chance it may even...

You needn't look little further than the humble Volkswagen Golf as to how far performance cars have come in recent years. Back in 1975, the most powerful Golf you could buy was the 108-horsepower GTI. By 1998, 33 years later, the Mk4 GTI had crept to just 150 horses. Fast forward another sixteen...

Volkswagen’s insane Golf R 400 concept from the recent 2014 Beijing Auto Show has been confirmed for production, according to VW R&D chief Heinz-Jakob Neusser. Speaking with Car and Driver, Neusser revealed the good news but didn’t say whether the production version would be offered...

If you thought the latest 2015 Golf R was going to be the most extreme version of the seventh-generation Golf, then you’d be wrong. Volkswagen has just rolled out a 395-horsepower version of its latest Golf, and though it’s strictly a concept at this point the German automaker says the...

The Volkswagen Golf GTD diesel hot hatch may not come to the U.S. after all.

Volkswagen’s new GTI has finally been confirmed to reach showrooms this June, and we now have the all-important pricing details. The new GTI, which arrives as a 2015 model, will start at $25,215 when you add its $820 destination charge. ALSO SEE: 2015 Audi RS 7 Dynamic Edition Debuts In New...

Volkswagen engineers have started testing a mysterious Golf GTI prototype that we suspect may be for a hardcore track variant, hence the “Club Sport” tag. The car was seen running some hot laps at Germany’s Nürburgring, and a number of elements it’s wearing provide...

We've just had our first drive of the 2015 Volkswagen Golf R—even though it's about a year ahead of the time it arrives to the U.S. Oh, and there's one other little asterisk attached to any claim of this being a full review: We really only drove it on ice—up near the Arctic Circle, in...

If you thought the latest 2015 Golf R was going to be the most extreme version of the seventh-generation Golf, then you might just be wrong. According to the latest reports, a more hardcore Golf R Evo is in the works and is set to be previewed in concept form at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show in April...

It’s been out in the open for several months now, but Volkswagen has finally confirmed a U.S. launch date for its latest Golf R based on the seventh-generation Golf platform. Sales of the new Golf R, in its five-door body only, commence in the first quarter of 2015, more than six months after...

Volkswagen’s latest Golf R performance hatch is due to hit showrooms early in the near year alongside a redesigned seventh-generation Golf. We were recently treated with a first look at the 296-horsepower track star but now we have a full gallery and even a video. The Golf R makes its world...

Volkswagen has revealed its 2015 Golf R ahead of the car’s official debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. The car is the high-performance variant of the latest MkVII Golf family and should arrive in showrooms in the spring. We can confirm that power will come from a turbocharged 2.0-liter...

Volkswagen’s seventh-generation Golf and GTI have made their official debut, but the cars won’t be on sale in local in showrooms until the start of next year. Hopefully by that time, development of the ultimate Golf, the all-wheel-drive Golf R, will be complete. These latest shots show...

Since 1981, Volkswagen and Audi enthusiasts have been flocking to the lakeside of Austria's Wörthersee. This influx happens every year, typically sometime in May, and serves as a major car show for fans of the German automakers. Volkswagen brass typically cook up something delicious in concept...

Volkswagen’s hardcore GTI concept that we told you was heading for Austria’s annual Wörthersee Tour tuning event has been revealed today. Called the Design Vision GTI, the concept is based on the latest 2015 Volkswagen GTI, the seventh generation of the iconic hot hatch, and has...

The Biggest Loser has proven that weight-loss shows can draw serious attention. Volkswagen must be watching because the German automaker is looking for lower numbers on the scales with the Golf. According to Edmunds, VW is nearly ready to offer up an optional extra that will help the popular...

Volkswagen’s 2015 Golf hits local showrooms in the first quarter of next year, and while that’s more than a year later than in other markets, the delay means the yet-to-debut Golf R variant should be available by then. Volkswagen is in the final stages of the high-performance...