Viknesh Vijayenthiran February 8, 2007 Comment Now! Volkswagen today announced the return of its motorsport-inspired R32 at the Chicago Auto Show, a potent hatch with much of the same running gear as ...

Let's get this straight right off the bat: The Volkswagen R32 is not as fast as the Subaru Impreza WRX STI. Nor does it have the grip of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. But you know what? Who cares.

The 2004 Volkswagen R32 arrived at a moment when hot hatches were still mostly front driven, then calmly rewrote the rulebook ...

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 ...

At the 2004 North American International Auto Show, Volkswagen unveiled its new high-performance version of the Golf hatchback. Not only is the R32 the most powerful Golf-based model ever, but it’s ...

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 ...

The German tuners at MTE have just taken the wraps off their latest creation, a military-themed Golf IV R32 BiTurbo, which represents an upgrade made to their previous version of the car. While the ...

made its U.S. debut to a group of its likeliest fans. The "Volks" in the Volkswagen name might refer to regular ol' folks in the Vaterland, but that's not true in North America, where VW buyers have ...

Wolfgang Schreiber is smart like you wouldn’t believe. Scary smart. I-vill-crush-you-like-bugs smart. Best known as the technical director of the Bugatti Veyron program, Schreiber is one of Volkswagen ...

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 ...

Watch this 2003 Volkswagen Golf R32 undergo an intense 13-hour full detail worth £800. From deep interior cleaning to exterior restoration, this satisfying transformation shows how professional ...

Back when the Mercedes A-Class was still a weird small minivan and not a 381PS (376hp) rocket in its top guise, Volkswagen was near the top of the hot hatch food chain with the R derivatives of the ...