Many generations of the Volkswagen Golf can be found parked on streets across the world, but it's particularly popular in Europe, where it's remained a bestseller for many decades. As a result of this ...

Volkswagen‘s been on a roll with hot hatches lately; the Scirocco, Golf GTI MKVI and Golf R are all fine performance cars that the common man can buy, but as the cars balloon in size, equipment and ...

Renderings created by artist Nathan Groot and imagining a modern version of the original Volkswagen Golf show that with the right improvements, the 1974 small-eventually-turned-compact model can ...

First let's settle an age-old debate because there are some who question whether the Volkswagen Golf GTI was indeed the first ever hot hatch. They argue that the original Mini Cooper S kicked things ...

After graduating with an MBA, Jared pursued his love of cars by becoming an automotive journalist. An internship with CarBuzz grew into his current position as Editor At Large. Jared now flies around ...

A car that needs no introduction, but we’re gonna give it one anyway. It may not have been the first ‘hot hatch’ per se, but the Mk1 Golf GTI is considered by many to be the “spiritual father of hot ...

The modern hot hatchback market owes its success to this car, the original Volkswagen Golf GTI. There had been tuned versions of family cars before the Golf, like the Mini Cooper S, for example, but ...