With the optional Euro Style Package, the Golf R even sounds good. This is more of a performance package than the name suggests, with an Akrapovic titanium exhaust, sunroof delete, and manual cloth seats in place of the standard power leather chairs.The 2026 Golf R makes 328 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque from its turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine.Mechanically, there’s not a ton different with the Mk8.5 Golf R compared with the Mk8, which means you get all-wheel drive and a rear differential that can apportion all the torque the engine sends backwards to either rear wheel.
