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Unveiled last November, the eighth-gen Volkswagen Golf R will go on sale in Canada near the end of this year as a 2022 model. Just like us, hot hatch enthusiasts can’t wait to get a taste of its new 315-horsepower engine, which is significantly more potent than the previous one.

Are you bummed that the eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf won’t be coming to Canada after all? If you’re a performance enthusiast, the new 2022 Golf R that officially makes its debut today should easily make up for it. Once again manufactured in Wolfsburg, Germany, it will go on sale in late …

The eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf is not coming to Canada in base trim and this is sad news for a lot of people. The silver lining, at least for performance enthusiasts, is the return of the Golf GTI and Golf R. The former was unveiled virtually last winter, while the latter …

While we were led to believe that the eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf would be sold in Canada, The Car Guide has just received confirmation that only the sportier GTI and R variants will be offered. As it turns out, we’re no different from the U.S., where plans to bring back the …

The sensational Volkswagen Golf R did not return for 2020 and the next generation won’t hit the market before the 2022 model year. What do we know about it? Well, styling will be based on the new Golf GTI unveiled a few months ago—with some extra flair and unique touches, …

As you know, the all-new Volkswagen Golf GTI was unveiled virtually in late winter. It’s the eighth generation of the sporty Golf variant that started in 1976. This week, the automaker hosted a roundtable to provide more details about the car. Here’s what we learned… Some Numbers First With 2.3 …

Just days after the world premiere of the all-new Volkswagen Golf , renderings of the Golf GTI have started to pop up on the web. X-Tomi Design ’s take on the sporty Golf variant is quite realistic. And we like it a lot. In typical fashion, the car features a …

After much anticipation, Volkswagen finally unveiled the eighth generation (Mk8) of the popular Golf las week. The car will go on sale in Europe as early as next year, but Canadians will have to wait longer. Much longer, in fact. The Car Guide has learned that the new VW Golf …

This is it: the redesigned, eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf made its global debut today during a special event in Wolfsburg, Germany. As we saw on the pictures that started to hit the web in recent weeks, the exterior design is a subtle evolution from the previous Golf. However, some of the …

Pictures of what appears to be the eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf have just been posted on the Facebook page of VW fans in Czech Republic, one week before its official debut. From the looks of it, the shots were taken at the German automaker’s plant that manufactures the Golf. We’ve seen …