Europe’s decades-long love affair with diesel power is on the wane. A tag-team attack by EVs and highly efficient small petrol engines has drastically reduced the appeal of diesel engines, which are ...

The GTI first earned our Car of the Year trophy in 1985, back when we awarded separate Golden Calipers for domestic and imported models. Thirty years later, the seventh-generation Golf lineup, which ...

The Volkswagen Golf GTI may have lost its manual transmission, but VW has no immediate plans to do away with the iconic hot hatchback itself even as it moves ahead with all-electric alternatives, ...

Earlier this year, the 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI received a special edition variant to celebrate 50 years of the famous hot hatchback. The Golf GTI Edition 50 truly earned the "special" moniker by ...

“They won’t make them like this much longer” is a pretty hackneyed aphorism, but it certainly applies to the Volkswagen Golf GTI. The Mk 8 Golf is due for a mid-life refresh next year, and when that ...

Volkswagen provided accommodation so Ars could drive the Golf GTI. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. Even in an alternate timeline in which the average new car didn’t cost more than $50,000 ...