The Golf is now in its eighth generation, with the 2025 model acting as a facelifted version internally known as the Mk8.5.

This year, the hot hatch segment is being given a much-deserved shot in the arm with the release of the 2025 Volkswagen Golf R and Golf R ... Black Metallic, Lapiz Blue Metallic, and Pure White ...

The white Mk7.5 Golf R here has 480bhp and the blue Mk7 a cool 550bhp ... We’re no fans of the Mk8 Golf R, but with this much grunt its ‘drift mode’ would probably come into its own.

A two-tone option is also offered, with a black roof that contrasts two body colours, Pure White and Lapiz Blue Metallic. The other color offered with the Golf R is black (Mythos Black Metallic).