American muscle takes on German hot hatch precision performance, design and power clash ...

With tens of thousands of fans crowding the famed Nordschleife, Volkswagen didn’t just show off a car—they connected with the GTI community. Live music, displays of classic GTI models ...

If you need one car to be nearly everything an enthusiast driver could possibly want it to be (efficient commuter, capable ...

The Golf GTI and AWD Golf R wow on and off the track with cutting-edge tech, handling, style and utility. But enthusiasts ...

With hot hatches increasingly rare, VW's commitment to practical sports cars is admirable. But is a missing manual the only ...

Volkswagen, Andrew Trahan Photography At the end of the day, this is still a modern GTI, which means it’s a sleeper at heart. Piped-in audio does its best to mark a sense of occasion in Sport ...

Volkswagen also revised the ’25 GTI’s dashboard, which sports a standard 12.9-inch touchscreen media system that runs Android Auto and Apple CarPlay—and runs them well. The new touchscreen ...

A Volkswagen ... exploiting the GTI's playful nature on the region's narrow roads. The Golf's just-right size, quick steering, and dependable brakes reminded us that it's a sports car that just ...

VW's engineers have moved the roll stiffness rearwards to improve rear-axle turn-in and front end grip. The real step over the GTI, though, is the optional Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyre (a ...

Volkswagen provided accommodation so Ars could drive the Golf GTI. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. Even in an alternate timeline in which the average new car didn't cost more than $ ...

The Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport is the firm’s topmost front ... Perhaps surprisingly, then, the BMW 230i M Sport is the cheaper of the pair. It’s £41,065 basic or a plumper £47,435 as ...