Ford Focus ST vs. VW Golf R and…Subaru BRZ in MT's Head2Head

What are the criteria for comparing one car against another? Well, basically, they should belong to the same category; have similar performance stats and, perhaps more importantly, be close in price.

The new 2013 Ford Focus ST and the soon-to-be replaced VW Golf R that are featured in latest episode of "Head 2 Head" from Motor Trend are a match in two out of these three criteria: they're both compact hatchbacks and each gets a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine producing 256hp in the VW and 252hp in the Ford.

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Volkswagen Reveals Production Golf R Cabriolet in Video

It's been a year and a half since Volkswagen displayed the Golf R Cabriolet Mk6 Concept at the 2011 edition of the Wörthersee GTI meet in Austria, and even though the company has already presented the hatchback versions of the seventh generation Golf, it appears that the Germans will finally go ahead and produce the car.

VW released a video in which it simply states, "Take a look at the new Golf R. It boosts the level of adrenaline in just a few seconds and is now open to the top. The Golf R Cabriolet."

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SchwabenFolia Drops 325 Horses Under the Hood of the VW Golf R

The tunes for Volkswagen's Golf R Mk6 just keep dropping in. Only a day after we told you about Cam Shaft's Golf R "Electrified", another German company named SchwabenFolia, which also specializes on car wraps and performance upgrades, introduced its newest take on Wolfsburg's hottest hatch.

It all begins with the Golf R's 2.0-liter turbocharged unit that benefits from a new handmade exhaust system featuring twin Capristo exhaust valves controlled via a button on the dash, and a software upgrade to nudge power from 267hp (270PS) to 325hp (330PS).

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Cam Shaft's VW Golf R Electrified is Anything But That

If you're looking for a battery-powered unit under the hood of Cam Shaft's newest project car based on the VW Golf R Mk6, you'll be disappointed to learn that the name refers to its "shocking" appearance and not its powerplant. Read more »

Spied: New 2014 Volkswagen Golf R Sheds All of its Camouflage

The regular versions of the brand-new Volkswagen Golf Mk7 are fine and dandy, but what we really want to see is the performance editions and more specifically, the GTI and of course, the R-branded models of the series.

Just a couple of weeks ago, our spies nabbed a prototype of the next Golf R, but it was armed up to the teeth in camouflage – which was logical since Volkswagen had yet to uncover the Mk7.

Now that it did, however, VW engineers made away with the swirly wraps giving us an unobtrusive view of the prototype Golf R.

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