HIGHS Plucky 328-hp turbo four, standard all-wheel-drive, serious performance and thrills. LOWS Manual transmission is forevermore MIA, Euro-Package seats add support but lack ventilation, GTI is ...

Volkswagen has introduced the eighth generation of the Golf hot hatch models, the GTI and the R. These "Mark 8" models feature an updated engine, new vehicle dynamics settings, and a new electronics ...

They say the worst day of your life starts normally. Today, it started with Volkswagen announcing that the manual transmission in the Golf GTI and Golf R will be officially dead after 2024, with one ...

We finally know what updates are coming to the US for the previously revealed and refreshed and updated 2025 Volkswagen Golf R and GTI. And, well, the news is good and not so good. Yeah, bad news ...

The 2023 Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf R got a major redesign for 2022, and the automaker is using the 2023 model year to make some minor cosmetic changes and introduce two anniversary editions.

It's hard to believe, but the Golf GTI is an old hand. The little hatchback that started the hot hatch genre back in the 1970s is now 50 years old. To celebrate, Volkswagen has debuted a new, special ...

The Prelude name has returned with a hybrid powertrain, but can it beat the evergreen Golf GTI?

We often say that the mark of a good car is how many weird tuning projects you can find. In that regard, the Mk7 Golf was one of the best hot hatches to wear the GTI badge, but we've never seen ...

The Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI is about to be retired in America. As reviews of Euro-spec Mk8s are already being released ahead of the 2022 model's debut, we're actually beginning to miss the old hot hatch ...