The new Golf GTI Clubsport 8.5 is put to the test on both road and track to see how it compares against the more powerful ...

Volkswagen’s 50th anniversary hot hatch just reclaimed the Nürburgring FWD crown from Honda’s Civic Type R after failing last ...

Mechanically, there wasn't really anything wrong with the MK8 Volkswagen GTI and Golf R. In fact, they were both pretty awesome. Redesigning an icon like the MK7 Golf is no easy task, but Volkswagen ...

There’s plenty of smoke rising from the Volkswagen Golf family camp, but no fire yet. We’re still early in the buildup to what the Golf will become, said buildup full of special editions and ...

As per tradition, the hot hatch again went faster than VW’s claimed 0 to 100km/h time of 5.90 seconds. During our test at Gerotek, the Mk 8.5 recorded a sprint time of 5.88 seconds. From there, the ...

There's no such thing as a bargain driver's car, and that applies to the latest iteration of the Volkswagen Golf GTI, too. The hot hatch premiered back in January with revised styling and a few other ...

Internally referred to as CD1 for the hatchback or CG5 for the wagon, the Mk8 Golf rolled out in October 2019. Come February 2020, the GTI was revealed. That fall, Volkswagen confirmed £33,460 as ...

The VW Golf GTI Autobahn is a grown-up hot hatch with more power and still available manual transmission for now. (WTOP/Mike Parris) The hot hatch was born 40 years ago when Volkswagen gave its ...

For half a century, the GTI badge has defined the hot hatch segment.But in recent years, the battle for front-wheel-drive ...

Summit Point, West Virginia — WAUUGGGGH! At West Virginia’s premier Summit Point Motorsports complex, I wrung the 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI’s neck through the Jefferson Circuit’s technical Turn 2-3-4-5 ...

Volkswagen revealed the updated Golf to the world late Tuesday, marking the nameplate’s 50th anniversary with an overhauled (but not all-new) lineup that will come to our shores in the form of the ...