Watch a group of modified sportscars launch with full throttle and performance sound. Featuring the Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI, ...

The Mk5 Golf GTI was pivotal for the future of Volkswagen performance cars. Following the blunt, flat-footed Mk4, the GTI badge was in desperate need of a renaissance, and the Mk5 burst through the ...

This VW Golf MK5 may look tame, but under the hood? A 2.5L turbocharged beast that sounds like an RS3 and pulls like one too — only this time, it’s FWD. Tuned to perfection and built for surprise ...

It’s powered by a 265 PS 2-litre turbo-petrol engine, paired with a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. Does 0-100 kmph in 5.9 seconds and has a speedo-indicated top speed of 267 kmph. Stiffer ...

The Volkswagen Tiguan is the brand's most important product in North America, at least if sales numbers are anything to go by, so VW made the newest generation sold here a little different from what ...

Michael Frank has been writing and editing car and motorcycle coverage for the past two decades. His outlets have included Forbes, Coolhunting, The Wall Street Journal, Car & Driver, Road & Track, The ...

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 when ...

It took Volkswagen less than two years to give the first Golf the GTI treatment. Working in quasi-skunkworks fashion, the GTI’s engineers added a 100-plus-horsepower, fuel-injected four-cylinder and a ...

When it comes to cars, facts, and the truth, Matt’s equal love for all three meant automotive journalism was the only path forward. Ever since the age of six, when he’d spend his time helping his ...

Back when today's Nice Price or No Dice GTI was introduced, having a 16-valve engine was uncommon in its class and, hence, worth an extra badge. This one has gone way beyond just that performance ...

Volkswagen did something truly unhinged back in 2007 when it built the Golf GTI W12-650. Two months before Austria’s annual Wörthersee gathering of Vee-dub faithful, designers widened a Mk5 GTI and ...