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

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 ...

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.

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.

It was round about the year 2000 that I started to notice Volkswagen and Audi were obsessed with power and technology. The Golf R32 came out and blew everyone away, together with the twin-clutch ...

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 ...

Yep, in 2022 Volkswagen decided to celebrate two decades since it launched its first ever R-badged car. The Golf was the obvious recipient for the resulting special edition, not least because that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A few weeks ago we reviewed Volkswagen 's new Toaureg. In that piece we mentioned that Volkswagen sales are slumping in this country, and that at least part of the problem is that VW's newer products ...