It's a shame Volkswagen didn't introduce the R32 to the U.S. sooner. Had it been stateside in the summer of 2003, it would have transformed our comparison test between the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution ...

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 ...

Okay, so the four-door R32 isn't coming stateside. As disappointing as that bulletin is, do you really believe we'd be so cruel as to tease you with several pages of Teutonic excellence only to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Doctors and lawyers used to drive Buicks even though they could afford Cadillacs because they didn't want their customers to suspect they were perhaps charging too much for their services. Such ...

Launching the R32 is an exhilarating experience, and getting the right amount of clutch-slip will net a 5.9-second 0-to-60 time on the way to the quarter mile in 14.2 seconds at 97.6 mph. While these ...