Is the Volkswagen Golf GTI a Good Car? 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 ...

Volkswagen is refreshing what many enthusiasts consider its halo cars, the GTI and Golf R hatchbacks, for the 2025 model year. (You can read the full rundowns on the updated 2025 VW GTI here and the ...

Congrats to the Volkswagen Golf, MotorTrend's 2026 Car of the Year! The GTI and R performance variants received the honor - besting a field of 14 contenders. It's the Golf's third time in its ...

2026 marks 50 years of the Volkswagen Golf GTI, and what started out as a skunkworks project has come to define the entire hot hatchback genre. It may not be the first hot hatch ever made, but the ...

Although Volkswagen’s car lineup has seen serious changes the last few years, the German automaker remains committed to offering a full range of body styles with numerous powertrain options. Recently, ...

The GTI first earned our Car of the Year trophy in 1985, back when we awarded separate Golden Calipers for domestic and imported models. Thirty years later, the seventh-generation Golf lineup, which ...

The Volkswagen Golf R should’ve been a new car I was giddily waiting for the second it was available for testing. Both it and the GTI have long been on the short list of the cars I’d actually buy, ...

The VW Golf GTI has earned its place as one of the most iconic hot hatches in history, but even this legend isn’t immune to the electric revolution. Just after Volkswagen announced it’s working on an ...

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 ...

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Within the car culture scene, petrolheads have a special place in their hearts for the hot hatch. The category – which encompasses compact 2- and 4/door hatchbacks with sporty engines – is far ...