Articles about Volkswagen Golf GTI

As confirmed by VW

You read that correctly: the GTI badge has a future in the electric age after all, and the Volkswagen ID. GTI Concept is the car that proves it.Based on the ID.2all concept that was revealed back in March, the ID.

Those ‘waffle and hex’ rims are just *chef’s kiss*

It's fair to say some elements of the latest Volkswagen Golf GTI haven't quite hit the spot. The Mk8 may be sharper to drive than ever, but it's also dropped a very sizeable ball when it comes to some

And it’s a limited 25th Anniversary edition

We've seen plenty of low-mileage cars come up for auction in recent years, but this 2002 Volkswagen Golf GTI takes the biscuit.Now, the Mk4 model may not have been the most popular GTI in history, but this is at

We wonder if it can go sideways, too

If what's revered as one of the greatest hot hatches ever built, the Volkswagen Golf GTI, had a bigger and roomier brother, then we reckon this would be it: the Volkswagen Transporter T6.1 Sportline.It's sporty, alright. It's

What a week

A tough call to make, but someone’s got to do it

2020. Hardly a belter of a year, eh? Back in the early summer, Germany seemed to be the only country doing anything right. Where was France? And come to think of it, where is France now? It's only been a late

And almost 300hp

Don't get too excited. The new Golf GTI Clubsport is not the follow-up to 2016's Nürburgring front-wheel-drive record-holder, the Clubsport S. It's not a limited edition and precisely no effort has been made to

In case you were wondering

So we have a bit of a history lesson for you today, folks: In light of the recent National Name Your Car Day (yes, it's actually a thing), Volkswagen has shared the stories behind the names of some of its vehicles.

Some improvements don't feel like improvements

This is the heir to the throne. The next in the dynasty. No hot hatch has a greater heritage than this. A Volkswagen Golf GTI should be all things to all people: the quintessential do-it-all family car. So, no pressure

It’s had quite the fascinating history

In 1937, Germany's ruling National Socialist German Workers' Party (led by Adolf Hitler) created the Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH (Company for the Preparation of the German Volkswagen Ltd), which-thankfully for us-was renamed Volkswagenwerk GmbH just a

*We cannot emphasize this enough

It looks like an SUV, it has the ride height and all-wheel-drive of an SUV, but it's a secret wagon. Ssshh-don't let the cat out of the bag. Actually, don't put cats in bags in the

This looks cool

Yep, at heart the Mk8 Golf GTI is the same car as the Mk7. It rides on the Group's clever MQB platform and uses the same 2.0-liter turbocharged gasoline engine as the car it replaces.Of course, changes have

The German carmaker is taking all the necessary precautions

We're all craving signs of normality right now-those little flickers of life going on as normal. Well, here's one: Volkswagen is going to make Golfs again.There's a cluster of sentences you wouldn't have expected to read

The tech-packed Mk8 model has been revealed alongside the GTD and GTE variants

Typical-you wait years for a new, fast Golf, then three come along all at once. Spoiler alert: none is revolutionary or the teensiest bit surprising, but we're glad they're back all the same. And you should be, too.Volkswagen

The entire project cost $140,000 and took 12,000 hours to complete

Restoring a car truly is a labor of love. It's not just cost but also the sheer amount of hours it takes just looking for parts. It requires lots of time, a good amount of dough, and, of course, a bucketload

The new hot hatch will debut in March

Welcome to the new Golf GTI. Fine-welcome to a drawing of the new Golf GTI. And it'll have to do, because this is all we're getting until it's revealed proper at next month's Geneva International Motor Show,

Its ‘Stage 1’ kit for the Golf R brings down the 0-60mph time to 3.7sec

Mountune is known for fettling fast Fords-in the UK, many of its modifications are available through Ford's dealers and leave your car's factory warranty intact-but times are changing.The Essex-based tuner has just partnered up with wheel

Quick, practical and stylish

We're at Pradera Verde in Pampanga to shoot our landmark 150th Issue cover story, and for this special feature, we've put together a lineup of five cars and one superbike packing a combined total of more than 1,800hp. The

One shoot, six awesome rides

Cars. We all love them in general, but there are a select few that will always hold a special place in our hearts.Maybe for you it's a classic roadster or a rugged SUV. But regardless of make and model, if

At the VWorld Weekend

If you love hot hatches, then chances are you've daydreamed more than once about driving the Volkswagen Golf GTI. The little car that can has been a much-sought after nameplate ever since it was revealed to the world back in