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 ...

In 1976, Volkswagen created the “hot hatch” with the MK1 Golf GTI. Since then, many competitors have come and gone, but the little GTI has evolved into the seventh generation you see here. Though the ...

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• “The GTI is subtle and understated, a car for adults.” The Volkswagen Golf, as James May noted in his BBC documentary series, is the preeminent people’s car. The well-regarded hatchback offers fun ...

From the moment it hit showrooms as the Mk5 Golf in 2005, the reborn Golf GTI has been a bit of a cult car. And by the time the Mk7 was launched here in early 2013, the GTI was really riding high. And ...

There are cars that will generate more column inches of ink than the new 2022 Volkswagen GTI this year. But every new GTI is an icon. VW has been building them since 1976. That makes this new model ...