After an explosive launch four and a half years ago, during which it was praised by the media and compared to the original Golf GTI, the Volkswagen Up! GTI has somewhat fallen into the abyss. That, ...

Once upon a time, Volkswagen's GTI was a hopped-up Golf. The Golf (also called the Rabbit for a while) was the mass-market ...

Volkswagen is the latest brand to experiment with a high performance hatchback in the European A segment. What the company’s engineers have created in the up! GTI is something very special indeed.

It’s been a sad day for the automotive industry, as we learned about the demise of two models, the McLaren 720S, and the Renault Megane RS, with the latter being celebrated with a limited edition. Now ...

Volkswagen has brought back the Up! GTI to the UK market, after a short hiatus, launching it in two versions, three- and five-door, with generous equipment and the brand’s new logo. Sitting at the top ...

Hot versions of city cars are a rare breed these days, which makes the Up GTI something of a rarity. City car or not, VW opted to slap the GTI badge on it, so it must tick many boxes in order to do it ...

The Volkswagen GTI is in a strange spot these days, it must be said. On one hand, the name is iconic for good reason—one that VW itself realized just recently it shouldn’t jettison in favor of ...

We know that you know we don’t get the subcompact Volkswagen Up! hatchback here, but it’s still cool to think about what might be if the Golf GTI Mk1 heir came to the U.S. Autocar’s Matt Prior just ...

Thanks to the 25-year import rule, we can now legally bring them into the US and enjoy what is one of Volkswagen's best GTI ...