The Volkswagen Golf GTI remains a very capable hot hatch, with strong comfort, good steering and plenty of pace. But some ...

In May 1974, Volkswagen introduced the world to its post-Beetle future: front-engine, front-wheel drive, and water-cooled, wrapping all that in a glorious, Giorgetto Giugiaro/Italdesign-penned design, ...

If you need one car to be nearly everything an enthusiast driver could possibly want it to be (efficient commuter, capable canyon carver, car-pool-friendly kid carrier, cavernous cargo hauler, ...

Enthusiasts, purists, and hot-hatch lovers gather round because I come with good news: The 2026 Volkswagen GTI still delivers on smiles per mile, and the O.G. formula has stood the test of time. The ...

The 2024 Volkswagen Golf range of compact hatchbacks is made up of the GTI and R models. Both are excellent and exceptional. Pricing starts at $31,765. If we had a dollar for every time we heard the ...

The Golf GTI didn’t just join the hot hatch segment, it invented it. Half a century on, plenty of people assumed emissions rules and electrification would finish the format off. They were wrong. The ...

Since picking up his first set of MicroMachine toy cars as a toddler, Chris knew he had a passion for automobiles embedded in his soul. It wasn't until he started flipping through car magazines a ...

The 2026 Volkswagen Golf GTI hot hatchback is the eighth generation of the famous nameplate, and is powered by a 241-horsepower/273-lb-ft 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine. It’s still front-wheel drive, but ...

The 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI and R entered their eighth generation in 2020, and while the core of these vehicles hasn't changed, there are some significant updates for the new model year. These ...

The 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI hot hatchback gets its mid-cycle refresh this year, but still comes with a 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine, front-wheel drive, 241 horsepower, and 273 lb-ft of ...