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The latest all-wheel-drive Golf R is an endlessly capable hot hatch but it’s so popular that VW has paused taking orders until it can clear its backlog. Here are five things you should know.

This is the Daddy of all Volkswagen Golfs

When VW’s Golf launched 50 years ago, this little hatchback was the Beetle-replacing ‘people’s car’. In 1976, Volkswagen fitted an 81kW/140Nm 1.6-litre four-cylinder, added a GTI badge and birthed a hot hatch legend. Its leisurely 0-100km/h…

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