Lamborghinis don’t excite me unless I’m driving one. I see them a bit too much around my hometown of Los Angeles, especially as rental cars for wannabe flex-lords cruising up and down Melrose Avenue.

HIGHS Mighty turbo-four power, highly entertaining to drive, hatchback practicality. LOWS Knob-less infotainment and HVAC controls annoy, expensive entry fee, drift mode should should be crazier.

When you want more power and performance than the Volkswagen GTI offers, the 2026 Golf R is VW's next-level hot hatchback. Volkswagen just issued a major update for 2025, so the 2026 Golf R carries ...

Volkswagen’s Golf R has been the pinnacle of mass-production small-car performance for the German brand since its introduction in 2009 with the sixth-generation Golf. However, before that it was the ...