Coinciding with the arrival of 2012 Golf R models in Volkswagen dealerships this month, VW is launching an iPad app to promote its latest performance car, as well as celebrate the history of the Golf line. Packed with videos, photos, and tech specs, the app is intended to provide users with everything they need to know about the Golf, and what makes it so special to its fans.

Coinciding with the arrival of 2012 Golf R models in Volkswagen dealerships this month, VW is launching an iPad app to promote its latest performance car, as well as celebrate the history of the Golf line. Packed with videos, photos, and tech specs, the app is intended to provide users with everything they need to know about the Golf, and what makes it so special to its fans.

Earlier this week we saw spy shots of a prototype for the next-generation MkVII Volkswagen Golf, which is expected to be launched late next year as a 2013 model.

Earlier this week we saw spy shots of a prototype for the next-generation MkVII Volkswagen Golf, which is expected to be launched late next year as a 2013 model.

If the new Golf GTI Cabriolet has already gone sale in Europe, what could Volkswagen be possibly testing with this undisguised prototype model?

If the new Golf GTI Cabriolet has already gone sale in Europe, what could Volkswagen be possibly testing with this undisguised prototype model?

We already know that the next generation and first truly new Golf since the Mk5 (upon which the current Mk6 is heavily based), will receive its public debut at the forthcoming Paris Motor Show at the end of September.

We already know that the next generation and first truly new Golf since the Mk5 (upon which the current Mk6 is heavily based), will receive its public debut at the forthcoming Paris Motor Show at the end of September.

So we know that series production of the seventh generation of the Volkswagen Golf will begin in early August and that the compact hatchback will receive its public premiere at the 2012 Paris Motor Show (September 29 to October 13) before it goes on sale across Europe in November.

So we know that series production of the seventh generation of the Volkswagen Golf will begin in early August and that the compact hatchback will receive its public premiere at the 2012 Paris Motor Show (September 29 to October 13) before it goes on sale across Europe in November.

With all the commotion and news going around about the regular versions of the seventh generation of the Volkswagen Golf that will premiere at the Paris Motor Show next month, it's easy to forget that the Germans are also working on several other variants including a flagship sports model with the 'R' moniker.

With all the commotion and news going around about the regular versions of the seventh generation of the Volkswagen Golf that will premiere at the Paris Motor Show next month, it's easy to forget that the Germans are also working on several other variants including a flagship sports model with the 'R' moniker.

One of the reasons why Volkswagen hasn't officially mentioned anything about the North American availability of the new, seventh generation Golf that was presented at the Paris Motor Show last week, is because it hasn't reached a final decision on where it will produce the compact hatchback for the local market.

One of the reasons why Volkswagen hasn't officially mentioned anything about the North American availability of the new, seventh generation Golf that was presented at the Paris Motor Show last week, is because it hasn't reached a final decision on where it will produce the compact hatchback for the local market.