The 325-hp front-wheel-drive GTI beat its own record from 2025 by 1.6 seconds, takes the podium ahead of Honda Civic Type R ...

The Golf GTI Edition 50 is VW's purpose-built celebration of the GTI's five-decade run.

VW’s beloved hatchback is now a three-time Car of the Year winner. History repeating itself is nothing rare in the automotive business, and for the Volkswagen Golf, its contribution to such tradition ...

With its 242 hp (245 PS), the standard Golf GTI is all the hot hatch some people will ever need, but in today's landscape where the Honda Civic Type R, for example, puts out 320 hp, you're tempted to ...

The GTI badge has spent 50 years making small Volkswagens feel more exciting than they probably had any right to be. Now it’s going electric for the first time, but the Wolfsburg team reckons the new ...

The GTI's 50th anniversary edition lapped Germany's famous racetrack and beat the CTR's record-setting run by less than a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Powertrains: 241-horsepower (GTI) or 315-hp (R), turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder; six-speed manual or seven-speed, dual-clutch automatic transmission; front-wheel drive (GTI) or all-wheel drive ...

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 ...

Summit Point, West Virginia — WAUUGGGGH! At West Virginia’s premier Summit Point Motorsports complex, I wrung the 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI’s neck through the Jefferson Circuit’s technical Turn 2-3-4-5 ...

The Volkswagen GTI's all-around talents have earned it a special place in our hearts over the years, and the Golf R has only made the hot hatch cooler, quicker, and more extreme. We've loved it, too.