All run a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine, starting at 169kW and 350Nm in the GTI, rising to 180kW and 370Nm in the GTI Performance, and topping out at 213kW and 380Nm in the Golf R.

The standard GTI now runs the same 169kW/350Nm version of the 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine previously found in the Golf GTI Performance edition.

The new Clubsport is the Golf GTI at its most extreme, but it's still a GTI first and foremost. It's the car that invented the hot-hatch genre and almost single ...

Mk7.5 Golf GTI Performance More power and limited-slip diff 242bhp, 0-62mph in 6.2sec . Visually, the shift to the Mk7.5 Golf has been subtle one to say the least. In fact, you’d be forgiven for ...

Performance improves slightly: The 2.0-liter turbocharged direct-injection engine jumps from 200 hp to 210 hp. Top speed increases from 146 mph to 149 mph in Europe—U.S. models are likely to ...

Not much has changed for the Golf GTI in the sound department. In fact, we think the muffler is the same as before. Like we said, the Performance Pack is the model to have because it's got 245 PS ...

Let’s start with what Volkswagen is asking for the Golf GTI Performance Edition 1. It’s $47,990, which is more than 10-grand dearer than the entry-level three-door GTI Original (due to launch early ...

The GTI badge has been in existence almost as long as the venerable Volkswagen Golf itself and despite having started its life as a skunkworks project, the iconic performance variant has managed to ...

Two performance beasts go head-to-head! Watch the Volkswagen Golf 7.5 R with EGO Bull-X Exhaust face off against the Golf 8 Performance Stage 3 with Akrapovic. Raw sounds, launch controls, revs, and ...

Volkswagen South Africa has introduced, for the very first time, a car they say is a diesel performance hatchback every bit as potent as its ubiquitous GTI - the new GTD. At the same time we thought ...

Mk7.5 Golf GTI Performance More power and limited-slip diff 242bhp, 0-62mph in 6.2sec . Visually, the shift to the Mk7.5 Golf has been subtle one to say the least. In fact, you’d be forgiven for ...