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  • 2017 Volkswagen Golf

    Volkswagen's seventh-generation Golf is about to receive some updates. The updated car should be on sale in 2017, as a 2018 model. The German automaker has confirmed that we’ll see the covers come off in early November 2016, although only for the European specification. All VW is willing to say about the car is that it will feature some new safety technologies. We already know a lot about it, though. For example, the design won’t be changing much. Images leaked in August reveal only tweaks to the headlights and bumpers. Those headlights are expected to be available as LED units...

  • 2018 Volkswagen Golf R Variant spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2018 Volkswagen Golf R Variant spy shots and video

    The seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf is about to undergo its mid-cycle update. We’ll see the updated range in showrooms around mid-2017, with the cars arriving for the 2018 model year. Prototypes are currently testing around Europe. The latest shots and video show a prototype for the...

  • Alleged image of the 2018 Volkswagen Golf - Image via Autoblog.nl
    2018 Volkswagen Golf, CC leaked?

    Volkswagen is set to introduce a raft of new models over the coming years including a successor to the CC and an updated version of the current, seventh-generation Golf. Prototypes for the new CC were spied recently and details on the updated Golf have been hinted at by senior VW execs. The cars...

  • 2017 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack
    2017 Volkswagen Golf preview

    The Volkswagen Golf is the benchmark when it comes to affordable and practical compacts with a little bit of style. Now in its seventh generation, the once humble hatchback comes with its most diverse range of offerings yet including performance models, wagons and even a battery-powered version...

  • 2016 Volkswagen GTI Clubsport S
    Watch VW’s GTI Clubsport S in its record-setting Nürburgring run

    Volkswagen just set the front-wheel-drive production car lap record at the Nürburgring using its new GTI Clubsport S. Now, finally, we have the mandatory video footage so that we can get a small taste of what it must have been like setting the record. Behind the wheel was German racing driver...

  • Volkswagen GTI Heartbeat concept Wörthersee 2016
    VW trainees unveil GTI, Golf R Variant concepts at Wörthersee

    Every year, Volkswagen unveils a barrage of concept cars at the Wörthersee GTI love-fest in Austria. Since 2008, that's included at least one car built by a group of apprentices. This year, two groups of trainees turned up with a modified GTI and Golf R Variant wagon. The GTI is called...

  • 2016 Volkswagen GTI Clubsport S

    Volkswagen’s GTI is 40 this year and we can think of few better ways to celebrate than the setting of a Nürburgring lap record. Well, that’s exactly what VW has done using the new GTI Clubsport S. The Clubsport S was revealed today at the annual Wörthersee Tour GTI tuning fest in Austria, where it was also confirmed the car had lapped the Nürburgring in a time of 7:49.21. Doing the driving was German racer Benny Leuchter. This was enough to nudge Honda’s Civic Type R and its 7:50.63 lap time off the top pedestal. Of course, there’s a new Civic Type R...

  • 2016 Volkswagen GTI Clubsport S spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    VW drops Golf R 400 in favor of 306-horsepower GTI Clubsport S

    Volkswagen is out testing a new version of its GTI. The car offers more performance than last year’s 261-horsepower (286 hp with overboost) GTI Clubsport and makes its world debut at the upcoming Wörthersee Tour GTI tuning fest in Austria. The car may look like the previous GTI Clubsport...

  • 2017 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack
    2017 VW Golf Alltrack to debut in New York, start sales this fall

    It was at the 2015 New York Auto Show that Volkswagen showed off a rugged version of its Golf SportWagen called an Alltrack, and confirmed the vehicle would be on sale in the United States sometime in 2016. Just a couple days out from this year’s show, VW has finally revealed the version of...

  • 2015 Volkswagen Golf GTE
    Driving the Volkswagen Golf GTE: Forbidden fruit video review

    Volkswagen has an issue on its hands with its diesel vehicles. You know this. The entire world knows this. That's because when you apply the suffix "-gate" to the end of anything, it automatically becomes a big deal. Diesels, however, aren't the only thing the automaker has to offer besides...

  • 2016 Volkswagen GTI TCR race car
    VW GTI to go racing in new TCR International Series

    There’s a new FIA-sanctioned racing series known as the TCR International Series, where the cars competing are all based on affordable compacts. The series was started by organizers of the World Touring Car Championship and prides itself on having a low cost of entry and low running costs...

  • 2016 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen Limited Edition
    VW adds Limited Edition to Golf SportWagen lineup

    Volkswagen has added a new trim level to its Golf SportWagen lineup - the Limited Edition. Based on the entry-level Golf Sportwagen S, the Limited Edition brings with it such niceties as a power panoramic moonroof and 17-inch alloy wheels and a host of safety equipment not otherwise available at...

