Full personal disclosure time: the Volkswagen Golf GTI is one of my absolute favorite cars. When VW invited me to drive the Euro-spec version of the new Mk8 alongside the outgoing Mk7 version on track ...

The popularity of hatchbacks in America has withered in the face of SUV dominance, with casualties such as the Honda Fit, Ford Focus, and, now, the Volkswagen Golf, which is in its final months of ...

Volkswagen's Golf GTI is a popular choice for tuning fans on both sides of the pond. The Mk8 Golf GTI should make no exception, and Volkswagen has already taken the first step in that direction. They ...

A week or so ago, I drove to M1 Concours in Pontiac, MI to drive the Mk8 GTI on the facility's road course and on an autocross course they put together for the event. I drove both the manual and DCT ...

Volkswagen has dispelled any fear that it would thrash the entire Golf lineup in its stable with the all-new 2022 Golf GTI. After seven generations, 40-years of production, short-wheelbase, and higher ...

Volkswagen's GTI always draws praise and plaudits from the fanboy crowd and enthusiasts. And VW has won more respect for keeping the GTI in its U.S. lineup even as it drops the base Golf. For 2022, ...

VW launched its iconic Golf hatchback in 1974. Not long after came a sportier version, the Golf GTI. Nearly 50 years later, it has a well-earned reputation as one of the preeminent affordable driver’s ...

If you think you had to be in a two-door sports car to have one of the best sporty rides and drives of your life - or if you think it had to be with a manual gearbox - well I think we've proven ...

The regular Volkswagen Golf may have been discontinued here in the U.S. but, thankfully, we’ll still get to enjoy the sportier GTI and R variants. We’ve already seen the 2022 Volkswagen Golf GTI and ...

The new VW Golf GTI is a great hot hatch but like its predecessors, it has a restrained and subtle look not all that different from lesser Golf models. That’s where this bodykit from Prior Design ...