The Golf GTI has always had rivals like the Megane RS or Focus ST which were more fun, powerful, and sometimes cheaper. But it could always hide behind the facade of being a well-made German car. Not ...

The VW Golf GTI Mk1’s fusebox is under the dashboard on the left-hand side; check for damp ingress and that all electricals ...

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

Interior As with the standard Golf, the interior updates are subtle but significant and mainly concern the ease of use of the on-board tech (which we will look at in a moment). Elsewhere, the Golf GTI ...

Is the Volkswagen Golf GTI a Good Car? If you need one car to be nearly everything an enthusiast driver could possibly want it to be (efficient commuter, capable canyon carver, car-pool-friendly kid ...

Under the hood, the VW Golf GTI is powered by a 2.0-litre, four-cylinder, turbo-petrol engine producing 265hp and 370Nm. This mill also does duty in the new Volkswagen Tiguan R Line SUV. The TSI motor ...

Eight generations after its 1976 introduction, Volkswagen is continuing to refine its sublimely capable Golf GTI and its Golf R maximum-performance variant for 2025. With this refresh for the ...

If you were to look at one of the major differences between the Volkswagen GTI and the Honda Civic Type R, it would be their transmissions – but there’s more. If you were to compare the Volkswagen ...