Possibly the coolest feature on Kenny Wehry's '02 VW gti 1.8t is the roof. It's painted black and the antenna was shaved. But there are plenty of gtis out there with a similar mod, so what makes this ...

Having just "finished" building a Mk4 Jetta, disaster struck Joe Adams when his car caught fire after a fuel line cracked. Within minutes, the car was engulfed in flames, as well as part of Joe's ...

At the intersection of fun, affordability, and practicality sits the hot hatch. These small, usually FWD runabouts have been the preferred performance cars of the everyman for decades now, and the ...

The year is 2002, Y2K hysteria has passed, and Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, and Ashanti are among those competing for the top spots on Billboard's year-end chart. Tens of thousands of MK4-era Golfs, ...

Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...

The mid-to-late 1990s were not a great time for the humble hot hatch. Insurance had killed off so many of the old favourites earlier in the decade, and the 21 st century revolution - complete with a ...