Volkswagen Reviews

Volkswagen Golf R 2025 review: Australian first drive

By James Cleary · 03 Jun 2025

The Golf R swings with the heavy-hitters of the hot hatch world and Volkswagen has given it an '8.5' series boost in terms of performance, tech and spec. Are these upgrades enough to take it to the top of the compact hot rod class? CarsGuide attended its local launch to find out.

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Volkswagen Tiguan Elegance 2025 review: snapshot

By Tom White · 02 Jun 2025

The Elegance is the mid-grade in the third-generation Volkswagen Tiguan range.

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Volkswagen Tiguan Life 2025 review: snapshot

By Tom White · 31 May 2025

For the third-generation Tiguan, the Life is the base variant, which ships exclusively with the base 110TSI engine.

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Volkswagen Tiguan 2025 review: Australian first drive

By Tom White · 29 May 2025

What sets Volkswagen's Tiguan apart from an increasingly crowded mid-size SUV crowd? In the mainstream factor, its German origins is a key factor, but there's a lot more to its story than just that. In fact, this next-generation model has plenty going for it, as we find out in this Australian first drive.

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Volkswagen Golf GTI 2025 review: snapshot

By David Morley · 16 May 2025

The GTI is the Golf line-up’s fastest, most sporty variant to use front-wheel drive. It also builds on a rich tradition as the make and model that arguably invented the whole hot-hatch genre decades ago.

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Volkswagen Golf R-Line 2025 review: snapshot

By David Morley · 14 May 2025

At the very top of the 1.4-litre Golf line-up sits the R-Line.

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Volkswagen Golf Style 2025 review: snapshot

By David Morley · 12 May 2025

The mid-rung of the non-performance Golf ladder, the Style is most closely aligned with the previous Highline trim level. At $43,690, it’s quite a price step up from the Life entry-level car. But you do get extra gear like the tri-zone climate control, 18-inch alloys and a bigger multimedia screen.

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Volkswagen Golf Life 2025 review: snapshot

By David Morley · 10 May 2025

At $38,690, the Golf Life opens the batting for the facelifted Volkswagen hatchback range. That’s actually $500 less than the previous entry-level Golf, but there have been equipment casualties along the way. Those include the loss of embedded sat-nav and ambient lighting and the air-conditioning system is now a single-zone deal.

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Volkswagen Golf 2025 review

By David Morley · 08 May 2025

Can a conventional hatchback with a conventional driveline cope in the sales race against the onslaught of SUVs and hybrids? It's a tough ask, but when it's the Volkswagen Golf we're dealing with, the smart money says never underestimate the VW. With a range of specifications right up to the mighty GTI, there's a Golf for everybody. Everybody who's paying attention, anyway.

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Volkswagen Multivan 2025 review: Life - Australian first drive

By Laura Berry · 15 Apr 2025

Volkswagen's Mulitvan has always been a practical people mover but something important has been missing until this new-generation version came along.

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