The updated Golf GTI 8.5 still sets the hot hatch standard, balancing daily refinement and fun despite new competition.

See how Volkswagen’s 8.5 facelift fixes key complaints—like touch controls and infotainment—while keeping the Golf GTI’s core strengths intact.

Eight generations after its 1976 introduction, Volkswagen is continuing to refine its sublimely capable Golf GTI and its Golf R maximum-performance variant for 2025. With this refresh for the ...

From intern to editor, Damian Adams' story reads like a well-written novel where he steadily worked to become the youngest-ever editor of South Africa's leading motoring publication, CAR Magazine. He ...

Together with the subcompact i20 N, the i30 N was discontinued from the South Korean automaker's European lineup back in February 2024. The compact model shouldn't be dismissed as being a has-been, ...

The cabin deserves criticism for the hit-and-miss touch controls that don’t provide enough feedback. There is enough space, front and rear, for four adults. Though there are more cheap plastics in the ...

When the Golf GTI first debuted in 1976, it wasn’t just a car; it was a democratization of performance. Fifty years later, Volkswagen is celebrating that "hot hatch" legacy by breaking the digital ...

Putting big power through two front tires is possible. Getting those tires to hook up fast enough to break 5 seconds to 60 mph usually ads an “im-” prefix to that word. Almost no production ...

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 ...

The ID.3 GTI is electric ... and it’s not sold in the United States.