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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 ...

Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began ...

Bengt Halvorson April 25, 2013 Comment Now! We're hustling along in the all-new Mk7 Volkswagen GTI, on a tightly curved back road in mountainous Southern France. Just as traffic opens up and I can see ...

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 ...

My year with the 2015 Volkswagen GTI Performance Package flew by. I tried a number of different performance parts, took it on road trips, and drove it on the track, but most importantly, I lived with ...

This modified VW Golf GTI MK7.5 Performance packs 330HP and delivers blistering acceleration from 0 to 250 KMH on the German ...

The VW Golf gets the title ‘Rocket Bunny’ for the obvious reason – it’s tiny and runs fast! The Golf will forever be an obsession in the United States, even after the final ta-ta. But that doesn’t ...

After finding out that the stock 2015 Golf GTI is a freak of nature with well above the claimed horsepower output, we delved a little deeper and found something even better, a David versus Goliath ...

I recently had a chance to sort of drive 2022 MK8 Golf R and came away pretty impressed. From what I hear about the MK8 GTI, it's going to be an improvement over the current car in just about every ...

It’s hard to believe that the Volkswagen Golf GTI is entering its seventh generation. I fondly remember two GTIs that I owned and loved years ago. Reflecting on the GTI progress, it feels like the ...

I'm in the 2015 Volkswagen Golf GTI, and its numerous tech tricks let me get away with behavior that leans toward reckless. Given that hot hatches are accessible everyday sport cars favored by ...