While the eighth-gen Golf GTI is a competent hot hatch on its own, its 242 HP output means it is outclassed by rivals such as the Honda Civic Type R and Renault Megane R.S. As a result, there are ...

Volkswagen’s GTI name comes with a lot of history, and one of the most important cars to wear the badge was Mk2 Golf GTI, which refined the formula created by the original. Now, 29 years after its ...

Not since 2013 did Volkswagen have such a strong batch of new and interesting hatchbacks in Europe. But how does the new GTI stack up against its sister cars, the 2021 Golf GTD and GTE? The formula ...

The Golf GTI never has the most powerful engines or aggressive body kits. But it's the most popular blank canvas onto which hot hatch lovers express their custom low-rider passion. Now there's an ...

Volkswagen has a rich history of motorsports endeavors, which all came to a halt in 2020, with the company citing a shift in the brand's image and mission. As a result, VW Motorsports left behind its ...

With the recent news of the end of the manual transmission for the GTI and Golf R, the writing is on the wall for one of the all-time-greatest performance cars, in this configuration anyway. They'll ...

Volkswagen on Friday unveiled a retro-inspired 2022 Golf GTI concept sporting an iconic wheel design. The VW GTI BBS concept was inspired by a modified Mk2 GTI that Brock Bickford of Evansville, ...

Full personal disclosure time: the Volkswagen Golf GTI is one of my absolute favorite cars. When VW invited me to drive the Euro-spec version of the new Mk8 alongside the outgoing Mk7 version on track ...

The regular Volkswagen Golf may have been discontinued here in the U.S. but, thankfully, we’ll still get to enjoy the sportier GTI and R variants. We’ve already seen the 2022 Volkswagen Golf GTI and ...

A week or so ago, I drove to M1 Concours in Pontiac, MI to drive the Mk8 GTI on the facility's road course and on an autocross course they put together for the event. I drove both the manual and DCT ...

Isaac Atienza is a Filipino motoring journalist who joined TopSpeed.com in 2021. He also owns a Filpino motoring website called Go Flat Out PH and is also a contributor to a local newspaper called The ...