However, it also marked the end of an era for U.S. enthusiasts as Volkswagen discontinued manual transmissions for the Golf GTI and Golf R. In a last hoorah of the iconic hot hatchback’s manual ...

The Volkswagen Golf GTI is a legend. It's the car that created the "hot hatch" category back in the 1980s. But its triple-threat — small, fast, and surprisingly versatile — has been supplanted ...

From the July 1985 issue of Car and Driver. Our almost unbounded affection for the Volkswagen GTI has been tempered only by our concern for its ultimate lack of poke. We looked forward to the day ...

VW doesn’t have to bang on about the Golf GTI being the first hot hatch. It’s able to step back and point out the rest of us make that claim. “It’s considered the original in its class ...

Volkswagen claims a 0-100kph time of 5.9 seconds for the updated Golf GTI (0.4 seconds quicker than its predecessor), and it also has an electronically limited top speed of 250kph.

It’s got just 113bhp, will only just dip under nine seconds for the 0-60mph sprint and costs less than an entry-level Ford Focus, yet that hasn’t stopped the VW Up GTI being one of the most ...