Congrats to the Volkswagen Golf,  MotorTrend's 2026 Car of the Year!  The GTI and R performance variants received the honor - ...

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Mechanically, there wasn't really anything wrong with the MK8 Volkswagen GTI and Golf R. In fact, they were both pretty awesome. Redesigning an icon like the MK7 Golf is no easy task, but Volkswagen ...

Reston, Virginia — Et tu, GTI? The manual transmission-operated automobile has shrunk to a niche, performance market in recent years as automatic transmissions have been favored by customers for their ...

If you were to look at one of the major differences between the Volkswagen GTI and the Honda Civic Type R, it would be their transmissions – but there’s more. If you were to compare the Volkswagen ...

And it’s more powerful than the Civic Type R, too. A few days after confirming that it’s the quickest production Volkswagen around the Nurburgring, the brand has officially taken the covers off the ...

The VW Golf GTI has earned its place as one of the most iconic hot hatches in history, but even this legend isn’t immune to the electric revolution. Just after Volkswagen announced it’s working on an ...