The only Volkswagen Golfs you can buy new in the U.S. these days are the sporty ones: the snappy 241-hp Golf GTI (the eighth-generation successor to the original hot hatch) and the 315-hp AWD Golf R.

Now that Ford has launched a fancy new Focus and Toyota’s latest Auris hatchback looks like it too could make serious noise, one could argue that supremacy in the non-premium C-segment is up for grabs ...

VW has confirmed both cars will still come with a six-speed manual gearbox as standard. Barring any delays in response to the global pandemic, both the 2022 Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf R will launch ...