If you were to compare the Volkswagen Golf GTI to the Honda Civic Type R, one of the most glaring differences is their transmissions: the Honda comes only with a manual, while the Volkswagen comes ...

VW might have killed off the GTI’s manual transmission option after 2024, but at least it hasn’t sent the Clubsport badge to the junkyard with it. The GTI for VW fans who find the standard GTI a ...

If you like driving, but also live in the real world, there's no better option than a hot hatchback. Hot hatches combine performance with practicality and (usually) affordability, and Volkswagen is ...

Volkswagen is building a GTI to take on the Civic Type R - front-drive hot hatch against front-drive hot hatch. VW shared teaser images of the new eighth-generation GTI Clubsport today, which will ...

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 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI and R entered their eighth generation in 2020, and while the core of these vehicles hasn't changed, there are some significant updates for the new model year. These ...

The GTI first earned our Car of the Year trophy in 1985, back when we awarded separate Golden Calipers for domestic and imported models. Thirty years later, the seventh-generation Golf lineup, which ...

I took another look at the VW GTI; it's evidence that sporty compacts are embedded in Volkswagen's DNA.