It's been a good week for Volkswagen Group exploits on a certain German racetrack, because the Golf GTI Edition 50 has ...

The 325-hp front-wheel-drive GTI beat its own record from 2025 by 1.6 seconds, takes the podium ahead of Honda Civic Type R ...

The GTI's 50th-anniversary edition lapped Germany's famous racetrack and beat the CTR's record-setting run by less than a ...

Through eight generations over 40 years, the Volkswagen Golf GTI has defined affordable fun, and the Golf R has embellished the package with more power and all-wheel drive. That their hatchback bodies ...

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

The Volkswagen Jetta GLI isn't a car you see often, and it's decidedly about as old school as a new car can get. Sedan, ...

The 2023 Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf R got a major redesign for 2022, and the automaker is using the 2023 model year to make some minor cosmetic changes and introduce two anniversary editions.

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 ...

The head of Volkswagen's R division describes the new race car as “the most spectacular Golf R to date,” built to take on the ...

You can’t buy a new Golf GTI with a manual, but this low-mileage example is the next best thing. The 2024 model year was the last one offering a manual transmission for the Golf GTI. This rare, ...

Several manufacturers offer affordable compact sports cars. Volkswagen — in the broader VW Group sense — sells three of them: the Volkswagen Golf GTI, the Volkswagen Golf R and the closely-related ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...