We finally get behind the wheel of the new and improved VW Golf 8.5 GTI. Is it still the benchmark hot hatch, or is R900k too much money?

From its humble beginnings in 1976 to the present day, the Volkswagen Golf GTI has consistently set the benchmark for practical performance.

The Golf GTI is the classic symbol of hot hatchback. With humble beginnings as a two-door 110-hp hatch over 40 years ago, the Golf GTI became an absolute legend with several successful generations and ...

If you need one car to be nearly everything an enthusiast driver could possibly want it to be (efficient commuter, capable canyon carver, car-pool-friendly kid carrier, cavernous cargo hauler, ...

The GTI first earned our Car of the Year trophy in 1985, back when we awarded separate Golden Calipers for domestic and imported models. Thirty years later, the seventh-generation Golf lineup, which ...

If you’re thinking about the 2025 VW GTI, read on to discover five things we liked, and two that we didn’t. Celebrating 50 years of hot-hatch heritage, the 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI arrives with subtle ...

The Junior makes more power than the GTI, but it is also substantially heavier. This battle is by no means a foregone conclusion. Let's go ...

This sporty EV can electronically mimic the aural feedback and feel of past GTIs. It's been almost exactly 48 years since the first Volkswagen Golf GTI model debuted in Germany, and now five decades ...

We get an early taste of the dual-motor EV4 GT to see if it can bring the classic hot hatch into the electric age ...