It's one thing to become infatuated with a car after a short fling, as we did when we declared Volkswagen's GTI the 2007 Automobile ... a six-speed dual-clutch DSG transmission ($1075), eighteen ...

Over the ensuing decades, it's always offered a manual transmission—heck, for the first years, it only came with a stick ...

The engine is mounted longitudinally, and its 550 lb-ft of torque makes its way to the rear wheels through a six-speed automatic transmission. And the resultant urgency should be obvious: the GTI ...

Finally, for the 2007 model years, Volkswagen presents North Americans with its latest iteration of the original pocket-rocket. Physically, the car is "very euro". The front end of the Golf ...

The GTI was one of the bright spots in a dark automotive age, and this latest version channels that ethos in the best of ways. Not bad for a buy-in starting at about $23K. Skip to main content ...

Take the automotive landscape, in which the sporty arena, littered with Chevy Camaro Z-28s and Datsun 280ZXs, got a startling wake-up call from the most unassuming alarm clock, the Volkswagen GTI.

That time, we were only able to source a GTI with the two-pedal, dual-clutch gearbox, a transmission I felt didn't quite suit the engine it was mated to. On the other hand, I was effusive about ...