The seminal hot hatch, Volkswagen’s Golf ... GTI on the beautiful roads surrounding Asheville, North Carolina. After logging thousands of miles behind the wheel of my three-pedal Mk 7 GTI ...

The Mk7 Volkswagen Golf GTI wasn’t long for this world when the GTI TCR (Touring Car Racing) came along, with the final GTIs being short-run specials. As we were driving the Golf GTI TCR, VW ...

The 2015 Volkswagen GTI Mk.7 may be bigger, more powerful and more ... Here and there the cabin is spiced up with modern touches for the boy-racer types -- such as faux carbon fiber accents ...

Like its predecessor, the new Golf GTI is no rock-solid, screaming-at-the-world street racer. While you might think you want a roadgoing BTCC racer that hops sideways on solid springs and offers a ...

In the mind of a true enthusiast, there are hot hatches and then there are really hot hatches, with the likes of Honda's Civic Type-R and Volkswagen's Golf GTI ... either the Mk 7 or the latest ...

PH bags an early go with the Golf GTI Clubsport Given a couple of hours in the new Golf GTI Clubsport and Portimao to play on it might seem a little ungrateful to question what this 40th birthday ...

Among cars that have earned a valedictory special, the Mk7 Golf GTI is arguably more deserving than most. After the fairly tepid Mk6, the 7 has re-established ... that the Golf racer has enjoyed ...

just a few quick thoughts on the relative merits of the MK 7 Volkswagen GTI, MK 8 GTI and MK 8 Golf R. Last time I was at Jalopnik, I covered the GTI/Golf R beat, writing about the MK7 and MK8 GTI ...

I reviewed the more expensive, more powerful Golf R in 2022, but the last GTI we drove was the outgoing Mk 7 car in mid-2020. That time, we were only able to source a GTI with the two-pedal ...

Whether it's worth waiting for the all-new 2022 Golf GTI or nabbing a 2021 model before the Mk 7 goes off to the big racing circuit in the sky is a decision we'll leave up to you, the consumer.

This update should serve as a facelift to the current Mk. 8 Golf, which has been on sale in America in both Golf GTI and Golf R since the 2022 model year. As this is just a mid-cycle refresh ...

The Mk 8.5 Volkswagen Golf GTI’s steering wheel with physical buttons, which is similar to those in other gas-powered VWs. Adam Ismail In other words, Volkswagen would’ve had to design a new ...