VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R

All-paw hard-hitter has been fettled in a bid to raise driver engagement

JAMES DISDALE

I breed, nobody has told Volkswagen. Of course the brand was a pioneer of the go-faster family car genre, but its continuing commitment to the cause is admirable, with GTE, GTI, GTI Clubsport and R versions of its recently revised Golf all still in the mix. In the face of the new breed of all-electric alternatives (such as the Alpine A290 reviewed on p24) and despite a legislative environment that makes this type of car increasingly difficult to justify, VW claims to have made its latest generation of fleet-footed Golfs more energetic, exciting and engaging than ever – and none more so than the racy R. We have sampled the fourwheel-drive flagship R in mainland Europe, but this is our first chance to drive it in the UK. Plenty of…

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Autocar (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 13, 2024

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