But the Golf 4 wrote itself into the history books with the R32 model – an angry beast, powered by 3.2-litre, 24-valve, VR6 engine. In its prime, it was unlike anything on the road.

Nope, we still aren’t done with fast VW Golfs just yet. There aren’t many performance car nameplates that make it to 50, and the GTI’s half century looks all the more impressive in 2025 given the ...

The lighter GTI comes across more playful-400 fewer pounds and a turbo will do that-but the R32 feels more mature, a seasoned sense that becomes clear through the slalom (68.4 mph) and in 60-to-0 ...

Mozart died young. Charlie Parker died young. Hendrix died young. But boy did they make some impact. The first VW Golf R32 was only available in the United States for one year and now it's a ...

The bare acceleration figures still look impressive today, despite a fairly chunky kerb weight (a Mk7 Golf R is 76kg lighter). We timed an R32 at 6.4 seconds to 60mph, and while the VR6 doesn't ...

The Golf R should weigh in at about 3400 pounds -- close to the weight of the first R32, 150 pounds less than the second, and only about 250 pounds more than the current GTI.

The R32 is the Volkswagen Golf fan’s ultimate dreamboat. It has a mighty and smooth 3.2-liter VR6 engine, the most powerful ever bolted into a production Golf engine bay.

Unleashed monsters on real streets! Watch the insane 2000HP Nissan GT-R ALPHA 22x battle a 1000HP BMW M2, a 900HP Ferrari 488 Pista, and a 1400HP VW Golf 4 R32 R30. Brutal turbo sounds, neck ...

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 ...

Golf 4: The much-loved hatchback that refuses to retire Thursday, ... These started at 1400cc, 1600cc, 1800cc, 2000cc, 2300cc 2800cc, and finally the most powerful 3200cc variant in the R32 model.

The bare acceleration figures still look impressive today, despite a fairly chunky kerb weight (a Mk7 Golf R is 76kg lighter). We timed an R32 at 6.4 seconds to 60mph, and while the VR6 doesn't ...