Both the Volkswagen Golf and its performance variant, the GTI, entered their seventh generation with 2015 redesigns. The cars haven’t exactly set sales records ablaze in the past, though a reduced ...

While the Honda Civic Type R skews more toward the more hardcore enthusiast, the Golf R has more of a grown-up disposition.

Editor’s note: This Car Seat Check was written in June 2019 about the 2019 Volkswagen Golf GTI. Little of substance has changed with this year’s model. See what’s new for 2020 or check out a ...

The eighth-generation hot hatch from Volkswagen combines performance, comfort and technology deftly in one harmonious package.

Click the image above for 13 more pics. Click the image above for 13 more pics. Once H&R regained focus after its excursion to the Edge, it took on the great granddaddy of all sport compacts, the ...

The 2023 Volkswagen Golf GTI has a lot of features relished by driving enthusiasts like a manual transmission, a good dose of torque, and decorative flourishes that help it stand out in a sea of staid ...

Several manufacturers offer affordable compact sports cars. Volkswagen — in the broader VW Group sense — sells three of them: the Volkswagen Golf GTI, the Volkswagen Golf R and the closely-related ...

It’s often said that there are only two guarantees in life, but really, there are three: Death, taxes, and the Volkswagen Golf GTI. For four decades now, the GTI has been one of the best budget ...

Some of the most distinguishing things about the Volkswagen Golf GTI are the plaid seats and the golf ball-style shifter. They're iconic touches to an iconic hot hatchback, and they were the ideas ...

Today's Volkswagen enthusiasts take plaid seats and golf ball shift knobs for granted, but few know the story of how those two came to be part of the Golf GTI's DNA. For both, you have just one woman ...

The Volkswagen GTI made its debut on American shores back in 1983. Back then, the GTI, based on the first-generation Golf, was a performance buffed version of the small, fun, but painfully slow ...