Turns out a frozen lake and studded tires is all you need to have fun in the new Golf R—now more powerful than any other sporty production Volkswagen hot hatch ever.

The Golf is now in its eighth generation, with the 2025 model acting as a facelifted version internally known as the Mk8.5.

Of course VW didn’t stop there and for 2015, the U.S. is taking delivery of the fourth Golf R. This is the quickest and most powerful version of the Golf that VW has ever offered in America.

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The Jetta's width has also expanded, from 66.7 inches to 68.3, while overall length shrank, from 173.4 to 172.3 inches. Outside, it's the size of a Honda Civic or Dodge Neon sedan, with athletic ...

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The Volkswagen Golf R has become the everyday hot hatch icon of our times. In a new car market where lease and PCP dominate, its mix of value for monthly expenditure and extreme real-world ...

The Golf R is a car with an awful lot of software commanding your attention from the moment you slide into its bucket seat. It is possible to simply press the ‘start’ button and drive ...

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