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Dial R for Raucous: Welcome to the Long-Term 2026 Volkswagen Golf R By: Andrew Krok Introduction The 2026 Volkswagen Golf R is no stranger to enthusiasts, but its transmission might be. Following another appearance on our prestigious 10Best list alongside its sibling, the GTI, a 2026 Golf R has joined our long-term fleet for 40,000 miles of driving. However, early experiences indicate some potential teething issues right out of the gate. We’ll start with the price. The Golf R’s base price is a depressingly stratospheric $50,730, but of course, we’re never content to leave well enough alone. This hot hatch’s sole new option for 2026 is a $455 Graphite Gray Metallic paint job, so we decided to coat ours in that hue. This color almost perfectly matches the sky above our Ann Arbor office as winter stubbornly refuses to yield to spring. We also opted for the $3,795 Euro Style package. This package didn’t include a pack of Gauloises cigarettes or an Armani Exchange track suit, but it did replace the Golf R’s standard (and rather drab) all-black power leather seats with a set featuring blue plaid cloth inserts while limiting electro-intervention to the recline function. The door panels also received different inserts. The package deletes the sunroof and front-seat ventilation, yet it adds an Akrapovič titanium axle-back exhaust system. We’d be hard-pressed to choose a less expensive configuration, but still—a $54,980 window sticker for a VW hot hatch is a tough pill to swallow. For Sale Near You See all 2026 Volkswagen Golf R models available near you While the Golf R’s year-over-year tweaks for 2026 were minor, the changes from 2025 carried over. Last year, the Golf R gained an additional 13 horsepower for a total output of 328 ponies, though torque remains at 295 pound-feet. The exterior received a slight zhuzh—hooray, more LED light bars—and the infotainment screen increased in both size and capability. However, 2025 also marked the end of the Golf R’s six-speed manual transmission, leaving the seven-speed dual-clutch automatic (DSG) as the only option. We can’t win them all, but we’d rather have an automatic Golf R than no Golf R at all, we suppose. For Sale Near You See all 2026 Volkswagen Golf R models available near you Initial impressions have focused on the DSG, and not in a positive way. Even in the car’s most sedate drive mode, the DSG acts aggressively when we lift off the brakes, surging forward with all the grace of a 16-year-old’s first experience with a three-pedal car. Switching to Sport mode slightly raises the idle and thus the transmission’s aggressiveness in that lurching behavior. It can be mitigated to some degree, but only with the most delicate footwork. We’ll see if anything can be done about that. We’re also investigating a spare tire, or rather, the lack thereof. The Golf R only comes with an emergency inflation kit, and given our luck with tires (and our state’s abysmal pavement conditions), we’d like to change that. The space between the trunk’s load floor and the subwoofer beneath it isn’t large enough to accommodate even a space-saver spare, so the only solution we’ve considered so far is to buy a fifth wheel and tire and simply toss it in the back on long journeys—a less-than-ideal solution considering road trips typically involve both cargo and passengers. view exterior photos Michael Simari|Car and Driver The DSG performed satisfactorily at the test track. On a set of 19-inch Bridgestone Potenza S005 summer tires, our Golf R launched to 60 mph in a launch-control-enabled 4.0 seconds flat, although its 5-to-60-mph time increased to 5.1 seconds. The quarter-mile was dispatched in a solid 12.5 seconds at 111 mph. Despite being tested in Michigan’s notoriously lousy March weather, the Bridgestones helped the Golf R maintain 0.99 g of grip on the skidpad. Braking wasn’t bad either, with 70-mph stops taking 152 feet and 100 mph being shed in 299 feet. Excitement is hard to come by in this part of the country at this time of year, so the Golf R has us eagerly anticipating warmer weather and the grippy, all-wheel-drive antics that come with it. You know what else is hard to come by? An OEM replacement windshield, because ours is already cracked. But that’s a story for our next update, hopefully. Months in Fleet: 2 months Current Mileage: 2252 miles Average Fuel Economy: 23 mpg Fuel Tank Size: 14.5 gal Observed Fuel Range: 330 miles Service: $0 Normal Wear: $0 Repair: $0 Damage and Destruction: $0 Specifications 2026 Volkswagen Golf R Vehicle Type: front-engine, all-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door hatchback PRICE Base/As Tested: $50,730/$54,980 Options: Euro Style package (Akrapovič titanium exhaust system, manually adjustable driver’s seat with power recline and manual lumbar support, diamond-pattern cloth upholstery with ArtVelours seat bolsters, padded door panels with ArtVelours inserts, deleted ventilated front seats and panoramic sunroof), $3795; Graphite Gray Metallic paint, $455 ENGINE turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 16-valve inline-4, iron block and aluminum head, direct fuel injection Displacement: 121 in3, 1984 cm3 Power: 328 hp @ 6500 rpm Torque: 295 lb-ft @ 2000 rpm TRANSMISSION 7-speed dual-clutch automatic CHASSIS Suspension, F/R: struts/multilink Brakes, F/R: 14.1-in vented disc/12.2-in vented disc Tires: Bridgestone Potenza S005 235/35R-19 (91Y) + DIMENSIONS Wheelbase: 103.5 in Length: 169.1 in Width: 70.4 in Height: 57.8 in Passenger Volume, F/R: 51/41 ft3 Cargo Volume, Behind F/R: 35/20 ft3 Curb Weight: 3365 lb C/D TEST RESULTS: NEW 60 mph: 4.0 sec 100 mph: 10.1 sec 1/4-Mile: 12.5 sec @ 111 mph 130 mph: 18.7 sec 150 mph: 30.1 sec Results above omit 1-ft rollout of 0.3 sec. Rolling Start, 5–60 mph: 5.1 sec Top Gear, 30–50 mph: 2.6 sec Top Gear, 50–70 mph: 3.7 sec Top Speed (gov ltd): 151 mph Braking, 70–0 mph: 152 ft Braking, 100–0 mph: 299 ft Roadholding, 300-ft Skidpad: 0.99 g C/D FUEL ECONOMY Observed: 23 mpg Unscheduled Oil Additions: 0 qt EPA FUEL ECONOMY Combined/City/Highway: 25/22/31 mpg WARRANTY 4 years/50,000 miles bumper to bumper 4 years/50,000 miles powertrain 7 years/100,000 miles corrosion protection 3 years/36,000 miles roadside assistance 2 years/20,000 miles scheduled maintenance C/D TESTING EXPLAINED Headshot of Andrew Krok Reviewed by Andrew Krok Managing Editor, Reviews Cars are Andrew Krok’s passion, along with boysenberry. After graduating with a degree in English from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009, Andrew cut his teeth writing freelance magazine features and has since accumulated a decade of full-time review experience. A Chicagoan by birth, he has resided in Detroit since 2015. 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