  • Volkswagen e-Golf Touch - 2016 Consumer Electronics Show

    While the Budd-e concept, thought to preview a modern version of the iconic Microbus, proved the star of Volkswagen’s stand at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the automaker also had a version of its e-Golf fitted with a next-generation infotainment system that includes a gesture control system as well as a 9.2-inch configurable display. While a production version of the Budd-e concept might be years away—VW mentioned the year 2019—we’ll be seeing the new gesture control infotainment system much sooner. VW is expected to debut the system in an updated...

  • 2016 Volkswagen GTI Clubsport
    261-Horsepower VW GTI Clubsport 40th Anniversary Model Revealed

    Volkswagen at next week’s Frankfurt Auto Show will introduce a new, more potent GTI hot hatch. It’s called the GTI Clubsport, and it’s been built to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original GTI’s arrival on the scene back in 1976. Previewed in concept form earlier this...

  • 2015 Volkswagen Golf TCR race car
    VW Reveals Radical Golf Racer For New Touringcar Racer International Series

    A new race series called the Touringcar Racer International Series (TCR) launched this year and it’s already proving popular among enthusiasts and up-and-coming drivers. That’s because the concept behind TCR calls for low cost of entry and low running costs. CHECK OUT: 2018 Volkswagen...

  • 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI driven to all 48 contiguous states with just $300 of fuel
    Drivers In Golf TDI Set New Guinness Record: 48 States, $300 Of Fuel

    Over the course of 16 days last month, auto journalist Wayne Gerdes and co-driver Bob Winger drove a 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI to all 48 of the states in the U.S. mainland. Along the way, the pair traveled 8,233.3 miles, and averaged an amazing 81.17 mpg. ALSO SEE: Two Corvette Z06s Wrecked After...

  • Volkswagen Golf GTE Sport concept, 2015 Wörthersee Tour
    Next Volkswagen GTI To Pack 300 Horsepower?

    Volkswagen is making moves to shorten its vehicle life cycles from seven to five years (with a mid-cycle update after the first three years) in an attempt to keep up with its American and Asian rivals. The first of its models to adopt this shorter life cycle will be the Golf, which is expected to...

  • Volkswagen Golf R Touch concept, 2015 Consumer Electronics Show
    Golf Going High-Tech: Gesture Control, Touch-Screen Interface Pegged For Popular Compact

    In an effort to keep up with its American and Asian rivals, Volkswagen will be shortening its vehicle life cycles from seven years to five, with a mid-cycle update coming after the first three years of sale. The first of VW’s models to move to this five-year life cycle will be the Golf, which...

  • 2017 Volkswagen Golf R 400 spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien

    Volkswagen shocked many when it rolled out its 395-horsepower Golf R 400 concept back at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show. But what was more shocking was that the wild concept was quickly confirmed for production. Now we have our first look at what’s almost certain to be a prototype for the production version. This Golf R testing at the Nürburgring is by no means a standard car. Look closely and you’ll notice pumped fenders housing much wider wheels than your stock Golf R. The bumpers have also been stretched to accommodate the wider stance and there’s a new roof-mounted...

  • 2015 Volkswagen GTI
    2015 Volkswagen GTI first drive review

    For decades, enthusiasts have fawned over and flocked to the Volkswagen GTI. Sure, it’s gotten bigger, heavier, and more technologically advanced, but it’s still remained the enthusiasts' choice--the original hot hatchback. But lately, the competition’s getting more fierce with...

  • 2015 Subaru WRX
    2015 Volkswagen GTI Vs. 2015 Subaru WRX: Head To Head Video

    If you want a little more driving excitement in your life, but you have to keep it practical and sensibly sized for urban commuting, then the Subaru WRX and Volkswagen GTI should be two possibilities near the top of your shopping list. While these two models are both completely redesigned for 2015...

  • Volkswagen GTI Dark Shine concept
    Volkswagen GTI Dark Shine and Golf Variant Biturbo Concepts Debut At Wörthersee

    Two more Volkswagen show cars debut for Wörthersee.

  • Volkswagen Golf GTE Sport concept, 2015 Wörthersee Tour
    Volkswagen Presents 395-Horsepower Golf GTE Sport Concept At 2015 Wörthersee Tour

    Volkswagen surprised visitors at this week’s 2015 Wörthersee Tour with a second high-performance concept car based on its humble Golf hatchback. The first was the GTI Clubsport, which previews a special edition GTI VW will launch on the market next year to mark the nameplate’s 40th...

  • Volkswagen GTI Clubsport concept, 2015 Wörthersee Tour
    Volkswagen GTI Clubsport Concept Revealed, Production Version Coming 2016

    Come June of next year Volkswagen’s GTI will have turned 40 and just as it did when the GTI turned 30 and then again when the popular hot hatch turned 35, the German automaker will have something special planned. That special something will be a production version of this GTI Clubsport...

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