I take the legendary Peugeot 205 GTI and Mk1 Golf GTI for a spin to see which hot hatch truly rules the road. Classic cars, ...

The Golf Mk1 GTI is a 1982-83 model year that came with a 1.8-liter naturally aspirated inline-four. The engine put out a meager 110 horsepower and 112 pound-feet of torque back in the day. But the ...

Remember when cars were all about driving fun and no one cared about fuel emissions and safety standards? It may sound peculiar and possibly dangerous to our younger crowd, but the rest of us already ...

The Golf GTI is a car that, for over 40 years, has defined Volkswagen. It's not the fastest, cheapest, or most exciting hot hatch. Yet the branding is so strong that they're trying to force it onto ...

I take the legendary Peugeot 205 GTI and Mk1 Golf GTI for a spin to see which hot hatch truly rules the road. Classic cars, ...

The first generation Golf GTI was the car that put Volkswagen on the hot hatch map. The go-fast version of the people’s car broke cover in the mid-1970s and was supposed to be offered in a very ...

The automotive industry feels like it's reached a tipping point where older cars are way more interesting than new ones. So if you own an Mk1 Golf in mint condition, keep it, take care of it, save it ...

US fuel economy (MPG): 24/34/28 (GTI, MT) 25/34/28 (GTI AT), 20/28/23 (Golf R MT), 23/30/26 (Golf R AT) Starting Price (USD): $30,540 (GTI inc. dest.), $44,640 (Golf ...

If you were to look at one of the major differences between the Volkswagen GTI and the Honda Civic Type R, it would be their transmissions – but there’s more. If you were to compare the Volkswagen ...