The high-performance variant of the Volkswagen Golf, the Golf R, has been reserved for European buyers — until now. VW has announced the Golf R will be coming to the U.S. market in 2012. The new model is powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder that produces 270 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque. All that [...]
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During the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in March, Volkswagen will be introducing its new performance division, R GmbH, to better compete with the likes of Mercedes’ AMG and BMW’s M divisions. Although VW buyers can order performance components through the VW GearStore, there’s no official word on whether vehicles from this new division will make [...]
