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2018 Volkswagen Golf R is One of R Favorites

by TrackWorthy,

In 2002, Volkswagen stuffed a narrow-angle V6 into an engine bay and added 4MOTION all-wheel drive to create the ultimate performance Golf. Fast-forward to today, and the 2018 Golf R was awarded the Best Performance – Sports Car in Canada by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada. We can understand why.

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2018 Volkswagen Golf GTI Review: 40 Years of Refinement

by Michael Taylor (@trackworthy),

The first Volkswagen Golf GTI was released to the motoring public in 1976. Forty-two years later, more than 2 million of these iconic three- and five-door hatchbacks have been built and driven by motoring enthusiasts around the world. Here’s our take on VW’s 2018 model.

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290 hp Golf GTI TCR Going From Track to Road

by TrackWorthy,

Volkswagen is going to be producing a road-going version of the 350 hp Golf GTI TCR race car. The street legal Golf GTI TCR will have 290 hp and will send all of that power to the front wheels.

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2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI Long-term Test and Review

by Michael Taylor (@trackworthy),

At TrackWorthy, we love all TrackWorthy cars, from attainable to aspirational. Magnificent and impressive as they are, Lamborghinis, McLarens, Porsches and Ferraris do not comprise the entire TrackWorthy universe. In this article and video, we review one of our long-term test cars, the more attainable Volkswagen Golf GTI.