"The Golf GTI story over the past 40 years is one of magic captured, lost and rediscovered" The Golf GTI succeeded because it combined the hatchback practicality everyone needed with the 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 ...

If you're a fan of the really old Top Gear shows, you probably already know about this crazy hot hatch. But do you truly understand how insane it is that Volkswagen built a Golf GTI with a 650 ...

The best Golf GTI to buy now: great to drive, sensibly priced and eminently tuneable - just don't tell anyone! After two less inspiring incarnations the Golf GTI was back with a bang in Mk5 guise.

The 1,984cc four-cylinder petrol engine used in the Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk5 uses four valves per cylinder and produces 200hp at 5,100rpm, or 230hp at 5,500rpm for the uprated Edition 30 engine that ...

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 ...

Volkswagen is all about class-leading electric vehicles nowadays but not that long ago, it was creating insane concept cars like the Golf GTI W12-650. This ultimate variant of the Golf GTI was ...