Enthusiasts, purists, and hot-hatch lovers gather round because I come with good news: The 2026 Volkswagen GTI still delivers on smiles per mile, and the O.G. formula has stood the test of time. The ...

Growing up, Motor Trend was basically Chris' bible. With an ever growing TikTok fan base, Chris decided it was time to take the more serious journalistic approach to talking about his favorite subject ...

The Golf GTI didn’t just join the hot hatch segment, it invented it. Half a century on, plenty of people assumed emissions rules and electrification would finish the format off. They were wrong. The ...

Use the table of contents to jump to a section The 2026 Volkswagen Golf GTI hot hatchback is the eighth generation of the ...

After teasing the newest iteration of its hottest, front-wheel-drive hot hatch, the day has finally come for Volkswagen to reveal the Golf GTI Clubsport. Unveiled at the Nürburgring, Volkswagen has ...

There’s officially a new front-wheel-drive king of the Nürburgring: the Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 50. On Thursday, VW announced that it has just taken the crown away from the c urrent Honda Civic ...

Back when car companies built SUVs in addition to cars instead of in place of them, the sport compact car was a big deal. Small size generally meant small price but often came with a side of big ...

The Nürburgring Nordschleife has long served as the ultimate litmus test for performance vehicles, and Volkswagen has just rewritten the record books for front-wheel-drive production cars. With a ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

VW’s special 50th anniversary Golf GTI isn’t merely a celebration of the icon’s first half-century – it also aims to be the ...

Just like oversized clothes in bright colors, the Nineties are back in the car world. Pitting the Honda Prelude against the Volkswagen Golf GTI feels like a comparison test from a decades-old magazine ...