*My first encounter with a MkV R32 was at Willow Springs Raceway, running several hard laps on both the Horse Thief and Streets of Willow. A track is a great place to learn about a car's ultimate ...

Few hot hatches command the respect of the MkV Golf GTI. Where rivals grew wings and spoilers, and struggled to make good use of their bloated power outputs, the classy VW demonstrated how engineering ...

This GTI is known throughout the community as Richthofen or the Red Baron. The nickname comes from Germany's ace fighter pilot during World War I - Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen. With 80 ...

The Volkswagen Golf R32 is one of those emerging propositions that is solidly in the cult classic category and looking to graduate to full collector status. There’s a lot to like about this ...

Remember the 2007 Golf GTI W12 650 Concept? It's a one-off Volkswagen design study with cool looks and a 641 horsepower engine in the middle. Unfortunately, it never made it into production. However, ...

was stylish but ordinary to drive and there was a real concern that VW simply might not be able to make a fun car again. The creators of the genre looked to be heading out of the game. You'll no doubt ...

Almost two decades since it went on sale, the ‘Mk5’ Volkswagen Golf GTI of 2004 is reportedly being used as the benchmark for the upcoming electric ID.2 GTI.

As the final recipient of VW's VR6 engine, the Mk5 R32 is a worthy secondhand buy. Here's what you need to know... There had been V6-powered Golfs before, but Volkswagen really hit its stride with the ...

Driver’s Ed is a series dedicated to dissecting the cultural importance and history of significant cars. HYPEBEAST and an expert cover everything from the car’s beginnings to its current status, and ...

Volkswagen’s fortunes in Australia have been a bit up and down lately. Good product has led to some highs but the recent debacle over DSG transmission failures and the subsequent recall has really ...

So what exactly do you do when a manufacturer doesn’t sell what you want? You build it of course. Front end conversions are nothing new to report, some are done right and some… not so much. But this ...