*My first encounter with a MkV R32 was at Willow Springs Raceway, running several hard laps on both the Horse Thief and Streets of Willow. A track is a great place to learn about a car's ultimate ...

The Volkswagen Golf R32 battles a BMW M2 at the Nürburgring, creating a fun clash between old-school hot hatch character and ...

To understand the success of the MK4 R32, we have to first understand the model it was based on - the fourth-generation Golf. Some may argue that the MK4 Golf opened a new era for this German ...

Over the years, we’ve featured lots of big number tuner cars, and yet this VW still elicits a sharp intake of breath. Jason Koenig from Commerce City, CO, has owned this ’04 R32 since new. He had his ...

OUR TAKE: The VW R32's all-wheel-drive system helps makes this the porkiest hatch in recent memory, tipping the scales at close to 400 pounds more than our long-term Mazdaspeed 3. That's not to say ...

As far as unassuming cars go, the 2004 Volkswagen R32 easily tops the list of all-time greats. For a car which came with an original price tag of around $30,000 and performance borrowed from Audi ...

It’s jarring at first, that automatic transmission in the limited-run, high-performance 2008 Volkswagen R32. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new ...

RAYNAL: I was intrigued when I first heard about the R32. The most hopped-up Golf you can get, right from the factory. Fantastic, I thought. The more I thought about it though, I began to feel the R32 ...

More than two decades after introducing itself to the world with the R32 Golf, Volkswagen’s R division is seeking greater independence within the brand by securing its own pavilion at the Autostadt ...