I've been using the S2T paddles in the MK6 Volkswagen gti daily and although they cost a premium compared to the various ...

The GTI is a great hot hatch, but some are better than others.

There are seven trillion (that's nine zeros for those counting) internet users worldwide. That's a ton of online daters, gamers, too many kitten searches and plenty of LOL, SMH and WTF. And this VW ...

As we entered the next of the countless hairpin corners we tackled that morning, my passenger questioned the ability of the brakes. With a sheer rock face on one side and an unprotected fall on the ...

Well, that didn't last long! I had the car for less than six months before upgrading to a Stage 1 OTS tune, which was super ...

The Golf GTI is no longer the hottest hatch on the market, as the segment has welcomed competitors that come with a considerably higher amount of power. However, the vehicle that started the hot hatch ...

THE Volkswagen Golf GTI is the world’s most successful compact sports car and more than 2.5million of these iconic hot-hatches have been produced, from the original model way back in 1976. And ...

My 2010 Volkswagen GTI had been admirable and excellent throughout my three years with it. It’s a car with nearly zero flaws when it’s used for what it was intended to do, and it maintains an ...

The never-ending war between gasoline and diesel was recently reenacted yet again, at a drag racing event in Hungary that saw a Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk6 and an old SEAT Ibiza TDI settle their dispute ...

As we edge closer to the global unveiling of the eighth-generation VW Golf, it’s time to continue our retrospect by looking back at its sixth generation, which was produced between 2008 and 2012. All ...

The original Volkswagen GTI is credited with starting the entire hot hatchback phenomenon. But somewhere along the line, the mad scientists at Volkswagen decided their hot Golf wasn't quite as hot as ...

Vik is the Co-Founder and former Editor at MotorAuthority, a leading U.S. website covering performance and luxury cars. Since 2025, he has contributed to CarBuzz, blending his engineering background ...