In the '80s, Jeep was looking to replace the popular Cherokee, which had been introduced as a sportier, two-door take on the ...

Imagine you’re browsing a giant museum dedicated to the history of cars. You’ve just crossed into The Great Hall of Hot Hatch fame, and the walkie-talkie tour-guide gestures to an immaculate VW Golf ...

While the all-new 2021 Volkswagen Golf GTI traces its roots to the Mk1 model of the 1970s, its existence is owed almost entirely to the Mk5 GTI. About 16 years ago, this Tic Tac-shaped hatchback ...

The overall height of the GTI is 19mm lower than a standard Golf hatch. As with most previous GTIs, the Mk5 could be ordered as a three- or five-door hatch. To further distinguish the GTI from its ...

The madness started three years ago after purchasing an RNS-510 navigation unit. All this ’07 Mk5 GTI really needed was a small update but soon after, Josh Segelson from OEMplus, found himself pulling ...

Volkswagen did something truly unhinged back in 2007 when it built the Golf GTI W12-650. Two months before Austria’s annual Wörthersee gathering of Vee-dub faithful, designers widened a Mk5 GTI and ...

Deutsche Auto Parts took a break from talking about fixing the catastrophic timing issues of the 2.0 TSI to create one of the coolest GTIs ever. It's an RWD hot hatch that's very impressive... when it ...

Robert has been an auto enthusiast his entire life. He started working on cars at a young age, learning the basics from his father in the home garage on the weekends. Over the years, he learned as ...

"The Golf GTI story over the past 40 years is one of magic captured, lost and rediscovered" The Golf GTI succeeded because it combined the hatchback practicality everyone needed with the performance ...