In one corner is the Volkswagen Golf R, with two pedals or three, a digital dash, four-wheel drive, five-door practicality, and the latest-at-the-time version of Volkswagen's long-evolving EA888 turbo ...

It’s not uncommon to look at the Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf R as the same car. Or rather, to assume that they’re the same but the one just as has a cosmetic package. I mean, they roll off the same ...