While perhaps not as fun to drive as the GTI, the 2008 Golf R32 still offered excellent overall pace and a more thrilling engine note. Given it was the more 'grown-up' of the two, it also better ...

Launched in 2002, the Golf R32’s visual transformation was a subtle ... with a new version of VW’s VR6 engine (a 15-degree V6 in which both banks of cylinders share the same head).