Another year, another car with a manual transmission goes extinct. Two of this year’s casualties are the VW Golf GTI and Golf R, which will be sold with automatics only starting this year. But ...

A little over a year ago Volkswagen introduced their TSI engine range in 138 hp and 168 hp flavors. Those two engines both had displacements of 1.4L with the output of something considerably larger.

The 2026 Volkswagen Tiguan SEL R-Line Turbo's 2.0-liter EA888 turbo four-cylinder engine makes 268 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque, which is 67 hp more than the standard engine. That's plenty ...