The hot hatch kings, namely the Audi RS3 Sportback and Mercedes-AMG A45, pale next to this heavily tuned sixth-generation Volkswagen Golf R. To explain just how powerful it is, one would need to throw ...

Volkswagen is bringing back the limited edition Wolfsburg Edition GTI for 2013, plus a new Driver’s Edition model as it winds down production of the sixth-generation Golf and GTI. Priced at $25,095 ...

After the "dark ages" of Volkswagen's mk3 and mk4-generation Golf GTIs, the mk5 GTI of 2004 came as something of a revelation. Punchy and dynamic, it belied slightly dumpy looks with a spirit ...

For years we behaved like sheep, merely accepting that ‘there ain’t no substitute for cubic inches’. Then suddenly came the concept of downsizing and turbocharging. The traditional line is no longer ...

2.0 litre petrol inline four, turbocharged, all-wheel drive First of the turbo Rs, and genuinely fast 5.5sec 0-62, tremendous grip Few major issues to worry about Short run means few on sale, so could ...

If I'm honest, the pedal had been feeling a little "wooden" for the past few hairpins, but this was the Col de Vence - possibly the best road in southern France and previously a stage of the Monte ...