In 1976, Volkswagen created the “hot hatch” with the MK1 Golf GTI. Since then, many competitors have come and gone, but the little GTI has evolved into the seventh generation you see here. Though the ...

Indeed it is, an update for the Mk7. Still feels like quite an important moment, right? Though the basic Golf GTI has been eclipsed by the GTI Clubsports, the 4x4 Golf R and been chased down by ...

It certainly looks that way. This is the Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR, a special edition that acts as a run-out model for mk7 GTIs. But while rivals like Mini and Renault Sport have a tendency to make ...

If the Volkswagen Golf GTI is the benchmark by which other hot hatches are judged, then the latest Mk7 must be the ultimate expression of the art form. And while some people might argue that the Mk7 ...

Some say looks can be deceiving, while others claim that upgraded turbos can help with that. And the race we have here, which involves a current-generation Ford Mustang GT and an Mk7 Volkswagen Golf ...

The world is still in rapture over the first two generations of VW's most famous GTI, but I'm afraid it was a much later version of the car that turned me into a Golf-advocate: the Mk5. Before that I ...

Australia is one of the biggest markets in the world for the Volkswagen Golf GTI. About one in four Golfs sold locally are the hot hatch version. It’s popular not because we’re a nation of revheads, ...