VW’s Mk IV R32 is, more clearly than ever, a bonafide collector car. Even in a market that continues to cool, this all-wheel-drive hatch is red hot, forging its place in the pantheon of 2000s ...

The first R32 caused quite a stir when it arrived in 2002. It turned up just in time, too. The sporting Golf had lost its way somewhat since the heady days of the ’80s. The mk3 GTI hadn’t set ...

A Mk3 Golf was flaccid, a Mk4 is usually rubbery and approximate, but this R32 steers with direct, mechanical precision through its speeded-up rack. It's also very throttle-tunable in its ...