Sidd started as a freelance writer for TopSpeed back in 2017 and took up a full-time position a year later. 2,100+ articles later, he got into the editorial side of things and is now the sitewide ...

The 2022 Volkswagen Golf R was revealed on U.S. shores in Chicago in July, and the car comes with the same power level as its European homologs. With the current generation and its predecessor sharing ...

Thanks to a little trick called the N Grin Shift system, the 2022 Hyundai Elantra N front-wheel-drive compact performance hatchback can snatch a little more hp out of the 2.0-liter turbo four-cylinder ...

Volkswagen just recently updated the Mk8 Golf GTI and Golf R for its mid-cycle refresh and the 2025 model-year. Originally launched in 2020 globally and in 2022 for the North American market, at three ...

Final report: As flagship Golf leaves our fleet, we decide: is it the ultimate version of Mk8.5?

After working predominantly as a freelancer at CarHP/CarIndigo, Amreetam joined the TopSpeed team as a journalist in September 2021. In a world where SUVs are booming, he favors sedans and adores BMWs ...

ABT Sportsline has wasted no time in adding some extra spice to the Mk8 VW Golf R and has just revealed a tuning kit for it. The new VW Golf R is powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder ...

There’s plenty of smoke rising from the Volkswagen Golf family camp, but no fire yet. We’re still early in the buildup to what the Golf will become, said buildup full of special editions and ...

Despite the Golf being one of Volkswagen’s most affordable and ubiquitous models, the all-new Mk8 version is set to be one of the brand’s most advanced. In addition to a fully digital gauge cluster, ...

A prototype of what may or may not be the Mk8 VW Golf R has been photographed in the midst of testing before the car’s unveiling later this year. No images showing the front of the hot hatch have been ...

The next (Mk8) Volkswagen Golf is on its way, meaning GTI and hopefully R versions will soon follow. The word on the street today is that it might jump up to 296 hp (300 ps), if the German publication ...

Arriving in the US in late 2021, the most-powerful Golf ever offer buyers a choice of manual or dual-clutch gearbox, plus there's a drift mode. Following stints in TV news production and as a record ...