After a lot of ups and downs between South Africa and Germany over fuel quality, the VW Golf GTI 8.5 has officially gone on sale in the country for R908 000. Being hailed as the undisputed king of hot ...

Ian Wright joined CarBuzz as an automotive journalist and photographer in 2018. His career started with specialist publications, covering everything from Harley-Davidson to Ferrari. Before writing for ...

Volkswagen is gearing up to launch the all-new ninth-generation Golf, which is expected to take the brand’s most iconic surviving nameplate into the electric segment. Ahead of any public announcements ...

You’re looking at one of the fastest front-wheel-drive cars on the Autobahn. This modified VW Golf GTI Clubsport MK8 pushes 466HP and 550Nm, and it shows. From 0 to over 280 km/h, the acceleration is ...

You can’t buy a new Golf GTI with a manual, but this low-mileage example is the next best thing. The 2024 model year was the last one offering a manual transmission for the Golf GTI. This rare, ...

While the Volkswagen Golf and Audi A3 have shared a platform since the latter's introduction in the mid-1990s, the German automakers have consistently differentiated their high-performance models. The ...

In a gift to gearhead posterity, Car and Driver magazine has published an archive of car reviews, comparison tests, columns and features going back to the 1950s. The Greatest Generation of automobile ...

With the 2024 model eliminating the manual transmission, the Golf GTI still boasts tremendous fun and functionality for consumers. With a large following, the Golf is no secret to the VW fleet as its ...

Watch a turbocharged VW Golf line up against a feisty Go-Kart in a wild ¼-mile (Viertelmeile) drag race — and see how it all goes hilariously wrong. From burnout smoke to a misfired launch, this race ...

The 2025 Volkswagen Golf R is no longer just an all-wheel-drive GTI-plus hot hatch. Volkswagen pushed the R to a new level with the introduction of the torque-vectoring rear differential that arrived ...

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 ...

The GTI Autobahn pictured here is painted in a new color called Slate Blue. In addition to that, you can spot several small changes that VW made to the U.S. car when compared to the Europe-spec models ...