The midlife refresh for the Mk8 Golf R is relatively minor. There's a revised front fascia with an illuminated VW logo, front ...

The Golf GTI and AWD Golf R wow on and off the track with cutting-edge tech, handling, style and utility. But enthusiasts ...

If you need one car to be nearly everything an enthusiast driver could possibly want it to be (efficient commuter, capable ...

the MK5 GTI resurrected the GTI moniker and allowed it to again resume its assumed place as the king of hot hatches. 2010 marked the introduction of the MK6 Golf GTI, and while the styling changed ...

The Mk7 GTI refined the iconic Golf formula, and truly turned the car into the perfect all-around vehicle. The softness of the Mk6 generation had been pulled tight, giving the model an edgy ...

A Volkswagen Golf GTI without an available manual transmission is like Queen without Freddie Mercury. Sure, "Bohemian Rhapsody" still gets everyone to sing along, but the magic inherent in Fred's ...

Manuals have become a niche performance market in the U.S. Now even some performance cars aren't offering a stick option.

Hello from the sunny state of Virginia, where I've just touched down for the first drive of the refreshed 2025 Volkswagen GTI and Golf R. Before I do that, though—what do you want to know?