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 ...

In factory stock form, the Mk IV Volkswagen Golf R32 is a bit like the Lexus LFA - the engineering masterpiece aura shines strong and yet the performance isn't at the top of the genre anymore.

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 ...

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.

If there’s one driver’s car that Volkswagen should be remembered for, it’s the R32. This was the Germans’ answer to the hot hatch and made for one of the best driving commuters that could be bought ...

James Martinez October 29, 2008 Comment Now! Volkswagen has confirmed today that its sporty R32 Golf won’t be offered in the United States in the 2009 model year. The information comes from company ...

Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...

Technology will soon allow us, maybe even you and me, to live to be about 185 years old or so. That means in the year 2150 we will be able to sit in our anti-gravity gyro-rockers on our carbon-unit ...

Not everyone will get the Volkswagen R32. And we aren’t saying that solely because availability of the all-wheel-drive, V6-powered Golf is limited to 5000 cars for the U.S. market. The boy-racer types ...

"German car" is an expression that used to mean something completely different about 20 years ago. Back then, it meant a vehicle with brand new engineering and technology that you probably couldn't ...

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