DT: The GTI four-door was the first time I tested a GTI with a six-speed manual shifter rather than VW’s superb DSG. It was OK, but my foot-hand coordination was not as precise as the DSG’s pa ...

From the March 1999 issue of Car and ... Well, not as much as the roarty GTI VR6. The 2.0-liter SOHC eight-valve four that's standard equipment in the five-door Golf has been thoroughly overhauled ...