A visit to Essex-based Mountune endows the Golf GTI with as much power as a Porsche 911. How does it feel on the road?

The front-wheel-drive Golf GTI is still the everyman’s sports hatchback, offering affordable thrills since the ’70s, but VW’s R division has been churning out more extreme all-wheel-drive ...

The Golf R is even more potent than before, with the turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine now dialed up by 13 horsepower to a total of 328 hp, while all-wheel drive and adaptive suspension ...