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

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 ...

"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 ...

The Golf R32 is the Volkswagen by which all others should be measured, timeless yet ambitious in terms of engineering. Having this many cylinders in an old, small hatchback just makes it very ...

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 ...

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 ...

Twenty-five-hundred miles is a long way. It gives you enough time to learn everything about your driving partner-and then you'll either fall in love with it, desperately despise it or form a dull ...

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 venerable Golf is on its sixth iteration, entering a seventh, with generations one and two winning umpteen hearts, gens three and four blowing many minds, gen five belatedly wooing the modified ...

A 2004 VW Golf R32 with just 1,800 miles (2,896 km) on the clock is currently available through an online auction and is attracting a lot of interest. In fact, with less than an hour left in the ...

High-horsepower VW Golfs are nothing new, but this one is especially wild. Why? Well, it sounds like something out of a Group B rally stage, and it shoots fire. We love it. According to Car ...

The R32 was powered by a 3.2-liter, 24-valve VR6 engine which produced 238 hp, also used in the Audi TT. The seven-speed dual ...