The Nürburgring Nordschleife has long served as the ultimate litmus test for performance vehicles, and Volkswagen has just rewritten the record books for front-wheel-drive production cars. With a ...

Volkswagen is celebrating the Golf GTI's half century with the GTI Edition 50. The GTI lapped the Nurburgring faster than a 328 hp AWD R 20 Years Edition. Still, Honda's rival Civic Type R has posted ...

I once started to ease off the steering of my Golf 7.5 GTI Performance on a high-speed corner in Hakone. It had tucked in ...

It’s incredible to think that the Volkswagen Golf GTI has been around for almost five decades now. Perhaps one of the reasons for its longevity is the fact that its designers have never stood still, ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Volkswagen Golf. Although the Golf GTI didn’t debut until June 1976, VW’s using this year’s Nürburgring 24-hour race to commemorate the original Golf and ...

For those seeking an even sportier experience, the standard equipment of the anniversary model can be enhanced with the optional GTI Performance Package. This includes 235/45 R-series Bridgestone ...

Sebastian's spare time is spent watching Formula 1, fiddling with his friends' cars (usually German money pits), and soaking up as much architectural amazement and engineering excellence as he can ...

A luxuriant whiff of hot hatch royalty this week in the unassuming but potentially highly entertaining shape of this Mk5 Golf ...

With three years of experience in automotive journalism, Thomas is a UK-based writer and has written for a UK newspaper and Euronewsweek, covering everything from breaking industry news to the latest ...

The Volkswagen Golf is a car that needs no introduction: in 2024, it celebrated its 50th birthday, and it’s been around for eight generations and sold upwards of 37 million units around the world.

Volkswagen is set to celebrate the world premiere of the latest revision of the Golf GTI Clubsport, its most powerful front-wheel drive Golf ever, at the Nürburgring Nordschleife 24 Hours endurance ...